{"id":211016,"date":"2026-01-01T03:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T03:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/211016\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T03:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T03:53:16","slug":"former-nrl-forward-signs-one-year-contract-to-continue-career-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/211016\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NRL forward signs one-year contract to continue career – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former NRL<\/a> front-rower for three different teams, Kelepi Tanginoa<\/a> has officially made the next call on his rugby league playing career, which will see him remain overseas for the immediate future.<\/p>\n

Released by Hull KR<\/a> after making 59 appearances and scoring 16 tries, Tanginoa has agreed to join the Warrington Wolves<\/a> on a one-year contract until the end of 2026, which will see him play under Sam Burgess<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A powerful forward who can either play in the front-row or second-row, he will add explosiveness and depth to the Wolves’ forward pack that already includes the new signings of Liam Byrne<\/a> and ex-Manly Sea Eagles player Toafofoa Sipley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I’m excited to get started at such a big club, just to be here is surreal,” he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“The opportunity to work alongside Sam Burgess<\/a> and Steve McNamara<\/a> is massive, and I’m looking forward to what they can add to my game, and where I can add value to the team as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve played here a few times, and it’s very, very loud, so to be on this side now is going to be awesome.”<\/p>\n

Before making the switch to the Super League<\/a> mid-way through the 2019 season, the 31-year-old represented the Parramatta Eels<\/a>, North Queensland Cowboys<\/a> and Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> where he registered 32 appearances.<\/p>\n

He also played nearly 100 matches for the Wakefield Trinity<\/a> between 2019 and 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cKelepi is a fantastic addition for us ahead of the new season. He brings a great level of experience and will add some punch to the group,” Warrington coach Sam Burgess<\/a> added.<\/p>\n

“We’re looking forward to welcoming him into the playing squad.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former NRL front-rower for three different teams, Kelepi Tanginoa has officially made the next call on his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-211016","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\/211016","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=211016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}