{"id":336296,"date":"2025-12-26T09:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T09:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/336296\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T09:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T09:29:08","slug":"marcus-smith-the-latest-england-star-to-confirm-he-wants-to-swap-nations-page-2-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/336296\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Smith the latest England star to confirm he wants to &#8216;swap nations&#8217; &#8211; Page 2 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Akira Ioane \u2013 New Zealand to Samoa<br \/>The 30-year-old has not played for New Zealand since 2022 and could follow his father by representing Samoa if he remains out of All Blacks contention.<\/p>\n<p>Hoskins Sotutu \u2013 New Zealand to England or Fiji<br \/>Frozen out by the All Blacks since 2022, Sotutu can switch immediately. He qualifies for England through his mother but could also represent Fiji, following in his father\u2019s footsteps.<\/p>\n<p>Tyrone Green \u2013 South Africa to England<br \/>A former South Africa U20 standout, Green will be eligible for England from 2026. However, the Harlequins back has said he is in no rush to make a decision.<\/p>\n<p>Nepo Laulala \u2013 New Zealand to Samoa<br \/>The prop last played for the All Blacks at the 2023 World Cup. Born in Samoa, Laulala could switch allegiances in late 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/marcus-smith-the-latest-england-star-to-confirm-he-wants-to-swap-nations\/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":"Akira Ioane \u2013 New Zealand to SamoaThe 30-year-old has not played for New Zealand since 2022 and could&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-336296","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\/336296","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=336296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336296\/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=336296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}