{"id":523814,"date":"2026-06-29T08:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/523814\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T08:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:05:16","slug":"tony-ward-start-of-nations-championship-era-will-test-player-endurance-and-i-fear-for-the-future-of-the-lions-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/523814\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ward: Start of Nations Championship era will test player endurance and I fear for the future of the Lions &#8211; Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-AFBVV95cUxOWkI2TVhnd0htV2ZlTTNjVzdnRTYySnFuWFA1Ylc3cDQwbGhYRWRLTXVmc0tOYjRhdzZqclc1S3d3cXlSdjFYU2ZJSW1ZR2dMR0pXSWg0dnJzSnJTbzg0eTI5YXh6c29lRVdPMjJwUlg0V3Q0d25UNzlMdG9uWEE5Q29WSXF3VE5VUWZXY013VE9KYnFkbTV5YVlleDZvWTRqZTNBeFJfN1FjZjJ4SldId1BNQUpaWDFNYi02XzA0MXRUMkxqNmlNVm9JQXk0ZEozZVJicU42TWptek9fVXdqTnhkNFhoTy1zWFQyeTNfWUxHenMzUTg4NA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tony Ward: Start of Nations Championship era will test player endurance and I fear for the future of the Lions<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxPOWg3RjMxNDBhYzh0Qk5BQ05Md0VtYXNROFNmblVmWjRoSnJ3YjFKLTNtM1ZBa1Y2RnNqcURTQlNIV04xVFY5LUZRUm1OWWYxTkE3ektOblJOMGJuNGVuem1sVHVqQk13OE9mcEIwUzZkcl9FMmJPUVk1RTNyRDFMcUs2bmpEalltbC1oaTNtMU1xcVRiU2JyZk9uUnBGUzBILXhJZmtNWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">It\u2019s north v south in rugby\u2019s big global gamble as Nations Championship begins<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_gFBVV95cUxQZmdsOUNuWmFOd3BXQ2F5VlQtbW12czh3cnhSX0ZsSDltOVlWeUQ0WV85YzUyVzd1LVpJaGNBUkpiRDFnNGx0RTZhemJlYmVBR3NYdnNMb2VtQjV4NmNIOWpNWFJ5RkJPTlh3blhaQ1ZjRC1oUHRSZlRFeFN1ZlAzZlNVQ2tFR1VEMjBEVGxybW5SMk1mVGNwaFNsU0lnMzc5TWE4YjFFa0xZZE5SZHNWSmlhT0I0bzkwSFhSdHl6VmdzZkNHQXNNTERJTjNibnFHYnZaNlh0YTZKZDMyajUxbXpJVi10SWZuUGZ2X1lRQmVqTU02aWdzdzV1cXpJUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">R\u00faaidhr\u00ed O\u2019Connor: Rugby needs Nations Championship to succeed \u2014 and Ireland can play a big role in the first edition<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tony Ward: Start of Nations Championship era will test player endurance and I fear for the future of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-523814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}