{"id":114510,"date":"2025-09-03T01:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T01:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/114510\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T01:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T01:36:08","slug":"sea-eagles-utility-departs-club-signs-with-new-team-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/114510\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Eagles utility departs club, signs with new team – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of seven players at the Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> who are uncontracted heading into next season, Dean Matterson<\/a> has decided to depart the club for a change of scenery.<\/p>\n

The younger brother of Ryan Matterson<\/a>, Dean, has decided to follow in his footsteps and leave the NRL<\/a> to sign with Albi Rugby League<\/a> for the 2025-26 season, who compete in the Super XIII competition in France<\/a>, previously known as the Elite One Championship.<\/p>\n

Starting his career as a five-eighth before transitioning into the back-row, Matterson appeared in first-grade on seven occasions but hasn’t played a single match in the NRL<\/a> over the past two seasons.<\/p>\n

Primarily playing in the NSW Cup<\/a>, the 27-year-old scored three tries, averaged 77 running meters per game and made 279 total tackles during this year’s campaign in reserve-grade for the Sea Eagles.<\/p>\n

“A bolt from the blue for Albi Rugby League<\/a>!” a statement from the club translated from French read.<\/p>\n

“We are proud to announce the arrival of Dean Matterson<\/a>, a player from the prestigious NRL<\/a>, who joins the Tigers with a very high-level background and an already well-established reputation.<\/p>\n

“Versatile, capable of playing in the second row, the third row, but also at fly-half, Dean is that rare type of player who can turn a match with a single play… or take control of the game when his team needs it.<\/p>\n

“A well-rounded, powerful, and intelligent player, who will strengthen our Super XIII and write a new page in the club’s history.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of seven players at the Manly Sea Eagles who are uncontracted heading into next season, Dean Matterson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-114510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}