{"id":427369,"date":"2026-05-14T14:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/427369\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:05:09","slug":"manly-sea-eagles-re-sign-star-prospect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/427369\/","title":{"rendered":"Manly Sea Eagles re-sign star prospect"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> have today confirmed the extension of young gun prop Simione Laiafi<\/a>, keeping him at the Northern Beaches until the end of the 2028 season.<\/p>\n

The rising star made his NRL<\/a> debut off the bench in Round 4 against the Sydney Roosters<\/a> this season, showcasing his great leg speed and his ability to bend the defensive line with ease.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Given Manly have lacked an enforcer in the middle in past seasons, Laiafi has shown powerful glimpses that he will become a mainstay in the Sea Eagles engine room for years to come.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He is a former Australian Schoolboys representative, and was elevated to the Sea Eagles’ top 30 roster in 2026 following his promotion from the SG Ball Cup<\/a> last season.
Laiafi said he was grateful for the opportunity given to him by the club and the continued support around him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am grateful to the club for this new opportunity,\u201d Laiafi said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a wonderful group to be a part of, I love being here, and I have learnt so much in the past couple of years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank everyone who has helped me continue to develop as a player, and of course my parents for all their support over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cGlory to God always.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interim head coach Kieran Foran<\/a> was pleased with the extension of the young gun and credited his hard work over the past years.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s got a big future, I’m confident of that,\u201d said Foran.<\/p>\n

\u201cSimi has worked extremely hard over the past few years to earn this new opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s young, athletic, powerful, and keen to develop his craft.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore importantly, he’s a terrific young fella.\u201d<\/p>\n

Laiafi was named on the extended bench for the Sea Eagles for their encounter with the Wests Tigers<\/a> in Magic Round<\/a> on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Manly Sea Eagles have today confirmed the extension of young gun prop Simione Laiafi, keeping him at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-427369","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\/427369","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=427369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}