{"id":254239,"date":"2025-10-31T23:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/254239\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T23:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:30:13","slug":"st-helens-signs-david-klemmer-on-two-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/254239\/","title":{"rendered":"St Helens signs David Klemmer on two-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former international and State of Origin prop David Klemmer has signed a two-year deal to play with St Helens in the English Super League.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old spent one season with the Dragons in 2025 and made 22 appearances.<\/p>\n

His time in the NRL appears to be over after playing 260 NRL games across stints with St George-Illawarra, Wests Tigers, Newcastle and Canterbury.<\/p>\n

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“When the opportunity came up, I grabbed it with both hands,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Saints has got such a rich history, and I know they demand success, such is the pedigree that the club has. I can’t wait to be part of that environment.<\/p>\n

“I’m excited to work with the likes of Alex Walmsley and Curtis Sironen. I played with Siro a fair bit, coming through at the same time, so it’s a good mix. It should make it exciting in training.”<\/p>\n

\"SYDNEY,<\/p>\n

David Klemmer on the move.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

New St Helens coach Paul Rowley arrived at the club in October and Klemmer is his first signing.<\/p>\n

“He’s coming over with a lot to play for, and speaking to him, it’s clear to see how competitive he is,” Rowley said.<\/p>\n

“We’re adding a really good bloke to our group too, and I’ve been speaking to people who know him well, and they all speak very highly of him.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former international and State of Origin prop David Klemmer has signed a two-year deal to play with St…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-254239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254239","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=254239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}