{"id":289091,"date":"2025-11-16T22:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/289091\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T22:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:09:09","slug":"departed-versatile-penrith-panthers-forward-confirms-new-home-for-2026-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/289091\/","title":{"rendered":"Departed versatile Penrith Panthers forward confirms new home for 2026 &#8211; NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>One of 13 players farewelled by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/penrith-panthers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Penrith Panthers<\/a>, forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/riley-price\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Riley Price<\/a> has made an official call on his future, signing with a new club amid overseas links to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/super-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super League<\/a> competition.<\/p>\n<p>The son of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> icon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/steve-price\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Price<\/a>, Riley has been on the lookout for the past couple of months after being a regular feature for Penrith&#8217;s reserve-grade side, after coming back from an ACL injury he sustained the year before.<\/p>\n<p>Still only at the beginning of his career, the versatile forward has agreed to a one-year contract with the Redcliffe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/dolphins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dolphins<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/qrl-competitions\/qld-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">QLD Cup<\/a> and will join the likes of Brent Woolf, Jordan Plath and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/patrice-siolo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patrice Siolo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after he was offered to multiple teams in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/super-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super League<\/a> by his management, but a move overseas never materialised.<\/p>\n<p>In 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nswrl-competitions\/nsw-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NSW Cup<\/a> appearances during this year&#8217;s campaign, he scored three tries, made 11 tackle busts, three offloads and 385.1 post-contact metres to go with 288 total tackles and an average of 90 running metres per match.<\/p>\n<p>He has also made three appearances in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a>, with his most recent coming in Round 26 of the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> season and his previous two coming during his time with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/north-queensland-cowboys\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Queensland Cowboys<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; 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