{"id":288701,"date":"2025-11-16T17:38:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T17:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/288701\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T17:38:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T17:38:45","slug":"eels-extend-kangaroos-star-after-career-year-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/288701\/","title":{"rendered":"Eels extend Kangaroos star after career year – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Parramatta Eels<\/a> struck gold when they threw one of the NRL’s greatest characters a lifeline in 2024, extending their electric star’s stay in Western Sydney.<\/p>\n

Kangaroos star Josh Addo-Carr<\/a> has officially taken himself off the NRL’s open market, signing a one-year extension that keeps him at Parramatta until the end of 2027, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.<\/p>\n

After the Canterbury Bulldogs<\/a> tore up his contract last year, Addo-Carr’s career sat at a major crossroads.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old needed a fresh start, and reuniting with coach Jason Ryles<\/a>, someone he previously thrived under at the Melbourne Storm<\/a>, proved to be a turning point.<\/p>\n

With renewed confidence, a strong relationship with Ryles, and a team where he feels valued, Addo-Carr decided stability was the best option.<\/p>\n

\"ParramattaJosh Addo-Carr. (Photo by Joshua Davis\/Zero Digital Sports)<\/p>\n

The familiar partnership immediately reignited his football, with Addo-Carr producing some of the best form of his career in blue and gold.<\/p>\n

That resurgence included 19 tries for the Eels, earning him a recall to the Kangaroos and a spot on Australia’s first Ashes tour of England<\/a> in 22 years.<\/p>\n

He played all three Tests, scoring in the final match of the 3-0 sweep.<\/p>\n

Addo-Carr’s transformation hasn’t just been tactical, it’s been physical.<\/p>\n

Since moving to the Eels, he has dropped around eight kilograms, rediscovering the blistering pace that made him one of the game’s most electric stars.<\/p>\n

Telstra Tracker data clocked him at 36.85 km\/h, the fastest speed recorded in the NRL<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n

Having recently celebrated his 200th NRL<\/a> appearance, and with his speed, form and confidence back, Addo-Carr now looks set to continue his late-career revival at with the Eels across the next two seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Parramatta Eels struck gold when they threw one of the NRL’s greatest characters a lifeline in 2024,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-288701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288701","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=288701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}