{"id":357709,"date":"2025-12-19T06:19:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/357709\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T06:19:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:19:39","slug":"new-zealand-warriors-hand-long-term-extension-to-young-forward-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/357709\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Warriors hand long-term extension to young forward – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Days away from the start of the new year, the New Zealand Warriors<\/a> have handed a new deal to one of the club’s brightest prospects, which will not only see him earn an extension but also a contract upgrade.<\/p>\n

Following a strong 2025 campaign, Eddie Ieremia-Toeava<\/a> has become the latest youngster to re-sign with the Warriors and will remain at the club until at least the end of the 2028 NRL<\/a> season.<\/p>\n

Rising rapidly through the club’s pathways system which saw him bypass the Under-19s SG Ball Cup<\/a> and Under-21s Jersey Flegg Cup<\/a> competitions, he has also been upgraded to the Warriors’ Top 30 roster from next season onwards.<\/p>\n

\u201cEddie stands out in so many ways, a real asset to the club and a tremendous example for all aspiring players coming through our pathways,\u201d said coach Andrew Webster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis work rate, energy and attitude are exceptional. When it comes to training few, if any, train harder than him. It’s exciting having him added to our fulltime squad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking to add to his five first-grade matches in 2026, Ieremia-Toeava also made 17 NSW Cup<\/a> appearances last season which saw him score six tries and average 90 running meters and 37 tackles per match.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s just reward for Eddie. He richly deserves this,\u201d added New Zealand Warriors<\/a> general manager recruitment, pathways and development Andrew McFadden<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has grabbed every opportunity as he has worked his way through our pathways, providing an outstanding example of the talent we have in our system.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Days away from the start of the new year, the New Zealand Warriors have handed a new deal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-357709","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\/357709","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=357709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}