{"id":961137,"date":"2026-11-11T23:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T23:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/961137\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T23:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T23:42:11","slug":"irish-international-returns-to-former-club-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/961137\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish international returns to former club in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Northern Pride prop Ronan Michael<\/a> will return to the York Knights<\/a> in the Super League<\/a> for 2027 following a brief stint at the Cowboys feeder club.<\/p>\n

Michael made 71 appearances for the Knights in three seasons between 2022 and 2024, and will return to bolster Mark Applegarth’s side next season.<\/p>\n

He also had a stint at the Bradford Bulls<\/a> before making the trip down to Australia<\/a> with the Pride in the QLD Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old forward was a contributing member of the Ireland<\/a> national side in the Rugby League<\/a> World Cup in 2022, starting at lock against the Kiwis.<\/p>\n

Michael spoke buzzingly about the season ahead and was thrilled to return to England<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I’m buzzing to be back at the Knights. York is where I properly found my feet as a player, so coming back feels like unfinished business,” Michael said on a York statement.<\/p>\n

\"LebanonLEIGH, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 23: Ronan Michael of Ireland arrives ahead of the Rugby League World Cup 2021 Pool C match between Lebanon and Ireland at Leigh Sports Village on October 23, 2022 in Leigh, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger\/Getty Images for RLWC)<\/p>\n

“I’ve had some great experiences since I left, and I’m coming back a better player for it. Mash knows exactly what I bring, and I’m grateful he’s given me the opportunity to do it again under him.<\/p>\n

“The club’s on the up, and I want to be part of something special this season.”<\/p>\n

The Knights have also welcomed established NRL<\/a> star Cameron McInnnes to the side on a multi-year deal.<\/p>\n

McInnes’ valuable experience across multiple high-performing NRL<\/a> systems, as well as his time playing for the NSW Blues<\/a>, will assist Michael’s development in becoming an elite forward at the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m delighted we have got Ronan back,” Applegarth said.<\/p>\n

“We didn’t want him to leave the first time we had him.<\/p>\n

“He’s a player with lots of potential and I’m looking forward to working with him again.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Northern Pride prop Ronan Michael will return to the York Knights in the Super League for 2027…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":961138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-961137","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\/961137","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=961137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/961138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}