{"id":866270,"date":"2026-08-24T04:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/866270\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T04:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:06:10","slug":"png-chiefs-sign-joseph-manu-for-2028-season-in-major-rugby-league-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/866270\/","title":{"rendered":"PNG Chiefs sign Joseph Manu for 2028 season in major rugby league coup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bcxzNmxesLZ\" style=\"display:none\">In addition to 69 tries scored in 181 NRL games, Manu has also made 17 test match appearances for New Zealand and was named the Golden Boot winner in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bcxzNmxesLZ\" style=\"display:none\">PNG Chiefs chief executive Lorna McPherson said the star outside back was another significant signing for the club on and off the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bcxzNmxesLZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cJoey is another key signing for us and a further demonstration of the ambition we have for this club in making an impact for the people of Papua New Guinea. <\/p>\n<p class=\"bcxzNmxesLZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cHis connection to the Pacific, his character, experience and standing in the game will have a profound impact on our club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"bcxzNmxesLZ\" style=\"display:none\">McPherson said Manu understands the responsibility that comes with representing something bigger than himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bcxzNmxesLZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe believe he can have a genuine impact on our young players and the next generation of Papua New Guineans \u2013 who we are proud to represent as a club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"bcxzNmxesLZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u2013 RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In addition to 69 tries scored in 181 NRL games, Manu has also made 17 test match appearances&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":866271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[32601,75722,27859,4218,64,63,5386,435168,580,1899,38938,4717,435169,126197,8218,8835,2877,26582,265187,13809,65751,15560,35990,760,57057,161,2951,85,1928],"class_list":["post-866270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-32601","tag-adding","tag-already","tag-another","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chiefs","tag-coup","tag-for","tag-have","tag-impressive","tag-in","tag-inaugural","tag-joey","tag-joseph","tag-kiwi","tag-league","tag-major","tag-manu","tag-massive","tag-playing","tag-png","tag-roster","tag-rugby","tag-scored","tag-season","tag-sign","tag-sports","tag-their"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866270","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=866270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/866271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}