{"id":10346,"date":"2012-04-30T08:30:04","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T06:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/rugby-genia-gets-cold-feet-on-force-move-to-stay-with-reds\/"},"modified":"2012-04-30T08:30:04","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T06:30:04","slug":"rugby-genia-gets-cold-feet-on-force-move-to-stay-with-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-genia-gets-cold-feet-on-force-move-to-stay-with-reds\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Genia gets cold feet on Force move, to stay with Reds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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April 30<\/span> (Reuters) – Wallabies playmaker Will Genia has made
\na stunning U-turn by deciding to re-sign with the Queensland
\nReds two days after the Super Rugby team announced he would join
\nWestern Force next season.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The Reds said in a statement on Monday Genia had signed that
\nmorning until the end of 2015, scuppering the Perth-based
\nForce’s bid to recruit the 24-year-old scrumhalf at the eleventh
\nhour.<\/p>\n

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On Saturday, the Reds had announced that Genia was leaving
\nthe team at the end of the season to play for Force after not
\nbeing able to provide a competitive enough offer.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Genia said he had been set to leave but had a change of
\nheart over the weekend.<\/p>\n

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“I always maintained a strong desire to stay in Queensland
\nwith the Reds, however, I also received offers from both here in
\nAustralia and from overseas, and I considered my options,” Genia
\nsaid in the statement posted on the Reds’ website
\n(www.redsrugby.com.au).<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Genia said he had even told the Reds’ title-winning coach
\nEwen McKenzie after their game on Friday he was set to leave.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“Ewen asked me after the game on Friday whether I was going
\nto be staying with the Reds and I told him I was going to join
\nthe Western Force at the end of the season,” he added.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“But when I considered my options over the weekend I
\nrealised it really didn’t sit well with me and my heart was in
\nQueensland and that’s where I want to play my rugby.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Genia scored the match-winning try in last year’s final
\nagainst the Canterbury Crusaders to seal the Reds’ first title
\nin the competition’s professional era and has been a key player
\nin the formerly struggling franchise’s revival.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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April 30 (Reuters) – Wallabies playmaker Will Genia has made a stunning U-turn by deciding to re-sign with the Queensland Reds two days after the Super Rugby team announced he would join Western Force next season. The Reds said in a statement on Monday Genia had signed that morning until the end of 2015, scuppering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-10346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}