{"id":43108,"date":"2025-08-04T15:30:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/43108\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T15:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:30:16","slug":"sea-eagles-confirm-contract-release-for-prop-nrl-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/43108\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Eagles confirm contract release for prop – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/a>Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> have confirmed they will release prop Toafofoa Sipley<\/a> from the final year of his playing contract.<\/p>\n

Sipley was due to be on contract with the Northern Beaches-based club into next year, but will instead be released at the end of the year to take up an opportunity in the English Super League<\/a> with the Warrington Wolves<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There, he has signed a two-year deal joining\u00a0Tevita Pangai Junior<\/a> as another new signing in Sam Burgess<\/a>‘ side.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re excited to welcome Toff to the club from next season,” Burgess said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis size, physicality and character will be a big asset for us, and he can have a big impact at Warrington.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sipley admitted getting to work with Burgess, a former star prop in both Australia<\/a> and England, <\/a>was a part of the reason for signing on with the English club.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m really excited and honoured for the opportunity to represent Warrington in Super League<\/a> next season,” he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s a club with a rich history, and I feel I can add plenty of value and experience to the pack.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be working with Sam Burgess<\/a> is a huge draw. He’s someone I’ve always respected, and I’m looking forward to learning from him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can’t wait to get over and meet the passionate Warrington fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old has been around the fringe, or in, Manly’s best 17 for much of the last couple of years, having played 93 games in a Manly jersey since 2018.<\/p>\n

Prior to that, the prop made his NRL<\/a> debut in 2016 for the New Zealand Warriors<\/a>, where he played two games.<\/p>\n

He has managed just 12 first-grade games for the Sea Eagles this year, but has been a permanent part of the bench rotation – albeit with limited minutes – since he returned to Anthony Seibold<\/a>‘s side last time in Round 14.<\/p>\n

Manly CEO Tony Mestrov said it was a great opportunity for Sipley.<\/p>\n

“Toff is not just a very good footballer, but he’s a great person,” Mestrov said in a club statement confirming the news.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has a wonderful personality and a big presence within the playing group and at the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a great opportunity for Toff and his young family. They will leave with our best wishes and fond memories at the end of this season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sipley has five games remaining with Manly in the regular season as well as potential finals, and could notch up 100 NRL<\/a> games before he departs the competition to finish his career on the other side of the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Manly Sea Eagles have confirmed they will release prop Toafofoa Sipley from the final year of his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-43108","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\/43108","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=43108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}