{"id":428374,"date":"2026-05-15T03:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/428374\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T03:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:54:14","slug":"warriors-star-offered-to-overseas-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/428374\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors star offered to overseas clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/new-zealand-warriors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Warriors<\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/chanel-harris-tavita\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chanel Harris-Tavita<\/a> has had his services offered to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/super-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super League<\/a> clubs to gauge interest on a potential switch in hemispheres next year.<\/p>\n<p>The skilled playmaker remains in his final year of his Warriors contract, with reports surfacing that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/harris-tavita-bucks-market-trend-with-contract-demand-233588\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he would like to remain on shorter deals, one year at a time, to become open to greater options.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Love Rugby League is reporting that Harris-Tavita has been shopped to clubs in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/rugby-league\/international-teams\/england\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/rugby-league\/international-teams\/france\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">France<\/a> for a move in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Harris-Tavita is also receiving strong offers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> sides, which may make it difficult for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/super-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super League<\/a> side to land his services unless it contained a whopping price tag.<\/p>\n<p>Warriors star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/luke-metcalf\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Metcalf<\/a> will depart the club at the end of the year following an announcement on Thursday that he has agreed to terms with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/st-george-illawarra-dragons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a> on a multi-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>During a current bottleneck jam of halves at the Warriors, Metcalf departing opens up space for Harris-Tavita to lock down the five-eighth role alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/tanah-boyd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tanah Boyd<\/a> if he chooses to stay put at the club.<\/p>\n<p>Harris-Tavita made his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> debut with the Warriors in 2019, and has played 101 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> games in Auckland. His consistent form and playmaking ability saw him called up to represent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/rugby-league\/international-teams\/samoa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samoa<\/a> on 10 occasions.<\/p>\n<p>He left the code in 2023 for a 12-month sabbatical, where he travelled the globe and re-ignited his passion for rugby league, signing a two-year contract afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old would no-doubt bring plenty to the table for rival clubs, and was linked to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/north-queensland-cowboys\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Queensland Cowboys<\/a> move before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/jake-clifford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Clifford<\/a> was extended in Townsville.<\/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; New Zealand Warriors star Chanel Harris-Tavita has had his services offered to Super League clubs to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-428374","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\/428374","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=428374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}