{"id":352106,"date":"2026-03-28T10:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T10:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/352106\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T10:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T10:44:08","slug":"live-super-rugby-pacific-chiefs-v-western-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/352106\/","title":{"rendered":"Live: Super Rugby Pacific &#8211; Chiefs v Western Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4JR47LD_CHIEFSforce_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"656\" alt=\"Chiefs v Force graphic\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\n<p>Photo: Liam Swiggs \/ RNZ\n<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs will return home from their Aussie swing with a win, after overcoming Western Force 24-14 at Perth<\/p>\n<p>After letting a halftime lead slip away against ACT Brumbies last week, the Hamilton-based side let their hosts back into this contest, when they levelled 14-14 soon after the break.<\/p>\n<p>A try from hooker Samisoni Taukei&#8217;aho, converted by Damian McKenzie, put them ahead again, but they had to withstand 10 minutes shorthanded, when prop Ollie Norris was yellow-carded late, before McKenzie slotted a penalty to put the result beyond doubt.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome puts the Chiefs into fifth on the competition table, with a home fixture against NSW Waratahs looming next Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the live action here:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Liam Swiggs \/ RNZ The Chiefs will return home from their Aussie swing with a win, after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,47,42,43,49,46,44,45,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-352106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-audio","tag-current-affairs","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-podcasts","tag-public-radio","tag-radio-new-zealand","tag-rnz","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352106","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=352106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}