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<\/p>\nThe new Warrington recruit has revealed his deep connections to Super League, insisting it’s a move he has chased for some time.<\/p>\n
05:00, 27 Jan 2026Updated 09:56, 27 Jan 2026<\/p>\n
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Toafofoa Sipley has revealed his deep Super League connections.<\/p>\n
New Warrington Wolves recruit Toafofoa Sipley is ready to take on anyone in his bid for Super League glory, even if it means bashing up close friends. Sipley has revealed his deep connections to the competition, which sees a friendship group threaded throughout the British game.<\/p>\n
The prop had expected to come to these shores sooner with Castleford Tigers having previously shown an interest, only for Manly Sea Eagles to knock a potential move back due to their own injury troubles.<\/p>\n
Soon after, Warrington came calling, and following a conversation with Manly head coach Anthony Seibold, Sipley knew it was the move he wanted.<\/p>\n
Sipley\u2019s ties to Super League run deep. He has strong relationships throughout the league, including being godfather to the son of Wakefield Trinity half-back Mason Lino.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of boys – I\u2019ve been trying to come over to Super League for the last few years to experience it,\u201d Sipley said.<\/p>\n
\u201cLuke Yates, I grew up playing against him at junior level and when he was at Newcastle Knights. He\u2019s been over here for a long time, so to ask him questions about the translation and stuff was good.<\/p>\n
\u201cKelepi Tanginoa did this move eight years ago, and I played with him at Manly. Jazz Tevaga, we played together. Mason Lino, I\u2019m godfather to his son – we’re really close.<\/p>\n
\u201cSam Lisone, Tui Lolohea, James Bell – we all played in the Under-20s 2014 Grand Final. They\u2019re all boys I grew up playing with, and they\u2019re all over here now and I wanted to come and experience it.”<\/p>\n
But Sipley is quick to note that friendships will be set aside once the whistle blows, including against Lino, who had tried to persuade him to join Wakefield.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got a group chat – they\u2019ll probably give it to me for exposing it – but they said we\u2019d look after each other, and I\u2019ll be ripping their heads off this year,\u201d Sipley laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cMe and my wife are godparents to Mason\u2019s son. It goes to show you how in rugby league, friends become family.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a relationship I\u2019ll cherish forever and he\u2019s been a big part in coming over. He always said Wakefield needs a prop, but I said I want to go to Warrington and smash his head off.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sipley arrived in England after 99 NRL appearances, including seven seasons at Manly and a single year with New Zealand Warriors, traveling with his wife and seven-month-old child to the northern hemisphere.<\/p>\n
His signature was announced back in August, penning a two-year deal to join Sam Burgess’ squad ahead of 2026. He will don shirt number 15 at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cHalfway through the season last year there was interest – I think Castleford Tigers came knocking. I have a good relationship with Anthony Seibold and he knocked it back as we had too many injuries,\u201d Sipley revealed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWarrington then came knocking, and we sat down and he said, \u2018If this is an opportunity you want, you can take it.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a year remaining at Manly, but I\u2019ve always wanted to come over and experience this side of the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was kind of a no-brainer, and to sign a two-year deal for security. I wanted to come over and create success, and learn from someone like Sam Burgess. I want to add to this club.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new Warrington recruit has revealed his deep connections to Super League, insisting it’s a move he has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-393842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}