{"id":433740,"date":"2026-01-24T05:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T05:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433740\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T05:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T05:05:12","slug":"reuben-garrick-opens-up-on-bloody-tough-sea-eagles-exit-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433740\/","title":{"rendered":"Reuben Garrick opens up on “bloody tough” Sea Eagles exit – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> star outside back Reuben Garrick<\/a> has revealed personal growth in a new system was behind his move to the Sydney Roosters<\/a>, who he will join in 2027.<\/p>\n

One of the more hotly-contested signatures to date following the November 1 deadline passing for all players off-contract at the end of 2026 to negotiate with rival clubs, Garrick was chased by the Roosters, St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a> and Manly, while the Perth Bears<\/a> were also believed to have talked to him.<\/p>\n

In the end, he elected to link up with the Roosters on a long-term deal where he could well be in line to replace Mark Nawaqanitawase<\/a> on the wing when he moves back to rugby union at the start of 2027.<\/p>\n

Garrick can also play in the centres or at fullback, with James Tedesco’s career also winding down.<\/p>\n

He admitted, speaking on the Backstage with Cooper and Matty Johns Podcast, that it was a “bloody tough” decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was bloody tough. Obviously, I’ve been at Manly for quite a few years now, this will be my eighth season there and I love the club,\u201d Garrick said on the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey’ve given me my opportunity (and) I have learnt so much there (and) have so many lifelong friends there\u2026so it was very, very hard to make. One that decision and weighing everything up.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd two, the hardest part was telling the boys and having those conversations which is tough. (They are) people you’ve played a lot of footy with and you trust and there’s a lot of loyalty there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it’s the best thing for myself to grow and learn off a new system. I feel like I just want to grow and learn a few new things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garrick, who is also a goal-kicker, has fast become one of Manly’s best players, with the Dragons junior now needing to be replaced by the Northern Beaches club heading into 2027.<\/p>\n

Garrick has agreed to join the Roosters on a three-year deal for the 2027, 2028 and 2029 seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manly Sea Eagles star outside back Reuben Garrick has revealed personal growth in a new system was behind…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-433740","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\/433740","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=433740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}