{"id":214669,"date":"2025-10-15T07:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/214669\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T07:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:21:09","slug":"jared-waerea-hargreaves-five-word-message-to-nrl-after-one-of-the-best-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/214669\/","title":{"rendered":"Jared Waerea-Hargreaves’ five-word message to NRL after \u2018one of the best decisions\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jared Waerea-Hargreave has admittedly loved his time in England and with Hull KR.\"HullHull KR’s Jared Waerea-Hargreaves waves goodbye to the fans after his last match before retiring during the Betfred Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford. Photo by Lee Parker – CameraSport via Getty Images.<\/p>\n

Having admitted that his surprise move to Super League with Hull KR was one of the best decisions of his career, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves says he will return home and encourage others to make the same leap: \u201cYou\u2019ve got to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The legendary forward was one of the biggest signings ever made in the northern hemisphere ahead of the 2025 season. He helped inspire the Robins to a historic campaign under head coach Willie Peters, claiming a clean sweep of honours with the Super League title, Challenge Cup, and League Leaders\u2019 Shield in an unprecedented season.<\/p>\n

It marks the greatest year in the East Hull club\u2019s history, with Waerea-Hargreaves leaving a huge mark in what was his one and only season in England.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old saved his best performance for last, starring in Hull KR\u2019s Grand Final triumph at Old Trafford as the club became just the fifth team ever to lift the Super League trophy.<\/p>\n

Waerea-Hargreaves says he\u2019ll return to Australia determined to convince others to follow his path.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the right time in your career, you\u2019ve got to do it,\u201d the New Zealand great said. \u201cGo and experience it. It\u2019s been so good. Obviously, winning helps. But make the most of it. I\u2019ve done that all year, and I\u2019ve told people, \u2018You\u2019ve got to go experience it.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been one of the best decisions of my career. I\u2019ve loved it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He has been linked with a mentorship role back at his beloved NRL club Sydney Roosters upon his return to Australia<\/a> – where he holds the club\u2019s all-time appearance record.<\/p>\n

But for now, the no-nonsense prop declared: \u201cI cannot wait to be a dad. We head back to Sydney just before Christmas, and we\u2019ll enjoy some family time, enjoy Europe and do some travelling.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll also enjoy the next couple of weeks with the club, and everyone involved in celebrating this season and ending on a really good note.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jared Waerea-Hargreave has admittedly loved his time in England and with Hull KR.Hull KR’s Jared Waerea-Hargreaves waves goodbye…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-214669","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\/214669","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=214669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}