{"id":345437,"date":"2025-12-31T22:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T22:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/345437\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T22:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T22:58:16","slug":"nacuqu-to-replace-kaka-in-mike-friday-select-7s-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/345437\/","title":{"rendered":"Nacuqu to replace Kaka in Mike Friday Select 7s squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fiji Airways Men\u2019s National 7s playmaker Waisea Nacuqu will be joining Mike Friday Select 7s squad for the McDonald\u2019s Coral Coast Fiji 7s, replacing former All Blacks Gillies Kaka.<\/p>\n<p>Kaka has been ruled out after medical advice confirmed he requires surgical treatment, bringing an unfortunate end to his involvement in the upcoming campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nacuqu brings with him a wealth of international sevens experience, renowned pace, and proven try-scoring ability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His inclusion ensures the Mike Friday Select 7s remains a formidable and exciting lineup ahead of the 2026 McDonald\u2019s Coral Coast Fiji 7s.<\/p>\n<p>Head Coach Mike Friday says Nacuqu is a proven match-winner at the highest level of the game.<\/p>\n<p>He says his speed, instincts, and professionalism make him an ideal fit for this group, and they are excited to have him join the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Nacuqu will join Fiji 7s teammates Semi Kunatani, Jerry Tuwai, Manuaeli Maisamoa, Malakai Tobau, Sevuloni Mocenacagi, Akuila Momo, and Ilikimi Torosi in the Mike Friday Select 7s squad.<\/p>\n<p>The Coral Coast Fiji 7s will be held from the 15th to the 17th of January, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fiji Airways Men\u2019s National 7s playmaker Waisea Nacuqu will be joining Mike Friday Select 7s squad for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,133806,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-345437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-rugby-7s","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345437","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=345437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}