NRL<\/a> appearances to date.<\/p>\nHowever, the back-rower said loyalty played a major role in his decision after the club stood by him through a brutal run of injuries.<\/p>\n
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JULY 23: Jesse Colquhoun of the Cronulla Sharks looks on during the round 21 NRL match between Cronulla Sharks and Manly Sea Eagles at PointsBet Stadium on July 23, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Tim Allsop\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m extremely grateful I get to stay here for the next four years,\u201d Colquhoun said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Sharks’ loyalty towards me in those tough times definitely hasn’t gone unnoticed, and that’s why I’m glad to call this place home.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt gives me a lot of confidence knowing they’re signing me on a long-term deal.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully I can return the favour by playing good, consistent footy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sharks general manager of football Darren Mooney praised Colquhoun’s resilience and long-term potential, believing the forward can grow into a leader of the pack.<\/p>\n
\u201cJesse’s resilience, work ethic and talent have made him one of the most promising young forwards in the game,\u201d Mooney said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s no secret that he had plenty of teams chasing him, but it says a lot about his character and the culture at our club that he’s recommitted long-term.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile he’s still developing, we see Jesse as someone who can lead our forward pack long into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks have locked in one of their most promising young forwards ahead of the 2026 season.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-423294","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\/423294","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=423294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JULY 23: Jesse Colquhoun of the Cronulla Sharks looks on during the round 21 NRL match between Cronulla Sharks and Manly Sea Eagles at PointsBet Stadium on July 23, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Tim Allsop\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n