{"id":380051,"date":"2026-04-15T03:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/380051\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T03:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:52:09","slug":"warriors-re-sign-lock-erin-clark-on-long-term-deal-until-end-of-2029-nrl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/380051\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors re-sign lock Erin Clark on long-term deal until end of 2029 NRL season"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhen we lost Tohu Harris<\/a> and then Dylan Walker<\/a> last year, Erin stepped straight in to fill the role at 13.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been fantastic, I love what he does for us, and he fits in so well with the boys. The thing is, he has even more to give. He\u2019s a great asset.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clark made his Warriors debut in 2017 as a teenager, making one appearance before leaving to pursue other opportunities. It took time, but he eventually got his breakthrough at the Gold Coast Titans in 2020, where he made 94 appearances.<\/p>\n

A desire to return to New Zealand followed, alongside his mother \u2013 former Silver Fern Temepara Bailey<\/a> \u2013 who left the Titans\u2019 netball side to coach the Northern Stars.<\/p>\n

\"ErinErin Clark celebrates his first try for the Warriors. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n

Clark has played in all six games so far this season<\/a>, where the Warriors have a 4-2 record and sit third on the NRL ladder.<\/p>\n

He is one of four players locked down through until the end of 2029, alongside Leka Halasima<\/a>, Jacob Laban and new recruit Will Warbrick<\/a>, who will join the side next year.<\/p>\n

With Barnett, Niukore and Roger Tuivasa-Sheck<\/a> all leaving at the end of the season, the Warriors have five players left off contract whose futures are yet to be determined.<\/p>\n

They have halves duo Chanel Harris-Tavita and Tanah Boyd, second rower Kurt Capewell, centre Rocco Berry and utility Te Maire Martin.<\/p>\n

Ben Francis<\/a> is an Auckland-based reporter for the New Zealand Herald who covers breaking sports news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWhen we lost Tohu Harris and then Dylan Walker last year, Erin stepped straight in to fill the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[21417,18788,3468,8127,6023,305,48053,48425,32033,111,139,577,69,1118,90,3056,6926,213,2737,117726,210,698,3006],"class_list":["post-380051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-21417","tag-clark","tag-deal","tag-end","tag-erin","tag-have","tag-lock","tag-longterm","tag-moved","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nrl","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-on","tag-resign","tag-season","tag-sports","tag-star","tag-swiftly","tag-through","tag-until","tag-warriors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380051","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=380051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}