{"id":676992,"date":"2026-05-17T16:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/676992\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T16:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:00:10","slug":"tevita-pangai-jr-to-add-punch-to-hull-kr-pack-total-rugby-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/676992\/","title":{"rendered":"Tevita Pangai Jr to add punch to Hull KR pack \u2013 Total Rugby League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalrl.com\/tevita-pangai-jr-to-add-punch-to-hull-kr-pack\/\" title=\"Permanent Link to Tevita Pangai Jr to add punch to Hull KR pack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"675\" height=\"360\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"bestwp-post-thumbnail-single wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/OHO1622-e1752829908165-675x360.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>HULL KR have signed former Tonga and New South Wales star Tevita Pangai Jr for the remainder of this season, with coach Willie Peters saying: \u201cOn his day, he is one of the most devastating forwards in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old ex-NRL star, who in October called of a move to Warrington Wolves and has had a spell in French rugby union, last played Rugby League for Catalans Dragons last year, making 23 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Before that Pangai Jr had nine years in the Australian top flight with Brisbane Broncos, Penrith Panthers, Canterbury Bulldogs and Dolphins.<\/p>\n<p>He has also boxed professionally as a heavyweight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTevita has played at the highest level. He is hungry and determined to win over the fans and his teammates,\u201d added Peters.<\/p>\n<p>Pangai Jr said: \u201cI\u2019m really excited to be joining. I just want to thank Willie, (chief executive) Paul Lakin and the rest of the board for giving me this opportunity to join a winning culture and be in a great environment, which can hopefully allow me to play my best rugby.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HULL KR have signed former Tonga and New South Wales star Tevita Pangai Jr for the remainder of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-676992","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\/676992","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=676992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}