{"id":204594,"date":"2025-10-11T04:11:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T04:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/204594\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T04:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T04:11:17","slug":"warriors-young-gun-set-for-new-deal-as-three-nrl-clubs-circle-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/204594\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors young gun set for new deal as three NRL clubs circle &#8211; NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/rugby-league\/international-teams\/new-zealand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand<\/a> Warriors&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nswrl-competitions\/nsw-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NSW Cup<\/a> squad was brilliant in 2025, dominating the competition before putting the Burleigh Bears to the sword in the State Championship.<\/p>\n<p>A key member of their finals success was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/setu-tu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Setu Tu<\/a>, the high-flying winger who scored a double in both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nswrl-competitions\/nsw-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NSW Cup<\/a> Grand Final and State Championship.<\/p>\n<p>While he has been electric on the wing for the Warriors, Zero Tackle understands that the 26-year-old has been identified by multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> clubs as a potential recruitment target.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-204761\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"NSW Cup: Round 21 Teams\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1357\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/53424018243_8463a5bd53_k.jpg.webp.webp\"\/>Setu Tu in action. (Photo: Flickr- @NAPARAZZI)<\/p>\n<p>Three clubs have scouted and approached Tu&#8217;s management, with the hope of welcoming him into their side&#8217;s ranks for some valuable depth in outside backs.<\/p>\n<p>Tu, who can slot into any side as a winger, centre, or fullback in a pinch, has been described as a &#8220;game-breaker&#8221; by sources and is looming as a potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> starter in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>The try-scoring machine is yet to choose between the three undisclosed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> clubs, however is expecting to do so soon, and will likely be in the mix for a starting outside back role in 2026 based on his purple patch of form this year with the &#8216;Wahs&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; The New Zealand Warriors&#8217; NSW Cup squad was brilliant in 2025, dominating the competition before putting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-204594","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\/204594","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=204594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}