{"id":567726,"date":"2026-08-13T11:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/567726\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T11:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:02:14","slug":"former-wallaby-and-tiger-brian-smith-dies-age-59-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/567726\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Wallaby and Tiger Brian Smith dies, age 59 &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxNbTlCNWs2SlR6dmZpeWJtTW5HMmNFY2J4OVBwOUQwdktsc3Nyai1GUkExTUo2VUppNGhocW9yN1FUWnJqRW5JUjhQU3dDWnMzWXh4Q2ZDQ0s2a0JfS1dGUzVIWEpqd1ZHWGZLcEJQd2lTdGtlaklzWTRTekRYSE1SZ29NdzFiTjJsbUlLbmZ1OGxyVHVILS1pdQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Former Wallaby and Tiger Brian Smith dies, age 59<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5gFBVV95cUxQNm5FaDZMU3hwamdxT2FYT0w0TXNtWTA4U3c1LTZvTURLOXZ2TGlaUXdtcHVFaDJFVnk5VVlBSzZHaGhnWW1scl95UEJiUEpWSjBJYTFSaVp2SkdfUDAtNkNudW5jTm5CRjJ2TFFILUlKMGpfeGp6aUJ0Yk4wLW5lXy1aQkFJaVczVnFVdDJfM2Y0bTAwVnp6SUQyNEZPMHdYVjg0RjVzaEZxZDQ3NmQzVFhYZHBIMkZISVBCNWhRVE0teEhwRVFqVmdoaEk5RC12SmllamJaUkRQY2VIVHVBT0lUN3RsQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Shock\u2019 after former Wallabies, rugby league star loses cancer fight<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Nine.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxQTjdEMUNSN0RzajF5YTdBN052QVk4RFlPaGt5VEVOUEJKQ08yd2d6aTJrN0MzTTl0UkFkMGVySFhXVEdUaC1xcTdtbzY2UGtSd1VfNzBpSTZPc0txdUJDb05pMVZNNU0ySWxzR3dfalhqMUtWWGZyN0NMMHhzd3g0QWV4RnFiZTZ5T3otbEdORjIxM21tSHRWRGNNZTR2dUd5M2tsNmJNcGs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Former England coach Brian Smith dies aged 59<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Rugbypass.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxNTEpvUkNxbUlPRzNFMDNCOE9LSEpla05rRzg5aGh5a0ZwME1xLTV5OXM3eTJGN1dJVlA5UE1WbzdGb3EyUGpxSzE3dVUzVHYwWUkxTFd6TU9rdVpJSnhfeTZrZHVJTXFZdjI2QkRzbzdEeldrRTVFQkJGM3VtQmRRVWJBM3JYanpxT2ttdTZIenNWTmg1Z0tKaHpZRmp6ejhObEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ex-Wallabies, league star Brian Smith dies aged 59<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &amp; Headlines \u2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxOcC1vMTdRRWlCd21WR284MmdOTzRueGZzTzN5QXh1cXVSUWUtVXBHN1kwOVRzdkNEUi05MHZ0Qlk4WjJlVHNxNmQ5elE2dGgyWm54VFl5UlpqTFh1YzM5X0xWbUYyYVJ0RkFCbHA1cUlZSElGQlowUVpQT3A2dzNYa3JINHExUU4zRWlVUktUcEc5MmhjWVU0eGJR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ex-Wallabies and Ireland back Brian Smith passes away aged 59<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;planetrugby.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Wallaby and Tiger Brian Smith dies, age 59&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff\u2018Shock\u2019 after former Wallabies, rugby league star loses cancer fight&nbsp;&nbsp;Nine.com.auFormer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[111,43,139,69,147,406],"class_list":["post-567726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567726","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=567726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}