{"id":390661,"date":"2026-01-04T08:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T08:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/390661\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T08:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T08:11:10","slug":"seattle-seawolves-add-south-african-halfback-to-mlr-2026-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/390661\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Seawolves add South African halfback to MLR 2026 squad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Another day, another signing for the Seattle Seawolves<\/a> ahead of the Major League Rugby<\/a> season for 2026.<\/p>\n

In the last week, the Seawolves have signed Sean McNulty<\/a> and Rufus McLean<\/a> three months out from the season, and have now added South African halfback Andre Warner.<\/p>\n

Both are USA<\/a> Eagles, with McNulty recently representing the National team in 2025 against Scotland, while McLean featured in the other two Test matches for the Eagles.<\/p>\n

Warner, who has played 33 times for the Lions<\/a> and 20 for the Bulls, joins the Seawolves after two seasons with Houston in Major League Rugby.<\/p>\n

Warner signs for the Seawolves in the same week that they had also added former Blues<\/a> and Crusaders<\/a> fly-half Michael Brett to their coaching staff.<\/p>\n

Brett will take over the backs and the skills aspect for the Seawolves, bringing his playing experiences from all around the world to Major League Rugby.<\/p>\n

Brett will join Allen Clarke in the coaching staff, as well as former Blues and Maori All Black hooker Robbie Abel.<\/p>\n

Clarke was full of praise for his new signing, who will add much-needed depth in his squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cAndre has an excellent understanding of the game. His speed of service, decision-making, and competitiveness are top level, \u201d Clarke said in a Seawolves statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a player I rate highly and we\u2019re delighted to bring him to the Seawolves.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Warner himself, he\u2019s looking forward to playing for the Seawolves in Major League Rugby and is excited for the challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrateful for the opportunity to join the Seawolves. I\u2019m excited to learn, grow, and contribute to this special club.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another day, another signing for the Seattle Seawolves ahead of the Major League Rugby season for 2026. In…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-390661","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\/390661","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=390661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}