{"id":267773,"date":"2026-01-28T05:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T05:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/267773\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T05:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T05:29:11","slug":"report-ireland-international-to-be-joined-by-brother-at-english-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/267773\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Ireland International To Be Joined By Brother At English Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reports this Tuesday suggest that a rising Bray Wanderers star is set to join his brother &#8211; a Republic of Ireland senior international &#8211; at Bristol City.<\/p>\n<p>18-year-old Rhys Knight was a breakthrough star for Bray last season, starting 22 First Division games as they narrowly missed out on promotion.<\/p>\n<p>\n        Recommended\n    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a :href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.url\" :title=\"article.title\" :aria-label=\"article.title\" class=\"not-prose col-span-2 md:col-span-1 ga-event\" data-category=\"Recommended Article Tracker\" data-action=\"click\" :data-label=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.url\" :data-value=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.url\"><\/p>\n<p>                                            <img class=\"aspect-video\" width=\"130\" height=\"73\" :src=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.image\" :alt=\"'Image for: ' + article.title\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The winger is reportedly set for a big move to the Championship, where he is set to join his brother Jason on the books at Bristol City.<\/p>\n<p>READ HERE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/pavel-nedved-czechia-ireland-world-cup-play-off-648418\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ballon D&#8217;Or Winner Confident Czechia Can Overcome Ireland In World Cup Play-Off<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ HERE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/ant-dec-roy-keane-im-a-celeb-plea-648398\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Keane Horrified By Use Of Irish Accent During Ant &amp; Dec&#8217;s &#8216;I&#8217;m A Celeb&#8217; Plea<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jason Knight&#8217;s brother Rhys linked with Bristol City<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"764\" width=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/report-ireland-international-to-be-joined-by-teenage-brother-at-championship-side.jpg\" alt=\"Jason Knight Rhys Knight Ireland Bristol City\" class=\"size-full wp-image-648473 max-w-970 w-full\"\/>28 October 2025; Rhys Knight of Bray Wanderers during the SSE Airtricity Men&#8217;s First Division Play-Off semi-final second leg match between Bray Wanderers and UCD at Carlisle Grounds in Bray, Wicklow. Photo by Tyler Miller\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p>Bray Wanderers&#8217; Rhys Knight is reportedly on the verge of joining Championship side Bristol City.<\/p>\n<p>Rep of Ireland Player Tracker shared the report on Tuesday afternoon, and whispers of the move have also been circulating on the English club&#8217;s online social forums in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>The report suggests that the move is &#8220;very close,&#8221; and notes that Rhys Knight having turned 18 means he will be able to make the move to England instantly.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udc01\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc25 \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc32 \ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc29\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc20 \ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2b \ud835\udc1a \ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc1b\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc30\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc29 \ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2b \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc30\ud835\udc28 \ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc20 \ud835\udc32\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc20 \ud835\udc01\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc32 \ud835\udc16\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc29\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc2c! \ud83d\udd34\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s my understanding that the Robins are advancing in talks to sign Billy O\u2019Neill and currently\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g7BbXWdFkR\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/g7BbXWdFkR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep of Ireland Player Tracker (@reptracker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reptracker\/status\/2016185994329161766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Knight&#8217;s Bray teammate Billy O&#8217;Neill is also reportedly being pursued by Bristol City, though Brexit rules mean that O&#8217;Neill would be prevented from completing the move until after his 18th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>It would be a big move for 18-year-old Rhys Knight, whose brother Jason is the club captain at Ashton Gate.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland international Jason played every game of Bristol City&#8217;s Championship campaign last season, but has missed a significant part of this campaign due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>That abductor injury not only saw Knight miss almost two months of Championship action, but also saw him absent for Ireland&#8217;s historic World Cup qualifying double-header against Portugal and Hungary in November.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Knight returned to the starting line-up last weekend, after a brief recurrence of that injury, and could soon be joined by his younger brother Rhys as the club chases promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Bristol City are right in the mix to make the leap to the Premier League, currently sitting in the fourth and final playoff place in 6th in the Championship table.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/ireland-owen-elding-sligo-move-648445\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ireland Hopeful Reportedly Agrees Intriguing Move On Back Of European Interest<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/ireland-owen-elding-sligo-move-648445\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"657\" width=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769578151_540_report-ireland-international-to-be-joined-by-teenage-brother-at-championship-side.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-648447 max-w-970 w-full\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reports this Tuesday suggest that a rising Bray Wanderers star is set to join his brother &#8211; a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-267773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}