{"id":670073,"date":"2026-05-14T09:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/670073\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T09:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:08:15","slug":"warriors-young-gun-linked-with-exit-from-the-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/670073\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors young gun linked with exit from the club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/new-zealand-warriors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Warriors<\/a> may lose another one of their halves, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/luke-hanson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Hanson<\/a> reportedly linked to leave Auckland.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN is reporting that Hanson may depart the club, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/gold-coast-titans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gold Coast Titans<\/a> being thrown around as a possible landing spot for the 22-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Sources close to the ESPN publication have told them he may be on his way out, possibly due to a bottleneck of halves at the club, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/tanah-boyd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tanah Boyd<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/chanel-harris-tavita\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chanel Harris-Tavita<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/jett-cleary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jett Cleary<\/a> and the likely departing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/luke-metcalf\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Metcalf<\/a> all gunning for spots.<\/p>\n<p>Hanson is a product of the elite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/penrith-panthers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Penrith Panthers<\/a> pathway system and was a member of their title-winning SG Ball side in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Showing excellent fitness, a high-work rate, and elite playmaking skills, the Warriors moved to lock him down for a path to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> in 2024. He eventually made his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> debut in Round 3 this year against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/newcastle-knights\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle Knights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hanson spent the 2024 and 2025 seasons plying his trade in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nswrl-competitions\/nsw-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NSW Cup<\/a>, which saw the Warriors side dominate the competition during this time. It included a fourth place finish in 2024 and a title victory and minor premiership last year.<\/p>\n<p>For his debut, he filled in alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/tanah-boyd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tanah Boyd<\/a> during an injury-riddled start to the Warriors&#8217; campaign, picking up a try and an assist in game one of his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; The New Zealand Warriors may lose another one of their halves, with Luke Hanson reportedly linked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-670073","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\/670073","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=670073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}