{"id":463728,"date":"2026-06-06T09:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/463728\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T09:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:08:09","slug":"chiefs-v-reds-wallace-sititi-left-shaking-on-field-after-sickening-head-knock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/463728\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs v Reds: Wallace Sititi left shaking on field after sickening head knock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img  alt=\"Wallace Sititi leaves the field. Photo \/ Photosport\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Wallace Sititi leaves the field. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n<p class=\"DjAaGJVL\" style=\"display:none\">Salakaia-Loto was given a yellow card for his role in the incident, which wasn\u2019t upgraded to a red, with the video referee deeming the injury was caused by Sititi dropping low into the tackle and then Ahio\u2019s head making contact with his.<\/p>\n<p class=\"DjAaGJVL\" style=\"display:none\">Fans booed Salakaia-Loto, who scored the opening try of the game, when he returned to the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"DjAaGJVL\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/rugby\/super-rugby\/chiefs-v-reds-super-rugby-pacific-semi-finals-confirmed-as-chiefs-eliminate-last-australian-team-standing\/2KSUPHETIZFJHCBIZNT4JUOASY\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/rugby\/super-rugby\/chiefs-v-reds-super-rugby-pacific-semi-finals-confirmed-as-chiefs-eliminate-last-australian-team-standing\/2KSUPHETIZFJHCBIZNT4JUOASY\/\">The Chiefs went on to win the match 46-24<\/a>, and after the match, Sititi\u2019s teammates send their thoughts and prayers to him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"DjAaGJVL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cNever nice seeing your teammate like that,\u201d Chiefs captain Luke Jacobson told Sky Sport. &#8220;We know he\u2019s in the best of hands, but thoughts and prayers to him and his family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"DjAaGJVL\" style=\"display:none\">More to come&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wallace Sititi leaves the field. Photo \/ Photosport Salakaia-Loto was given a yellow card for his role in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[74,9092,17909,2837,19345,5904,19134,6288,106,10933,70338,101,114231,111,139,69,90,13572,45434,55691,6327,143360,235005,200257,213,313,165,12884],"class_list":["post-463728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-after","tag-against","tag-chiefs","tag-during","tag-field","tag-final","tag-forward","tag-hamilton","tag-head","tag-injured","tag-knock","tag-left","tag-loose","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-pacific","tag-qualifying","tag-reds","tag-rugby","tag-shaking","tag-sickening","tag-sititi","tag-sports","tag-super","tag-their","tag-wallace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463728","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=463728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}