{"id":544746,"date":"2026-07-26T12:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T12:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/544746\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T12:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T12:12:19","slug":"report-moana-pasifikas-semisi-tupou-taeiloa-tipped-to-make-all-blacks-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/544746\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Moana Pasifika’s Semisi Tupou Ta’eiloa tipped to make All Blacks squad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Published: 6 hours ago | 26 July 2026 01:24 EDT <\/p>\n

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Semisi Tupou Ta’eiloa of Moana makes a break during the round 11 Super Rugby match between Highlanders and Moana Pasifika at One NZ Stadium, on April 26, 2026, in Christchurch, New Zealand. (Photo by Hannah Peters\/Getty Images) \"Google <\/a> <\/p>\n

Uncapped Moana Pasifika<\/a> forward Semisi Tupou Ta\u2019eiloa has been tipped to make the All Blacks<\/a> squad according to a report.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old blockbusting No.8 is likely to be picked according to New Zealand<\/a> news outlet The Post, with a report suggesting that he will make the 44-man group after signing with NZR.<\/p>\n

Ta\u2019eiloa was one of the most destructive ball carriers in Super Rugby Pacific<\/a> this season, finishing in the top 10 for most carries and top 10 for defenders beaten.<\/p>\n

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His new deal until the end of 2028 with NZR makes him eligible for selection with his physical ball carrying adding another dimension to the loose forward crops.<\/p>\n

As a specialist No.8 Tupou Ta\u2019eiloa will add cover for captain Ardie Savea and possibly fill the role for the mid-week team with fixtures against South Africa\u2019s club teams starting with the Stormers.<\/p>\n

Schooled at Otago<\/a> Boys, Tupou Ta\u2019eiloa has played for Southland since 2023 in the NPC before joining Moana Pasifika for Super Rugby in 2025.<\/p>\n

The All Blacks touring squad is named Monday with 10 additional names expected from the Nations Championship<\/a> squad that played during July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: 6 hours ago | 26 July 2026 01:24 EDT mens international Semisi Tupou Ta’eiloa of Moana makes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-544746","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\/544746","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=544746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}