\n And he says doing so was \u201ca no-brainer\u201d after the club confirmed a new contract for the 23-year-old academy graduate.\n<\/p>\n
\n Thewlis \u2013 the club\u2019s reigning Ken Kelly Player of the Year and Players\u2019 Player of the Year \u2013 already had another two full seasons to run on his current contract but his new terms see him commit to The Wire until the end of 2030.\n<\/p>\n
\n It is a contract that will take him to his Testimonial season, having debuted as a 17-year-old against Catalans Dragons back in June 2019.\n<\/p>\n
\n A reliable presence either on the wing or at full-back, where he has been playing more recently due to injuries suffered by Cai Taylor-Wray, Thewlis has scored 61 tries and kicked 105 goals in his 127 Warrington appearances to date and he says being part of the club\u2019s first ever Super League-winning squad was a major motivation.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI got the option to go to 2030, and it was a no-brainer for me. I’m buzzing it’s done,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI think the ambition of the club and that challenge of winning that Super League, I want to be a part of that, and this gives me the best opportunity to do that.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We’re building something good this year, we’ve had a great start, but come the business end of the year, I can’t wait for that.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Thewlis\u2019 standing in the dressing room is reflected by the fact he was named as part of the club\u2019s seven-strong leadership group during pre-season.\n<\/p>\n
\n And head coach Sam Burgess says the leadership aspect of his game will only grow as time goes on.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s fantastic for both Josh and the club to get his long-term future secured,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe\u2019s an important part of our squad, someone who\u2019s growing as a leader in the group and is a big part of the club\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And he says doing so was \u201ca no-brainer\u201d after the club confirmed a new contract for the 23-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-546862","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\/546862","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=546862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}