{"id":437732,"date":"2026-05-21T03:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/437732\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T03:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:48:10","slug":"newcastle-knights-young-gun-makes-stunning-contract-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/437732\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle Knights young gun makes stunning contract decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Newcastle Knights’ centre stocks have taken a massive hit with young gun Wilson De Courcey<\/a> rejecting the club’s offer of a two-year contract extension.<\/p>\n

De Courcey made his debut in Round 5 against the Canberra Raiders<\/a>, playing 40 minutes off the bench.<\/p>\n

One round later, though, against the Wests Tigers<\/a>, De Courcey started the match but was targeted in defence and sensationally axed at half time by coach Justin Holbrook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The extension for De Courcey was offered prior to his mid-game axing and, according to the Newcastle Herald, he has opted against extending his stay in the Hunter Valley.<\/p>\n

The Knights have also taken the offer off the table.<\/p>\n

\"NRLSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 07: Wilson De Courcey of the Knights runs the ball during the NRL pre-season match between St George Illawarra Dragons and Newcastle Knights at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, on February 07, 2026, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Jason McCawley\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

In addition to his two NRL<\/a> appearances, the 20-year-old has made seven appearances in the NSW Cup<\/a> this season, scoring seven tries and averaging 136 metres per game.<\/p>\n

Despite his struggles in first grade, the club still viewed De Courcey as a long-term option at centre, replacing Dane Gagai<\/a> who is departing the club at the season’s end.<\/p>\n

However, with De Courcey and Gagai both set to depart, it leaves the club with only two first grade centres in Bradman Best<\/a> and Asu Kepaoa<\/a>, with the latter having played only reserve grade this season.<\/p>\n

Kyle McCarthy<\/a> is another option waiting in the wings, but Holbrook would most likely call upon Fletcher Sharpe<\/a> or Fletcher Hunt<\/a> to fill the void if required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Newcastle Knights’ centre stocks have taken a massive hit with young gun Wilson De Courcey rejecting the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-437732","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\/437732","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=437732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}