{"id":669145,"date":"2026-10-29T19:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/669145\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T19:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:30:13","slug":"midlands-players-named-to-start-for-irelands-second-test-with-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/669145\/","title":{"rendered":"Midlands Players Named To Start For Ireland&#8217;s Second Test With South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aiir-c-news-extra__timestamp\">\n                    Thursday, 29 October 2026 at 17:29\n                <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6942b611e67d7.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            The Irish side defeated South Africa in the first test last weekend.\n        <\/p>\n<p>Head coach Scott Bemand has made two changes to his squad for Ireland&#8217;s second W-X-V Global Series test against South Africa this weekend<\/p>\n<p>Full-back Niamh Gallagher and Scrum-half Aoibheann Reilly come into Ireland&#8217;s backline replacing Stacey Flood and Emily Lane who are named among the replacements\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beibhinn Parsons and Robyn O&#8217;Connor are on the wings, Aoife Dalton and Anna McGann make up the midfield, and Dananh O&#8217;Brien is at out-half\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the team is unchanged, with Linda Djougang, Neve Jones and Eil\u00eds Cahill starting in the front row, and Jane Clohessy and Dorothy Wall in the engine room.<\/p>\n<p>Brittany Hogan starts at 8, Fiona Tuite-O&#8217;Sullivan at blindside flanker, and Captain Erin King is at openside\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The game gets underway in Cape Town this Saturday at 1pm Irish time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, 29 October 2026 at 17:29 The Irish side defeated South Africa in the first test last weekend.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3279,319,61,60,2673,8285,1529,8284,8282,8283,43,8286,700,59],"class_list":["post-669145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-broadcast","tag-broadcasting","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-irish-news","tag-laois","tag-local-news","tag-local-radio","tag-midlands","tag-midlands-103","tag-news","tag-offaly","tag-radio","tag-westmeath"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669145","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=669145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}