{"id":200947,"date":"2025-10-09T17:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/200947\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T17:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:50:16","slug":"cogger-rejoins-panthers-official-website-of-the-penrith-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/200947\/","title":{"rendered":"Cogger rejoins Panthers | Official website of the Penrith Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Penrith Panthers is pleased to officially announce the signing of Jack Cogger, who has agreed to a three-year contract that will see him remain in Panthers colours until at least the end of the 2028 NRL season.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old halfback returns to the Panthers following two-seasons with the Newcastle Knights. Cogger previously played a vital role in the Panthers\u2019 2023 premiership victory.<\/p>\n<p>Having made his NRL debut with the Knights in 2016, Cogger has played 120 first grade games, with stints at the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Huddersfield Giants, before his most recent return to Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>Panthers General Manager of Rugby League Shane Elford said the club is thrilled to welcome Jack back into the squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to have Jack return to the club,\u201d Elford said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only does he bring valuable experience and depth in the halves, but he\u2019s also a terrific person who contributes strongly to the culture and standards we set at Panthers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knows what it takes to succeed here, and we\u2019re confident he\u2019ll make a positive impact both on and off the field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The club looks forward to seeing Cogger rejoin the Panthers in preparation for the 2026 pre-season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Penrith Panthers is pleased to officially announce the signing of Jack Cogger, who has agreed to a three-year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,4593,761,762,158,125588,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-200947","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-jack-cogger","11":"tag-national-rugby-league","12":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","13":"tag-nrl","14":"tag-panthers-2026","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200947","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=200947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}