{"id":69479,"date":"2025-07-18T12:06:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=69479"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:06:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:06:52","slug":"dream-job-meet-the-first-ever-kiwi-to-make-the-dallas-cowboy-cheerleaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=69479","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dream job&#8217;: Meet the first-ever Kiwi to make the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-test-ui=\"container\">\n<header>\n<div id=\"masthead-header\" data-test-ui=\"header\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<nav><\/nav>\n<\/header>\n<section id=\"sidebar\"><\/section>\n<p><main id=\"main\" role=\"main\" data-test-ui=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article data-test-ui=\"v2-article v2-article--sidebar-hidden\">\n<div data-test-ui=\"v2-article-section-top\">\n<section data-test-ui=\"article-section-top-main\">\n<header data-ref-group=\"header\" data-test-ui=\"article__header\">\n<div data-test-ui=\"article__header-info\">\n<section data-ref-group=\"author\" data-test-ui=\"article__action-bar\">\n<div data-test-ui=\"author--information\">\n<div data-test-ui=\"author--text--body\">\n<p>RNZ<\/p>\n<p><time data-test-ui=\"author-display--date\">18 Jul, 2025 07:32 AM<\/time><span data-test-ui=\"author-read-time\">3 mins to read<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-ui=\"hero-container\">\n<figure data-test-ui=\"hero-figure\"><figcaption>Faith Ward, a Wellington-born dancer, is the first New Zealander in the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. 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