The nib Newcastle Knights are pleased to confirm Sandon Smith will join the Club on a four-year National Rugby League contract, until at least the end of 2029.<\/p>\n
Smith, 22, comes with 46 NRL games and several years of elite rugby league experience, making his debut in Round 14, 2023 off the bench to help secure a thrilling 25-24 win over the Bulldogs in his hometown of Gosford.<\/p>\n
nib Newcastle Knights Head of Recruitment Peter O\u2019Sullivan said Smith is a very important piece of the puzzle.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are delighted Sandon will be joining us on a four-year deal,” said O\u2019Sullivan.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing a Central Coast junior who represented the Knights in our pathways, Sandon\u2019s signing is great for everyone.<\/p>\n
\u201cSandon has a brilliant game sense, with the ability to break a game open and create opportunities for those around him, along with being one of the best goal kickers in the NRL.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know Sandon is a dynamic half, who can also play hooker. His combination with Dylan Brown, Fletcher Sharpe and Kalyn Ponga gives us great coverage and depth in all our spine options.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe Sandon will help create plenty of attacking opportunities and exciting combinations for the Knights.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The nib Newcastle Knights are pleased to confirm Sandon Smith will join the Club on a four-year National…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-243732","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\/243732","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=243732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}