{"id":104589,"date":"2021-07-24T07:21:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T07:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=104589"},"modified":"2021-07-24T10:59:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T10:59:11","slug":"sharks-lock-key-man-in-with-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=104589","title":{"rendered":"Sharks lock key man in with contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cronulla have extended the stay of a key member of their halves rotation, with Matt Moylan agreeing to a new deal that will last until the end of next year.<\/p>\n<p>Moylan joined the Shire club in 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/panthers-matt-moylan-and-sharks-james-maloney-on-verge-of-nrl-player-swap\/a7b64c7f-85d0-4ea7-a921-ca69de30714c\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"after a &#x27;swap&#x27; that sent James Maloney the other way\">after a &#x27;swap&#x27; that sent James Maloney the other way<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m really grateful for the opportunity to stay for another year,&quot; Moylan said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;ve had a few chats to Fitzy (incoming coach Craig Fitzgibbon) and I look forward to working with him, (current interim head coach) Josh (Hannay) and the coaching staff next year. I&#x27;m confident they can make me a better player on the field and help with my development off it, as well.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"941887c1-d026-4b14-bcca-30d9de117f8c\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/941887c1-d026-4b14-bcca-30d9de117f8c\" alt=\"Matt Moylan\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Until then I&#x27;m working hard to get back on the field next week and to finish the season off strongly.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>After Chad Townsend was allowed to leave mid-season and Shaun Johnson announced he was heading back to the New Zealand Warriors after this year, keeping Moylan in Cronulla became even more important.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m really happy for the club and Matt that both parties have come to an agreement for next season,&quot; Hannay said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Matt has been one of our better performers this season and, although injured at the moment, he&#x27;s shown a greater durability than in previous years. I put this down to Matt having a stronger focus and dedication to his preparation, and if he continues to focus on these parts of his game, coupled with his undoubted talent, I believe his best is still to come.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Cronulla are in the process of making wholesale changes at key positions for next season, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/cronulla-sharks-secure-storm-utility-nicho-hynes-on-threeyear-deal\/1f0e71ad-2534-4620-b6ca-d9cef2f2fe26\" title=\"already securing Nicho Hynes from the Storm\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">having already secured Nicho Hynes from the Storm<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/cameron-mcinnes-sharks-dragons-paul-gallen-reaction\/6b5c8b35-8a14-465a-a813-feea13a165c0\" title=\"Cameron McInnes from the Dragons ahead of 2022\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cameron McInnes from the Dragons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moylan has missed the last few weeks for Cronulla with a calf injury, but the club is hopeful he&#x27;ll be available for selection in the next couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"a66ad703-ec94-458b-87ff-80bac51f6ace\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/a66ad703-ec94-458b-87ff-80bac51f6ace\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Cronulla have extended the stay of a key member of their halves rotation, with Matt Moylan agreeing to a new deal that will last until <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=104589\" title=\"Sharks lock key man in with contract extension\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104589"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104591,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104589\/revisions\/104591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}