{"id":343156,"date":"2023-10-31T22:43:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T23:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=343156"},"modified":"2023-11-01T01:00:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T01:00:42","slug":"rivals-shunned-as-record-breaking-warriors-flyer-re-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=343156","title":{"rendered":"Rivals shunned as record-breaking Warriors flyer re-signs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warriors<\/a> try-scoring freak Dallin Watene-Zelezniak<\/a> has inked a new one-\ufeffyear deal with the New Zealand outfit on his first day as a free agent, tying himself to the club until the end of 2025.<\/p>\n

A host of NRL<\/a> stars, including Panthers playmaker Jarome Luai\ufeff, Roosters gun Joseph Manu and Broncos veteran Adam Reynolds, are allowed to negotiate with other clubs after becoming free agents on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

But\ufeff the Warriors have fended off rivals to lock down Watene-Zelezniak following his record-breaking season, in which he chalked up 24 tries to shatter the club's 20-year-old record of 23.<\/p>\n

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Watene-Zelezniak and Dolphins star Jamayne Isaako grabbed the wing spots in this year's Dally M Team of the Year.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Dallin<\/p>\n

Warriors coach Andrew Webster said Watene-Zelezniak "stood out\ufeff as one of the best wingers in the competition, if not the best" in 2023.<\/p>\n

"His yardage carries were unbelievable while the tries, and the way he scored so many of them, were the icing on the cake," Webster said of the 28-year-old.<\/p>\n

"Not only that, his defence came a long way with how reliable he is, understanding where he's got to be for the team to make the right decision."<\/p>\n

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The Hamilton-born speedster played 106 games with the Panthers between 2014 and 2019 and made 37 appearances for the Bulldogs between 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n

He's run out for the Warriors on 47 occasions since joining the club\ufeff midway through the 2021 season.<\/p>\n

He was a star of the resurgent Warriors outfit that surprised the NRL this year, finishing \ufefffourth on the ladder and featuring in its first preliminary final since 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Warriors try-scoring freak Dallin Watene-Zelezniak has inked a new one-\ufeffyear deal with the New Zealand outfit on his first day as a free agent, tying […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":343158,"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\/343156"}],"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=343156"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343159,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343156\/revisions\/343159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/343158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=343156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=343156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=343156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}