{"id":470274,"date":"2026-06-10T13:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/470274\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:42:11","slug":"warriors-recruit-exploring-options-for-very-early-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/470274\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors recruit exploring options for very early exit"},"content":{"rendered":"

English-born Morgan Gannon<\/a> is weighing up a return home to the Super League<\/a> despite inking a three-year deal with the New Zealand Warriors<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

The second row forward left the Leeds Rhinos<\/a> to pursue an opportunity in the NRL<\/a>, but has only been limited to one game in the competition this year, making his club debut in Round 3 for the Warriors.<\/p>\n

A trip back to the Northern Hemisphere may be on the cards, with fresh reports from Love Rugby League pointing towards Gannon returning after his management made Super League<\/a> clubs aware he would like to return.<\/p>\n

Following his Rhinos debut at 17, Gannon has notched up 73 appearances for the club, scoring 14 times, catching the eye of Warriors recruitment who poached him to New Zealand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gannon turned down a hefty extension with the Rhinos to test himself in the NRL<\/a> landscape.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With Perth Bears<\/a> securing the services of James McDonnell<\/a>, a second row position is now vacant at his former club, which would make the most sense if the transfer were to eventuate and take action.<\/p>\n

Although Love Rugby League also listed the Castleford Tigers<\/a>, Hull FC<\/a>, Hull KR<\/a> and Leigh Leopards<\/a> as all other candidates who are seeking backrowers to join them.<\/p>\n

Morgan is the son of former Balmain Tigers player Jim Gannon, who spent time playing under Warriors coach Andrew Webster<\/a> when he was at Hull KR<\/a>, suggesting their relationship played a role in getting him over to New Zealand<\/a> for 2026.<\/p>\n

Jim played for 15 years at the top level over in England<\/a> in the front row position, playing over 350 professional games mainly at Halifax and the Huddersfield Giants<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The publication is also revealing that the Warriors are still keen to keep the 22-year-old, but his management is exploring what interest is out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"English-born Morgan Gannon is weighing up a return home to the Super League despite inking a three-year deal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-470274","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\/470274","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=470274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}