{"id":341936,"date":"2026-03-22T08:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T08:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/341936\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T08:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T08:40:08","slug":"former-eels-star-finds-new-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/341936\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Eels star finds new club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/parramatta-eels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parramatta Eels<\/a> player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/bryce-cartwright\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryce Cartwright<\/a> has found a new club, signing with the Coolum Colts in the Sunshine Coast Gympie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/rugby-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rugby League<\/a> Competition in Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>He has signed for the 2026 season, bringing a wealth of experience and leadership to their campaign this year.<\/p>\n<p>Cartwright played 185 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> games, spanning across stints at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/penrith-panthers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Penrith Panthers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/gold-coast-titans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gold Coast Titans<\/a> and the Eels during his career from 2014 to 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He departed the Eels midway through 2025 to take up an opportunity with his junior club, the St Mary&#8217;s Saints and represent them in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nswrl-competitions\/ron-massey-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ron Massey Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He will leave the Saints bristling with confidence, winning the trophy in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nswrl-competitions\/ron-massey-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ron Massey Cup<\/a> last year, defeating the Wentworthville Magpies 34-22.<\/p>\n<p>However, he has decided his next chapter will be back up north, in a return to Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>Known for deception, offloads and ball-playing, Carwright is a big body who showcases tremendous skill for his size.<\/p>\n<p>The Colts finished in third place last year in their first-grade side, and see Cartwright as the X-factor needed to become the best team in the SCGRL competition and take out the 2026 title.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Former Parramatta Eels player Bryce Cartwright has found a new club, signing with the Coolum Colts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-341936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341936","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=341936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}