{"id":465729,"date":"2026-06-07T18:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T18:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/465729\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T18:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T18:19:18","slug":"sea-eagles-move-to-re-sign-rising-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/465729\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Eagles move to re-sign rising star"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> are closing in on locking down Clayton Faulalo<\/a> beyond next year after a breakout season has skyrocketed his stocks.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old outside back is free to negotiate with rivals on November 1 this year for a contract in 2028, with Code Sports reporting that Manly are keen to get a deal done.<\/p>\n

Reuben Garrick’s departure from the Northern Beaches at the end of 2026 increases his odds massively of securing a starting spot next year, with a star-studded back line currently keeping him out when everyone is fit.<\/p>\n

It seemed to be a left-field move by Kieran Foran<\/a> to name Faulalo at fullback to cover for the injured Tom Trbojevic<\/a>, given Lehi Hopoate<\/a> and Tolutau Koula<\/a> can slot in at the back with ease and have runs on the board.<\/p>\n

Since then, Faulalo has been a breakout star and emerged as a long-term fullback option for the club, recording six tries, seven line-breaks, six try assists, busting 30 tackles and averaging 153 running metres in his matches in his nine appearances in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Faulalo has shown promise for some time despite being a late bloomer. In 2023 he scored 29 tries in 24 matches for Manly’s reserve grade outfit, securing him a spot in the NSW Cup<\/a> Team of the Year. The following year Faulalo added to his impressive record, totalling 53 tries in 60 NSW Cup<\/a> games for the Sea Eagles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Sea Eagles are soaring following a shaky start to their 2026 campaign, sitting in fourth place, and welcoming the luxury of a bye this weekend.<\/p>\n

The club will return against the Bulldogs the following week and welcome back Tom Trbojevic<\/a> from a length lay-off with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Manly Sea Eagles are closing in on locking down Clayton Faulalo beyond next year after a breakout…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-465729","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\/465729","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=465729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}