{"id":951783,"date":"2026-11-04T02:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T02:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951783\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T02:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T02:36:11","slug":"ricky-stuart-breaks-silence-on-links-to-manly-enforcer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951783\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Stuart breaks silence on links to Manly enforcer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/canberra-raiders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canberra Raiders<\/a> coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/ricky-stuart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ricky Stuart<\/a> has poured cold water on the club&#8217;s links to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/manly-sea-eagles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/taniela-paseka\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taniela Paseka<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier reports via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/rugby-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rugby League<\/a> Insider podcast suggested Canberra are going after Paseka, assumably to replace some of the middle firepower that&#8217;s left the nation&#8217;s capital, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/morgan-smithies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morgan Smithies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/corey-horsburgh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corey Horsburgh<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/josh-papalii\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Papalii<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although Stuart has put a red line through the Raiders&#8217; pursuit of Paseka to make the move to Canberra.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No. That&#8217;s not correct. We&#8217;re not interested,&#8221; Stuart told The Canberra Times.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-211113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/GettyImages-1480730043-scaled.jpg.webp\" alt=\"NRL Rd 6 - Panthers v Sea Eagles\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\"  \/>PENRITH, AUSTRALIA &#8211; APRIL 08: Taniela Paseka of the Sea Eagles warms up during the round six NRL match between Penrith Panthers and Manly Sea Eagles at BlueBet Stadium on April 08, 2023 in Penrith, Australia. (Photo by Brett Hemmings\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Many Manly players have come into focus this week after News Corp reports emerged revealing a &#8216;fire sale&#8217;, which will commence in Brookvale, which is set to reshape Manly&#8217;s roster.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/kieran-foran\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kieran Foran<\/a> is heading into his first year at the helm at the Sea Eagles after inheriting Anthony Seibold&#8217;s roster in 2026 and is looking to craft his dream squad to challenge for a premiership.<\/p>\n<p>The club also risks losing some stars with international talent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/lehi-hopoate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lehi Hopoate<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/caleb-navale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caleb Navale<\/a> currently available to speak to other clubs for 2028.<\/p>\n<p>But with Paseka contracted until the end of 2029, and actively Manly&#8217;s best and biggest forward through their middle, it&#8217;s looking like he&#8217;ll be a part of Foran&#8217;s future plans.<\/p>\n<p>The Sea Eagles were one of the first teams to begin preseason training and posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ZeroTackleNRL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a> to their social media on Tuesday showing rising stars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/joey-walsh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joey Walsh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/onitoni-large\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Onitoni Large<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/simione-laiafi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Simione Laiafi<\/a> all putting in the hard work to push for a spot in the 19-man side next season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart has poured cold water on the club&#8217;s links to Manly Sea Eagles forward&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-951783","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\/951783","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=951783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}