{"id":348097,"date":"2026-03-26T02:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T02:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/348097\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T02:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T02:40:10","slug":"smith-departs-drua-without-debut-fbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/348097\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith departs Drua without debut \u2013 FBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Angelo-Smith.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Swire Shipping Fijian Drua head coach Glen Jackson has confirmed that Angelo Smith is no longer part of the squad, with both parties agreeing to part ways.<\/p>\n<p>The clarification was made during the Drua\u2019s press conference this morning, with Jackson revealing the decision was based on internal considerations around values.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson says the separation was mutual following those discussions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a value thing, and we\u2019ve decided to part ways with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Article continues after advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Smith had signed with the Drua this season but did not make a Super Rugby Pacific appearance for the side.<\/p>\n<p>He did, however, feature for the Drua development team in Round One.<\/p>\n<p>The Drua will take on the Blues in Auckland this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viti.plus\/title\/104\/wbc-welterweight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/300x250-WBC.png\" alt=\"WBC Welterweight\" style=\"max-width: 300px;height: auto;\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Swire Shipping Fijian Drua head coach Glen Jackson has confirmed that Angelo Smith is no longer part of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-348097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348097","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=348097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}