{"id":560282,"date":"2026-08-06T00:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T00:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/560282\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T00:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T00:44:07","slug":"snubbed-all-black-has-no-desire-to-become-hybrid-player-after-positional-switch-nz-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/560282\/","title":{"rendered":"Snubbed All Black has &#039;no desire&#039; to become hybrid player after positional switch &#8211; NZ Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-AFBVV95cUxQUF9uVnZqN3BLZ09SdkRVMnRfSEtRQjhiSVdGQnNfNnRENmNZV3ZtdGR6NE1RWE5IX0hYNUN0ZGw2WXNtRkdFaHNXVi0yYUloQzJkN0FzbnJZSE1rZ1Fpc003d04zVUNULTNTeE1CUWZucXlUQml5Zy03SXRaWEcybFYzN0w3bE9HdWhYZW9NNVVFU2ZubHllN2RHWGNMT1JZeWp1eXB6RmVCWFM4V2xfRUJJSGlOelFXREFmYmZYeEcweWEyNGtDMzNvN1RmV2F5ajc0eGNDeFR1WENULWFVWUwxVmhaT0c5c2RBd3d1Q1pDV0ppYldmYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Snubbed All Black has &#8216;no desire&#8217; to become hybrid player after positional switch<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxNR1huUGNwS3FDcFBDZmpkd1JfeFd1ek5mMndoV0UzYzVaQ25CWjhGZUYzbl9pUkxwZXlLT0NFM2lHc3J3bk9oU184M3gtX3dQeGFiWXlNRjNlNlo3Nm1VRGlHcWR3dE13TWxGek4zbDRSWFBYQ1hhLWhITFhlUzVxVVY0ZWNTRGNmMDd2OTg5aHpVb1lHeVh5U2p0aEZSZTZlOW56MFlPNGNSM25NZkU4VjNMWXBzVGxHWklGOW51TldHTkFKZ2Fr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Another hybrid? Du&#8217;Plessis Kirifi, the most unlucky player not to be in South Africa, has a new position<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxONEp5TURfWUh2NHRYZ2hBUWhWYjZUTmtpMUF1VEI1Y0xXcTZodzJEd1lqWGRFUzYxQXM1NjNPRzNkbWlYZ3NYOU5KUmxjRlRqMy1FMlZOM0JCc3Zta1RWeEN6WjhtbU1uVzhOZzlBWXN3Tno5akpKLU1pLVZvaUJrd3l3d1JEOXNlRTliV2VXNURqWTF3SFFYR3hPNlNEMVZuVVBhUHZVZXJBU3lu?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">All Blacks: Snubbed forward makes surprising positional switch for NPC clash<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Planet Rugby<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwJBVV95cUxQZTQ1VHdzM0xSUUJoeXo0MHdFcG9ad3JhdGZOYnEtdzBuTGNLT2pUVnJRLTVmZjF3c0NtLTNZQTJOTDhVS18tQjFCem1GMC1zNFFUYUcxMDhIZklnbV90Z2Z3eDR0NldrU3ZDLUJqb25nZ1RWR3ZtZDlnMzlXTmN4VmtoREZRSThjb19JdFBDQkxLSkpCdTYteVhiNTB6aVNtSUUwTjJMd3FPal9ETWV4QnROQ0s5bW5TX1M3TlZBak9lOUxMd1k1OGdvUzV5SkpndGRvTWF6QVhQTzJiTVpKdFhObnd4RGR1d3RJYUhjTjNHTWx2WERkQ2ZCWUdLdW56b2tZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sports Fix: Wednesday 05 August 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Newstalk ZB<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxNQ0dHSTU1OHZFc1pMSnpkTmhybGRCRk54cE1HSklRMzhPTHlkUm94SlJ4NWJNdXRpODRBZ1JjNmN5dGRDa01rWThLYms3OFZub2xIWFk5LXd1Q3lkNHBndWRBeTNPdnllbFpUTkRWQUlTcEwzYWo5Z3A0WEZxRElOcTJHLUNZMU4yb2VZa0JYaTZ4SG1aN0JpYnF3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Du&#8217;Plessis Kirifi makes shock switch to midfield for Wellington<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;rugbypass.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Snubbed All Black has &#8216;no desire&#8217; to become hybrid player after positional switch&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ HeraldAnother hybrid? Du&#8217;Plessis Kirifi, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-560282","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\/560282","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=560282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}