{"id":513848,"date":"2026-03-02T12:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/513848\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:27:11","slug":"red-bulls-retain-test-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/513848\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bulls retain Test quality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/newcastle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle<\/a> Red <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/bulls\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bulls<\/a> centre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/sam-arnold\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sammy Arnold<\/a> has extended his deal at the club by another season.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/ireland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ireland<\/a> centre, 29, has spent the past two seasons at Kingston Park, arriving from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/brive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brive<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>A knee injury in December 2024 ruled the former Ulster, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/munster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Munster<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/connacht\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Connacht<\/a> midfielder out for much of his debut season in the north east. But the powerful centre has been ever-present for the club this season. <\/p>\n<p>The Red Bulls have recruited heavily ahead of next season, particularly in the centres, with many internationals arriving at the club. <\/p>\n<p>Arnold has also become the sixth player to sign a new deal at the club, and is the first international. <\/p>\n<p>Fixture<\/p>\n<p>Gallagher Premiership<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/109.png.webp.webp\"\/> <\/p>\n<p> Northampton <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/108.png.webp.webp\"\/> <\/p>\n<p> Newcastle <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/live\/newcastle-vs-northampton\/?g=948542\/\" class=\"link-box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve loved my time here so far,\u201d Arnold said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNewcastle very quickly felt like home for my family and I, and we\u2019re happily settled here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love the city, the people and the club, and I\u2019m happy to extend at a place with a really exciting future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole Red Bull project is one of a kind in world rugby right now, so that\u2019s cool to be a part of, and it\u2019s only a matter of time before things really take off here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sporting general manager Neil McIlroy added: \u201cSammy embodies the physicality and combativeness that will help get us on the front foot as we look to take this club forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a top professional who does his talking on the field, and it\u2019s great news that he will be with us for the next stage of our journey.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle Red Bulls centre Sammy Arnold has extended his deal at the club by another season. The Ireland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-513848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513848","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=513848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}