{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_vigdtv3tbphvzlue4zza","title":"Super Rugby Pacific: Ardie Savea to join Blues on one-season deal","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/super-rugby-pacific-ardie-savea-to-join-blues-on-one-season-deal-vigdtv3tbp","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_o53fxuusuqaf4k5saema","seq":1037603,"kind":"article","title":"Super Rugby Pacific: Ardie Savea to join Blues on one-season deal","url":"https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/sport/super-rugby-pacific-ardie-savea-to-join-blues-on-one-season-deal","summary":"Ardie Savea will officially join the Blues on Friday. The All Blacks captain has been without a Super Rugby Pacific home since Moana Pasifika collapsed earlier this year and left behind $8 million in debt. All roads pointed to Savea staying in Auckland and switching to the Blues for next year’s campaign as he builds towards the Rugby World Cup in Australia in 2027. That outcome, rugby’s worst-kept secret, will be confirmed on Friday with confirmation of Savea’s one-season…","published":"2026-10-01T02:13:16Z","seen":"2026-10-01T02:38:12Z","lang":"en","country":"NZ","source":{"id":"kite-newstalkzb-co-nz-92f0f1","name":"newstalkzb.co.nz","domain":"newstalkzb.co.nz","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7019845","name":"Newstalk ZB","type":"broadcaster","country":"NZ","designations":["radio network"]}},"via":"kite-newstalkzb-co-nz-92f0f1","entities":[{"id":"Q4788055","name":"Ardie Savea","type":"person"},{"id":"Q1156303","name":"Blues","type":"org"}],"image":"https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/media/2uobjyvk/download-2026-10-01t151022021.jpg?rmode=pad&v=1dd51b724df6c70","story":"st_vigdtv3tbphvzlue4zza","category":"sport","category_p":0.9100000262260437,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.20000000298023224,"political":0.019999999552965164},{"id":"n_vigdtv3tbphvzlue4zza","seq":1038448,"kind":"article","title":"Super Rugby Pacific: Ardie Savea to join Blues on one-season deal","url":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/ardie-savea-to-join-blues-on-one-season-super-rugby-deal/GM5YWGCO4ZDXTL54THIROS3RSM","summary":"Rugby's worst-kept secret is set to be confirmed as Savea prepares to join the Blues.","published":"2026-10-01T02:00:00Z","seen":"2026-10-01T02:41:19Z","lang":"en","country":"NZ","source":{"id":"kite-nzherald-co-nz-89d545","name":"nzherald.co.nz","domain":"nzherald.co.nz","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q137925634","name":"NZ Herald","type":"newspaper","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-nzherald-co-nz-89d545","authors":["Liam Napier"],"entities":[{"id":"Q4788055","name":"Ardie Savea","type":"person"},{"id":"Q1156303","name":"Blues","type":"org"}],"image":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/4XHXKOTT7NEBZICNGD4LZGBOEI.jpg?auth=4ffa68a9da561a3ce49b28247d5186ea81f357770877a57501ef652085076382&height=300&smart=true&width=300","story":"st_vigdtv3tbphvzlue4zza","category":"sport","category_p":0.9100000262260437,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.20000000298023224,"political":0.019999999552965164}]}