{"id":801875,"date":"2026-10-14T02:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T02:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/801875\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T02:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T02:36:21","slug":"wallaby-rob-leota-exits-bayonne-with-immediate-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/801875\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallaby Rob Leota exits Bayonne with immediate effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>  Published: 11 hours ago | 13 October 2026 10:51 EDT  <br \/> Updated: 11 hours ago | 13 October 2026 10:57 EDT  <\/p>\n<p>mens<\/p>\n<p>top-14<\/p>\n<p>    Bayonne&#8217;s Australian flanker Rob Leota (R) is tackled by Leicester&#8217;s English lock Ollie Chessum (C) during the European Champions Cup pool 3 rugby union match between Leicester Tigers and Aviron Bayonnais, Bayonne at Mattioli Woods, Welford Road Stadium in Leicester, central England on January 10, 2026. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS \/ AFP) <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"expand\" src=\"https:\/\/eu-cdn.rugbypass.com\/images\/common-svg\/select-arrow.svg\" height=\"6\" width=\"11\"\/>      <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rugbypass.com%2F\" onclick=\"GATracking.sendDataLayerEvent(&#039;preferredsourcegoogle&#039;);\" aria-label=\"Google Prefered Source\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791945381_812_google_preferred_source_badge_light.png\" alt=\"Google Prefered Source\" width=\"141\" height=\"44\" class=\"google-source\"\/> <\/a>     <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/australia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australia<\/a> back-row Rob Leota has left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/bayonne\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bayonne<\/a> with immediate effect just over a year after joining, the club have confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old is just weeks into the second season of his two-year deal in France, but the club have let him go after he was sidelined with a knee injury against Montauban in March. This is despite reports that he was due to return to action in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>While the club will pay out the remainder of his contract, he is free to join a new club, with a return to Australia a possibility. Back home, he would potentially be able to stake a claim for a Wallabies recall, add to his 21 caps and feature at a home World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Due to injuries, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/rebels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rebels<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/waratahs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Waratahs<\/a> forward was limited to just 12 appearances for the Basque outfit, who finished last season in 12th place in the league.<\/p>\n<p>In a brief statement shared on Tuesday, Bayonne wrote: \u201cAfter a season spent in Bayonne, Rob Leota, in agreement with the club, will leave the professional squad from October 13, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBayonne Rugby thanks Rob for his commitment to the Sky and White colours and wishes him all the best for the rest of his professional career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bayonne, who currently sit in fifth place in the Top 14, will be in the market for a fit replacement to help with both their domestic campaign and their European exploits, which begin this weekend with a visit from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/cheetahs-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cheetahs<\/a> in the Challenge Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: 11 hours ago | 13 October 2026 10:51 EDT Updated: 11 hours ago | 13 October 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-801875","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\/801875","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=801875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}