{
  "id": 271662,
  "title": "As Joe Marler joins Gladiators as Mauler, we take a look at the previous rugby players who’ve entered the arena of the hit TV show",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/as-joe-marler-joins-gladiators-as-mauler-we-take-a-look-at-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-07T16:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rugby World",
    "slug": "rugby-world",
    "url": "https://www.rugbyworld.com/news/rugby-players-on-gladiators-184943"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Joe Marler is swapping a rugby shirt for Spandex when he joins Gladiators as Mauler (Craig Mercer/MB Media/Getty Images) Mauler will follow in the footsteps of Amazon, Fury, Apollo... and Jeremy Guscott. Mauler will follow in the footsteps of Amazon, Fury, Apollo... and Jeremy Guscott.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}