{"id":940191,"date":"2026-10-25T08:28:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T08:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/940191\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T08:28:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T08:28:22","slug":"manly-set-to-lose-two-players-want-centre-from-nrl-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/940191\/","title":{"rendered":"Manly set to lose two players, want centre from NRL rival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> are set to say farewell to two more squad members ahead of pre-season, with dummy-half Zach Dockar-Clay<\/a> and centre-back-rower dual Aaron Schoupp<\/a> exploring opportunities elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Dockar-Clay joined Manly on a one-year deal ahead of 2026 after spending two years with the Sydney Roosters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He has made 36 NRL<\/a> appearances and more than 142 in reserve-grade.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old struggled for first-grade opportunities, making just one NRL<\/a> appearance for Manly this year, though he was named NSW Cup<\/a> Best and Fairest at the club’s end-of-season awards.<\/p>\n

Per The Daily Telegraph, he is linked to the Cronulla Sharks<\/a> for 2027.<\/p>\n

The dummy-half provides versatility at lock and in the halves.<\/p>\n

Aaron Schoupp<\/a> is the other name heading for the exit, as he is in talks with the North Queensland Cowboys<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old has played 58 NRL<\/a> games and scored 12 tries, but only managed one first-grade game in 2026.<\/p>\n

His season was ultimately shaped by a ruptured ACL that he suffered in the final game of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

After starting his career as a centre, he has transitioned to the second row.<\/p>\n

Jake Tago<\/a>, who played for the Parramatta Eels<\/a>, has received interest from the Sea Eagles.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old could receive a supplementary contract.<\/p>\n

He did not play an NRL<\/a> game this season, instead playing 11 NSW Cup<\/a> games.<\/p>\n

Jake, brother of Penrith Panthers<\/a> centre, debuted with the Eels in 2024 and has scored five tries in nine NRL<\/a> games between 2024 and 2026.<\/p>\n

Veteran Siosiua Taukeiaho<\/a> remains the other question mark at the Sea Eagles.<\/p>\n

The forward has struggled with injury, and it is unclear if he will be right to play again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manly Sea Eagles are set to say farewell to two more squad members ahead of pre-season, with dummy-half…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":940192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-940191","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\/940191","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=940191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/940192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}