{"id":383067,"date":"2026-01-21T22:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/383067\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T22:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:57:08","slug":"angus-crichton-nrl-star-crosses-code-for-shot-at-wallabies-world-cup-squad-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/383067\/","title":{"rendered":"Angus Crichton: NRL star crosses code for shot at Wallabies World Cup squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Australia have continued their rugby league recruitment drive before next year&#8217;s home Rugby World Cup with the capture of National Rugby League star Angus Crichton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 29-year-old, who has represented New South Wales and the Kangaroos during a hugely successful decade in the 13-man code, will move to the Waratahs in 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Crichton was a part of Australia&#8217;s age-grade union sides before signing with South Sydney Rabbitohs and committing to league as a teenager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He started all three Tests in the Kangaroos&#8217; 3-0 series win over England in the autumn, scoring two tries in the Wembley opener.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s incredibly exciting to be returning to the sport I played throughout my childhood,&#8221; Crichton said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I grew up with a Wallabies jersey and poster on the wall and my dream was to one day represent them. I&#8217;m in a position in 2027 to pursue that dream.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia have continued their rugby league recruitment drive before next year&#8217;s home Rugby World Cup with the capture&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-383067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383067","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=383067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}