{"id":309103,"date":"2025-11-26T03:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T03:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/309103\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T03:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T03:45:10","slug":"manly-boost-their-hooker-stocks-with-key-extension-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/309103\/","title":{"rendered":"Manly boost their hooker stocks with key extension – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> have locked in hooker Jake Simpkin<\/a> on a two-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2028 NRL<\/a> season.<\/p>\n

Simpkin joined Manly mid-season in 2024 from the Wests Tigers<\/a> on a two-and-a-half-year deal and quickly cemented himself as a key figure in Anthony Seibold’s side.<\/p>\n

He featured in 22 of a possible 24 games in 2025, taking his career tally to 71 NRL<\/a> appearances across five seasons.<\/p>\n

Sea Eagles coach Anthony Seibold<\/a> said the new deal was a reward for Simpkin’s consistency and professionalism.<\/p>\n

\u201cJake has thoroughly earned this contract extension after his most consistent season yet,\u201d Seibold said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis preparation for training and games is extremely thorough.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn all the important effort areas in games, which not everyone might notice, Jake is always a high performer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NRLSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 16: Jake Simpkin of the Sea Eagles passes the ball during the round 15 NRL match between Manly Sea Eagles and St George Illawarra Dragons at 4 Pines Park, on June 16, 2024, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Jeremy Ng\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Simpkin, who recently became a father, said he was thrilled to extend his stay on the Northern Beaches.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve loved my time at Manly and I’m very happy to be here for a few more years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s a super group of players and I’ve got a lot of time for the staff as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve only recently become a father, which I’m loving, so it’s great for us to have some stability over the next few years.\u201d<\/p>\n

He now has the opportunity to cement his role in the Sea Eagles starting side over the next couple of seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Manly Sea Eagles have locked in hooker Jake Simpkin on a two-year contract extension, keeping him at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-309103","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\/309103","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=309103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}