{"id":142439,"date":"2025-09-17T01:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/142439\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T01:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:52:07","slug":"nightmare-verdict-on-louis-rees-zammits-first-game-back-with-bristol-page-2-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/142439\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Nightmare\u201d \u2013 Verdict on Louis Rees-Zammit\u2019s first game back with Bristol &#8211; Page 2 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pool C<\/p>\n<p>South Africa \u2013 The Springbok Stalwarts<\/p>\n<p>South Africa are masters of forward play and history-makers, winning the 2023 Rugby World Cup with a thrilling 12\u201311 victory over New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Fiji \u2013 The Flying Fijians<\/p>\n<p>Fiji\u2019s flair and skill make them exciting to watch, blending tradition with dynamic attacking rugby.<\/p>\n<p>Tonga \u2013 The Island Titans<\/p>\n<p>Tonga brings relentless physicality and passion, often punching above their weight.<\/p>\n<p>Romania \u2013 The Oak Strongmen<\/p>\n<p>Romania has a long-standing rugby tradition, emphasizing forward dominance and set-piece strength.<\/p>\n<p>Pool D<\/p>\n<p>France \u2013 Les Bleus Unleashed<\/p>\n<p>France is unpredictable and dynamic, capable of taking down any team with flair and creativity.<\/p>\n<p>Italy \u2013 The Azzurri Avengers<\/p>\n<p>Italy has steadily improved, developing young talent and focusing on competitive consistency.<\/p>\n<p>Spain \u2013 The Iberian Bulls<\/p>\n<p>Spain is emerging in European rugby, combining speed, skill, and growing experience on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong China \u2013 The Dragon Chargers<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong China qualified for the first time by winning the 2025 Asia Rugby Championship, defeating South Korea 70\u201322 in the final. This marks a significant milestone for rugby in Asia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/nightmare-verdict-on-louis-rees-zammits-first-game-back-with-bristol\/3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CONTINUES ON PAGE THREE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pool C South Africa \u2013 The Springbok Stalwarts South Africa are masters of forward play and history-makers, winning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-142439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}