{"id":941129,"date":"2026-10-26T04:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T04:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/941129\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T04:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T04:06:15","slug":"two-young-bulldogs-depart-club-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/941129\/","title":{"rendered":"Two young Bulldogs depart club immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Canterbury Bulldogs<\/a> will lose two young talents, with Taye Cochrane and Alvin Chong-Nee both set to continue their careers elsewhere ahead of the 2027 season.<\/p>\n

Cochrane is understood to be heading to the Ipswich Jets, a feeder club of the Gold Coast Titans<\/a>, as he looks to continue his development in Queensland after being unable to secure a new deal at Canterbury.<\/p>\n

As reported by ESPN, the Bulldogs have not offered the young fullback a contract extension, opening the door for him to pursue opportunities elsewhere.<\/p>\n

The 2027 campaign will provide Cochrane with a fresh start after making 25 NSW Cup<\/a> appearances for Canterbury since debuting in March 2025, including 14 games during the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

The versatile outside back enjoyed a productive year, scoring six tries while providing four try assists, 60 tackle breaks and five line breaks.<\/p>\n

Primarily deployed at fullback, Cochrane also possesses the versatility to feature in the halves, giving the Jets another option as he looks to take the next step in his development.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, fellow Bulldogs youngster Alvin Chong-Nee will also depart the club following a one-year stint in Canterbury’s system.<\/p>\n

As revealed by his management, the Jersey Flegg centre will return to the New Zealand Warriors<\/a> for the 2027 season, rejoining the club where he began his career.<\/p>\n

Chong-Nee has predominantly featured in the Jersey Flegg competition during his time at the Bulldogs, having previously made his NSW Cup<\/a> debut in 2025.<\/p>\n

The move back to New Zealand<\/a> presents the young outside back with an opportunity to continue his development and work his way back into NSW Cup<\/a> contention.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs still have three vacant spots for their Top 30 squad in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Canterbury Bulldogs will lose two young talents, with Taye Cochrane and Alvin Chong-Nee both set to continue…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":941130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-941129","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\/941129","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=941129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/941130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}