{"id":232337,"date":"2025-10-22T11:30:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T11:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/232337\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T11:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T11:30:16","slug":"emerging-england-forward-sets-his-sights-on-nrl-arrival-in-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/232337\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging England forward sets his sights on NRL arrival in the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leigh Leopards forward Owen Trout is already dreaming of testing himself in the NRL as he prepares for what could be his England debut in the upcoming Ashes series against Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old joined Leigh from Huddersfield Giants ahead of the 2024 campaign on a three-year deal and quickly became one of the club\u2019s most influential players. His impressive form throughout 2025 earned him a place in Shaun Wane\u2019s 24-man England squad for the historic three-Test series, and now, the prospect of facing the world\u2019s best has only fuelled bigger ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d love to go over there and have a crack\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loverugbyleague.com\/post\/owen-trout-reveals-nrl-ambitions-following-shock-england-call-up\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Speaking to Love Rugby League<\/a>, Trout revealed that a move Down Under is something he hopes to pursue later in his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d love to go over there (to Australia) and have a crack,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m contracted with Leigh next year, so that\u2019s my main focus, but it\u2019ll be a good step in the right direction if I do get a chance to play against the Aussies (in the Ashes).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cI suppose I\u2019ll know how I\u2019d fare really in the NRL (after the Ashes). I\u2019m really looking forward to it. When you start playing against the best, it brings out the best in you as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Off-contract at the end of 2026, Trout will be eligible to negotiate with other clubs from December 1 that year. But for now, his focus remains firmly on representing his country and continuing his rise with the Leopards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leigh Leopards forward Owen Trout is already dreaming of testing himself in the NRL as he prepares for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-232337","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\/232337","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=232337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}