{"id":335803,"date":"2025-12-26T01:59:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T01:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/335803\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T01:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T01:59:06","slug":"marcus-smith-the-latest-england-star-to-confirm-he-wants-to-swap-nations-page-3-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/335803\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Smith the latest England star to confirm he wants to &#8216;swap nations&#8217; &#8211; Page 3 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shannon Frizell \u2013 New Zealand to Tonga<br \/>Frizell last featured for the All Blacks at the 2023 World Cup and will be eligible to represent Tonga from October next year.<\/p>\n<p>Folau Fakatava \u2013 New Zealand to Tonga<br \/>The Tongan-born scrum-half last played for New Zealand in 2022 and is eligible to switch to his country of birth ahead of the next World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Ngani Laumape \u2013 New Zealand to Tonga<br \/>Eligible since 2024, Laumape has openly stated his desire to represent Tonga after missing out on the 2023 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Lalakai Foketi \u2013 Australia to New Zealand<br \/>The centre last played for Australia at the 2023 World Cup but could qualify for New Zealand in 2026. He is currently locked in a legal dispute with Rugby Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Rhyno Smith \u2013 South Africa to Italy<br \/>Smith would need special dispensation after previous South Africa Sevens appearances, but the Benetton full-back has admitted he would welcome the chance to represent Italy after five years in the country.<\/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":"Shannon Frizell \u2013 New Zealand to TongaFrizell last featured for the All Blacks at the 2023 World Cup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-335803","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\/335803","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=335803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}