{"id":201193,"date":"2025-12-25T11:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T11:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/201193\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T11:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T11:48:08","slug":"huge-loss-5-all-blacks-set-to-swap-nations-for-the-2027-rugby-world-cup-page-3-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/201193\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHuge loss\u201d \u2013 5 All Blacks set to swap nations for the 2027 Rugby World Cup &#8211; Page 3 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aidan Ross \u2013 Prop \u2013 Australia<\/p>\n<p>Position:\u00a0Loosehead Prop<\/p>\n<p>Height \/ Weight:\u00a0189\u202fcm \/ 111\u202fkg<\/p>\n<p>All Blacks Caps:\u00a01 Test (vs Ireland, 2022)<\/p>\n<p>Current Club:\u00a0Queensland Reds from July 2025<\/p>\n<p>Wallabies Caps:\u00a02 (as of 2025)<\/p>\n<p>Bio &amp; Eligibility:<br \/>Aidan Ross was born in Gosford, NSW, Australia, but moved to New Zealand as a child. After his All Blacks debut in 2022, he is now eligible for\u00a0Australia\u00a0having completed the three-year stand-down. In 2025, he made his Wallabies debut, crossing the Tasman for a second time in his international career.<\/p>\n<p>Ross brings scrummaging power and front-row experience, strengthening Australia\u2019s pack with his Kiwi-honed skills.<\/p>\n<p>Gus (Pita Gus) Sowakula \u2013 Flanker \/ Number\u202f8 \u2013 Fiji<\/p>\n<p>Position:\u00a0Flanker \/ Number\u202f8<\/p>\n<p>Height \/ Weight:\u00a0195\u202fcm \/ 110\u202fkg<\/p>\n<p>All Blacks Caps:\u00a02 (2022)<\/p>\n<p>Current Club:\u00a0Clermont (France)<\/p>\n<p>Fiji Caps:\u00a0Debuted for Fiji in 2025<\/p>\n<p>Bio &amp; Eligibility:<br \/>Pita Gus Nacagilevu Sowakula (born 26 October 1994, Lautoka, Fiji) played for New\u202fZealand (All Blacks) in 2022, earning two caps. After standing down, he made his debut for\u00a0Fiji\u00a0in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>Known for his powerful carries, breakdown strength, and versatility in the back row, he adds both international experience and physicality to the Fijian pack.<\/p>\n<p>QUIZ: Can you name all 26 teams to have played at the Men\u2019s Rugby World Cups?<\/p>\n<p>edge and see if you can name all 26 teams that have played at the Men\u2019s Rugby World Cup. <\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve got just\u00a05 minutes\u00a0on the clock \u2013 no pressure!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Join the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3s8fWrj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RUCK\u2019s WhatsApp community here<\/a>\u00a0and get the latest news sent straight to your messages.<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aidan Ross \u2013 Prop \u2013 Australia Position:\u00a0Loosehead Prop Height \/ Weight:\u00a0189\u202fcm \/ 111\u202fkg All Blacks Caps:\u00a01 Test (vs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-201193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}