{"id":120127,"date":"2025-09-05T06:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/120127\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T06:14:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:14:07","slug":"blayke-brailey-signs-fresh-contract-extension-cronulla-sharks-four-year-deal-news-videos-highlights-sutherland-shire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/120127\/","title":{"rendered":"Blayke Brailey signs fresh contract extension, Cronulla Sharks, four-year deal, news, videos, highlights, Sutherland Shire"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sharks have revealed Blayke Brailey has signed a fresh four-year extension, with the in-form hooker remaining at the Cronulla club until the end of the 2030 season.<\/p>\n

Brailey\u2019s long-term future in the Shire was uncertain earlier this year, with the two parties unable to agree on the length of his new contract.<\/p>\n

The Sharks reportedly offered a three-year deal, while Brailey\u2019s management were seeking a five-year term with the club.<\/p>\n

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In the end, a four-year deal has been announced and the competition\u2019s in-form hooker won\u2019t hit the open market, with his previous contract coming to an end in 2026. <\/p>\n

\u201cI love this place, I love the area, I love the club,\u201d Brailey said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know what this team and this club has coming in the next few years. To be a part of that is special and I feel really grateful to call this place home for a lot longer.<\/p>\n

Blayke Brailey has signed a fresh contract\/Source: The Daily Telegraph<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been here for almost 13 years now. I started in the juniors and worked my way through the ranks. I\u2019ve grown up in the area. My whole life and my whole football career have been based around this stadium and this place.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always had the dream to wear the Sharks\u2019 colours and to be running out on this field. <\/p>\n

\u201cI never had a Plan B \u2013 my Plan A was always to make it here and have my family name on the No.9 jersey ever since I picked up a football.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo do that and to call this place my home is a dream come true. I know my eight-year-old self would be really proud of the person I\u2019ve become.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brailey began his rugby league journey with the Aquinas Colts in the Shire, going on to make his NRL debut in 2019, with 160 games under his belt.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Football Committee agreed unanimously that we all wanted Blayke to be a Shark for life,\u201d Sharks chief executive Dino Mezzatesta said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s an exceptional player and person who is destined for the representative arena. His achievements thus far are testament to his professionalism and determination.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlayke is already a respected leader and he\u2019ll help drive our club forward for a long time. He understands what the Sharks mean to the community and our fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to watching Blayke guide the team through this year\u2019s finals series and strive to bring more success to the Sharks in the seasons ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sharks have revealed Blayke Brailey has signed a fresh four-year extension, with the in-form hooker remaining at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,84912,9421,83832,11241,4565,84906,13213,84913,84907,14175,763,84908,4612,82640,32759,84914,761,762,158,84910,84911,84909,85],"class_list":["post-120127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-backs-teenager","tag-benji-marshall","tag-changes-complexion","tag-contract-extension","tag-cronulla-sharks","tag-dino-mezzatesta","tag-finals-series","tag-football-career","tag-football-committee","tag-four-year-deal","tag-fox-league","tag-fresh-four-year-extension","tag-gold-coast-titans","tag-grade-debut","tag-hughes","tag-in-form-hooker","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-papi-nas-out","tag-place-home","tag-rugby-league-journey","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120127","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=120127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}