{"id":396936,"date":"2026-01-29T13:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/396936\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T13:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:38:08","slug":"cameron-smith-forward-to-join-wakefield-trinity-on-long-term-deal-from-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/396936\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron Smith: Forward to join Wakefield Trinity on long-term deal from 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cameron Smith will join Wakefield Trinity on a four-year contract from the start of the 2027 Super League season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Smith, 27, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-league\/articles\/cy8y2q047ndo\" class=\"ssrcss-eyo3xn-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced on Tuesday<\/a> that he was going to leave Leeds Rhinos when his current deal runs out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The loose forward has played more than 150 times for the Rhinos since making his debut for them in 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m really excited to be joining Wakefield next season,&#8221; Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/wakefieldtrinity.com\/cameron-smith-joins-the-trin\/\" class=\"ssrcss-eyo3xn-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told Trinity&#8217;s website., external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a club with huge ambition and a clear vision for the future. I&#8217;m looking forward to being part of what&#8217;s being built here. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;However, until the end of the season, my full focus remains on giving everything I have for Leeds and finishing my time here the right way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wakefield, who finished sixth last season, open their 2026 Super League campaign at home to Toulouse on 14 February.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cameron Smith will join Wakefield Trinity on a four-year contract from the start of the 2027 Super League&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-396936","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\/396936","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=396936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}