{"id":503119,"date":"2026-02-25T12:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/503119\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:31:11","slug":"nrl-2026-four-time-premiership-winner-scott-sorensen-signs-with-perth-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/503119\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: Four-time premiership winner Scott Sorensen signs with Perth Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Perth Bears recruitment drive continues to build momentum with four-time NRL premiership winner and New Zealand Kiwis international Scott Sorensen set to join the club on a two-year deal to commence in 2027.<\/p>\n

Since making his debut in 2014, Sorensen has played 139 First-Grade games with stints at the Cronulla Sharks, Canberra Raiders and Penrith Panthers.<\/p>\n

Sorensen was an integral member of the Panthers four-time premiership winning teams between 2021-24 and is certain to be a cornerstone of coach Mal Meninga\u2019s squad for the 2027 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cScott is a natural leader who had great success at club and international level,\u201d Perth Bears head coach Mal Meninga said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has great skill with the ball and really sets the tone with his defence. Above all, Scott is a selfless person who other players want to play with.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very excited to welcome him and his family to the Perth Bears.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sorensen is the fourteenth player to commit to the Perth Bears for their inaugural season, with the 32-year-old declaring the chance to move his young family to Perth coupled with the chance to be a part of history as the motivating factors behind his decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPerth is a fantastic city. I\u2019m absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to be a part of the first-ever Perth Bears squad,\u201d Sorensen said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife is from Perth, so I know there is already a lot of excitement about the Bears coming into competition from people in Western Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a privilege to have the opportunity to be a part of the team and help set the standards and build the culture of the club from day one.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Perth Bears General Manager of Football David Sharpe hailed the announcement as another significant milestone for the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cScott has been on our radar for a long time. I am delighted we have managed to sign him to the Perth Bears for the next two years,\u201d Sharpe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has a connection with Western Australia and is obviously a fantastic player who possesses the leadership qualities and ambition we look for when recruiting to our squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish him all the best for the upcoming season and look forward to welcoming Scott and his young family to WA in 2027.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Perth Bears recruitment drive continues to build momentum with four-time NRL premiership winner and New Zealand Kiwis…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-503119","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\/503119","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=503119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}