{"id":393764,"date":"2026-04-15T17:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/393764\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:39:10","slug":"joe-launchbury-harlequins-former-england-second-row-to-retire-at-end-of-season-having-won-70-international-caps-sky-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/393764\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Launchbury: Harlequins&#039; former England second row to retire at end of season having won 70 international caps &#8211; Sky Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_gFBVV95cUxOT2pCbldHR2p3WXB0Z04xS3gtS3MwcjJUWWpwLVRRMlhOSU9GaUJoOEJDWFh6MXdwOEFWY2F5VTJEb1RqMENwdUF0N19yYWt6NzRyS0pxTHdXTjZSSThLSl9lWTRDcTZNbktnWU1QSnZWYmJLa0hLTWR0clBOQkthcmFSTUZSVWtvMlpYZHgwTDBNeTVFN3ZDRUFpbHp0d29TRWw5QmtMVmRCTjA2ZV84YWprSnc1NWFTbnU0RHVPWk5pY3piMGVheTVuZEZzRW5UWnZSdEJ0eWc4Um9NSVF5M2tfR29RYmhvMmRkS19pV1g0OFN2UGRtVFVualVpdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Joe Launchbury: Harlequins&#8217; former England second row to retire at end of season having won 70 international caps<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMibkFVX3lxTE8yUk9teG9KX2dRdzlyMlhQbTBhTmxxNnJNQXlpVnVtVU43ZXFVOWhBNm1FQmhSdlM5ZVNMc0k2aTFzUWozSFZDUTBJWkIzRlRVcHc3eWsxV3NJU0hieExsLUdfZHJBRTJWVjJjVVZB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Harlequins&#8217; ex-England lock Launchbury to retire<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTE9IaGtLcVB0TWoxZkJ2b0tBMF9SWFZoR1Z1VzBKMGtUQTV1MHh6eUx0WVFjYWhackxqS3VFbUpIWF9lYTl2MXl0cHZ5akkzMjViVUxCQnZQeWZqYTFuSlNCM21ia21La0l2UjQtaUN1b1VUOEJ4VGZYRg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Launchbury to retire from Rugby Union<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Harlequins FC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxOOEs0VTlRaWI3MVlxYnRka3pGVDlQX1RtMlJ6aDFfZ2VpdWlRYVIyRnJja2VSLUhmTFJMSTVvTDRXMEVXcVk5S3YwNzIydWpCSTZDdkhadVdFdlhNSENTcDF1LWVhQlljaXNVSTZRdGU2V0pIN25jeFBqOERuY0Z1U0VkS3dTTEdmU1RDTXA1Ul81WF9pUmJpVFY0NlQ1VWlk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Triple Six Nations winner Joe Launchbury set to retire<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Rugbypass.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxQMTV4TlpIWEszZnRqUjlwdTVqTnhUN2VIY1dISVFkTk1CcWRjUDlKX0JqUkczcDRRdjg0cVZmMlVTcXZ4WHl4ZjNHYTlrMTM2bU85SXAtaERsSW9wU3p5TTQ1R0xwalpWbzhRQlZ1ekVxb2pNVXdMMFRWVWRiNTFtMFNNRXhKU040dk5LME5SSFNHWVptMTZpMXd2RFVhOWJLU2ZnOHBmR1JjRlk0cENQYjlsd1ZBd05RUUQ4Ty10MA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018One of the great servants of English rugby\u2019 \u2013 England icon calls time on professional career<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Planet Rugby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Launchbury: Harlequins&#8217; former England second row to retire at end of season having won 70 international caps&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-393764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}