{"id":379142,"date":"2026-04-14T15:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/379142\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:15:12","slug":"panthers-sign-teenage-fullback-on-three-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/379142\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers sign teenage fullback on three-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers have moved early to secure one of their most electrifying young talents, with Ace Sports Agency AU confirming the promising fullback Amos Viiga has signed a long-term extension keeping him at the foot of the mountains through to the end of 2029.<\/p>\n<p>A proud product of the Colyton Colts, the 16-year-old has wasted no time making his mark at representative level, establishing himself as Penrith&#8217;s first-choice No.1 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nswrl-competitions\/harold-matthews-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harold Matthews Cup<\/a> side after working his way steadily through the club&#8217;s renowned pathways system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 season has been a coming-out party of sorts for Viiga, helping the side make its way into the finals.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting among the competition&#8217;s try scorers, the productivity is no accident.<\/p>\n<p>At the local level in 2025, Viiga ran riot in the Penrith District Under-16s competition, finishing as its leading try scorer before scoring a double in the Grand Final.<\/p>\n<p>The Harold Matthews side will be taking on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/sydney-roosters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Roosters<\/a> on Saturday in the second week of the finals, where the Panthers hope to advance to the Preliminary Final and be one step closer to the title.<\/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; The Panthers have moved early to secure one of their most electrifying young talents, with Ace&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-379142","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\/379142","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=379142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}