The Dolphins have secured one of the most-prized signatures in the rugby league world after locking in gun centre Herbie Farnworth until the end of the 2027 NRL season.<\/p>\n
Farnworth has added another year to his current deal after signing a contract extension last night before jumping on a plane to his native country of England.<\/p>\n
It is a huge play by Farnworth, who will now get ready to take on the Kangaroos in a three-Test series in the UK.<\/p>\n
But the 25-year-old said upon considering his future, signing for the Dolphins was a simple call.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was an easy decision for me as I did not see myself going anywhere else,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u00a0“When I look at the roster the club has built for the Dolphins, I am so excited about what this team can achieve in the next couple of seasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe we have the team to go with any other in the NRL and I can\u2019t wait to see what we can do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Farnworth was already signed for the Dolphins for 2026, and his extension means he will not come on the open market on November 1.<\/p>\n
Dolphins\u2019 chief executive Terry Reader said Farnworth had demonstrated he was an elite player in the NRL and showed how important he was to the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a huge announcement for us as Herbie is simply one of the best players in the game,\u201d said Reader.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got no doubt if he had finished the season off with us rather than getting injured, the Dolphins would have made the NRL finals.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter three years of work on our recruitment strategy, we are really excited about the roster we have created for the next few years.<\/p>\n
\u201cKnowing Herbie has now recommitted to the Dolphins creates even more excitement for our members and fans.\u201d<\/p>\n
Farnworth will return to pre-season training in January after playing his part in the rugby league Ashes series with new Dolphins\u2019 recruit and English Test forward Morgan Knowles.<\/p>\n
Knowles will join Selwyn Cobbo and Penrith half Brad Schneider as new faces in the Dolphins\u2019 squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dolphins have secured one of the most-prized signatures in the rugby league world after locking in gun…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-198886","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\/198886","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=198886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}