{"id":382181,"date":"2026-04-16T08:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/382181\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:39:11","slug":"outside-back-anderson-agrees-terms-for-three-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/382181\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside back Anderson agrees terms for three years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Outside back Grant Anderson has agreed terms to join the One New Zealand Warriors on a three-year deal from next season.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old has been secured by the Warriors following negotiations with the Broncos to grant co-captain Mitchell Barnett an early release to join Brisbane next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to have Grant on board from next year,\u201d said One New Zealand Warriors general manager recruitment, pathways and development Andrew McFadden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has come out of a great system at Melbourne and now the Broncos and he\u2019ll add real experience to our squad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Making his NRL debut in 2022, Anderson amassed 50 appearances and scored 23 tries for the Storm in four seasons before joining the Broncos this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image__image o-shadowed-box\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/grant-anderson-1b.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrant is an accomplished outside back who has plenty to offer,\u201d said One New Zealand Warriors head coach Andrew Webster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe gives us depth among our outside backs and will certainly add to competition in the squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll also benefit from the professional attitude he\u2019ll bring after four seasons with the Storm and now being part of the Broncos this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Newcastle Knights junior, Anderson also has a total 52 Queensland Cup appearances for the Northern Pride, Sunshine Coast Falcons and Wynnum Manly Seagulls.<\/p>\n<p>Profile | Grant Anderson<\/p>\n<p>Born: September 30, 1999<br \/>Birthplace: Fremantle, WA<br \/>Junior club: Central Charlestown Butcher Boys, Valentine-Eleebana Red Devils, NSW<br \/>Position: Wing, centre<br \/>Height: 186cm <br \/>Weight: 92kg<br \/>Previous clubs: Melbourne Storm (2022-2025), Brisbane Broncos (2026)<br \/>First grade debut: Melbourne Storm v Sydney Roosters, SCG, Sydney, June 11, 2022 (Rd 14)<br \/>NRL appearances: 52 (2022-2026)<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 Melbourne Storm: 50 (2022-2026)<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 Brisbane Broncos: 2 (2026)<br \/>NRL points: 92 (23 tries)<br \/>Queensland Cup appearances: 52 (2021-2026)<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 Northern Pride: 15 (2021)<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 Sunshine Coast Falcons: 36 (2022-2025)<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 Wynnum Manly Seagulls: 1 (2026)<br \/>Queensland Cup points: 92 (23 tries)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Outside back Grant Anderson has agreed terms to join the One New Zealand Warriors on a three-year deal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-382181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382181","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=382181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}