{"id":229427,"date":"2025-10-21T07:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T07:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/229427\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T07:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T07:43:09","slug":"kobe-hetherington-signs-four-year-deal-with-manly-sea-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/229427\/","title":{"rendered":"Kobe Hetherington Signs Four-Year Deal With Manly Sea Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles have confirmed the signing of <a data-ail=\"422844\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rugbyleaguezone.com\/?s=Kobe+Hetherington\" title=\"Kobe Hetherington\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kobe Hetherington<\/a> on a four-year deal, securing the hard-working forward until the end of the 2029 NRL season.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old joins the Sea Eagles after playing a key role in the Brisbane Broncos\u2019 2025 premiership-winning campaign, bringing valuable experience and a premiership mentality to the Northern Beaches.<\/p>\n<p>Since making his NRL debut in 2021, Hetherington has amassed 105 first-grade appearances for Brisbane, known for his relentless work ethic and defensive toughness through the middle of the field.<\/p>\n<p>He is also the son of former Australian international Jason Hetherington, who was part of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs\u2019 1995 premiership side, continuing a proud rugby league family legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Manly\u2019s forward depth had been tested following the departures of <a data-ail=\"422844\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rugbyleaguezone.com\/?s=Toafofoa+Sipley\" title=\"Toafofoa Sipley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Toafofoa Sipley<\/a>, <a data-ail=\"422844\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rugbyleaguezone.com\/?s=Josh+Aloiai\" title=\"Josh Aloiai\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Josh Aloiai<\/a>, <a data-ail=\"422844\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rugbyleaguezone.com\/?s=Jazz+Tevaga\" title=\"Jazz Tevaga\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jazz Tevaga<\/a>, <a data-ail=\"422844\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rugbyleaguezone.com\/?s=Gordon+Chan%20Kum%20Tong\" title=\"Gordon Chan Kum Tong\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gordon Chan Kum Tong<\/a>, and <a data-ail=\"422844\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rugbyleaguezone.com\/?s=Michael+Chee%20Kam\" title=\"Michael Chee Kam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael Chee Kam<\/a> at the end of last season. The addition of Hetherington is seen as a major boost to the club\u2019s engine room, offering both versatility and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Sea Eagles fans will be eager to see how Hetherington integrates into a forward pack that already includes the likes of <a data-ail=\"422844\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rugbyleaguezone.com\/?s=Jake+Trbojevic\" title=\"Jake Trbojevic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jake Trbojevic<\/a>, Haumole Olakau\u2019atu, and <a data-ail=\"422844\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rugbyleaguezone.com\/?s=Taniela+Paseka\" title=\"Taniela Paseka\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Taniela Paseka<\/a>, as Manly look to climb further up the NRL ladder in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles have confirmed the signing of Kobe Hetherington on a four-year deal, securing the hard-working forward&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,4428,138551,22334,16660,138552,48475,760,85],"class_list":["post-229427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brisbane-broncos","tag-jason-hetherington","tag-kobe-hetherington","tag-manly-warringah-sea-eagles","tag-nrl-signings-2026","tag-nrl-transfers","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229427","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=229427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}