{"id":167579,"date":"2025-12-04T11:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/167579\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T11:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:04:09","slug":"garrick-to-leave-sea-eagles-confirms-next-nrl-contract-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/167579\/","title":{"rendered":"Garrick to leave Sea Eagles, confirms next NRL contract – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sydney Roosters<\/a> have confirmed the signing of Reuben Garrick<\/a> on a three-year deal.<\/p>\n

In what is a major coup for the tri-colours, Garrick becomes the first high-profile player of this year’s free agency window to lock in a change of clubs, signing on at Bondi for 2027, 2028 and 2029.<\/p>\n

The signing for the Roosters comes after Garrick had received interest from both the St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a> and Perth Bears<\/a>, who have a full salary cap at their disposal as they build a squad of 30.<\/p>\n

The Roosters offered no quotes on the signing of Garrick, instead only offering a short statement which said he will join ahead of the 2027 pre-season, and that the Roosters would respect his ongoing commitment to the Sea Eagles for 2026.<\/p>\n

An excellent goal-kicking outside back who can play fullback, wing or centre, it’s unclear which role Garrick will fit into long-term at Bondi Junction.<\/p>\n

The Roosters have unearthed Robert Toia<\/a> and Billy Smith<\/a> seemingly as their long-term centres, but will lose Mark Nawaqanitawase<\/a> back to rugby union for 2027, while Daniel Tupou<\/a> could also retire.<\/p>\n

James Tedesco<\/a> has recently recommitted for 2027, but could also retire at the end of that campaign, potentially opening up a path to the fullback jumper for Garrick. It’s a role he has played in previously when filling in for Tom Trbojevic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Garrick, who is 28 years old and has 157 games to his career – all for Manly since debuting in 2019 – turning his back on the Dragons who were his junior club and the Bears will hurt both outfits for separate reasons.<\/p>\n

The Bears have been linked to essentially every player off-contract, while the Dragons have made it clear they need improvements in both the back five and forward pack moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sydney Roosters have confirmed the signing of Reuben Garrick on a three-year deal. In what is a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-167579","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}