{"id":471745,"date":"2026-02-11T00:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/471745\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T00:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:56:08","slug":"thomas-cant-signs-contract-extension-after-rival-offers-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/471745\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Cant signs contract extension after rival offers – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle Knights<\/a> forward Thomas Cant<\/a> showed a lot of potential last season, playing a career high 18 games and now has a new deal to show for it.<\/p>\n

Already signed for 2026, Cant has signed a two-year extension which will keep him in the Hunter until at least the end of 2028.<\/p>\n

Cant is another example of being a graduate of the Knights pathways, having success with the Jersey Flegg side in 2022 before making his debut in the 2023 season.<\/p>\n

Since joining the Knights organisation midway through the 2024 season, Peter O’Sullivan has made the Knights’ pathways a priority, and it’s no surprise he wanted to extend the local junior on a two-year deal that finishes at the end of the 2028 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cTom is a Novacastrian through and through, showing great commitment throughout his development from pathways into the NRL<\/a> squad, \u201cO’Sullivan said in the Knights statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know there was strong interest and offers from other clubs, we are pleased Tom has chosen to remain a Knight, and we look forward to him cementing a permanent spot in our NRL<\/a> team.\u201d<\/p>\n

New head coach Justin Holbrook<\/a> shared his enthusiasm for extending the 23-year-old.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are really pleased Tom will remain a Knight, he loves representing this community, his family and this footy club, \u201cHolbrook stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe epitomises effort and determination, giving everything he has every day and representing our Newcastle Knights<\/a> club values with great pride.<\/p>\n

\u201cTom has impressed all the coaching staff with his leg speed and football intuition during the off-season training; his upgraded 2026 contract and extension until 2028 are a reward for effort.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle Knights forward Thomas Cant showed a lot of potential last season, playing a career high 18 games…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-471745","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\/471745","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=471745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}