{"id":60491,"date":"2021-04-20T09:16:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T09:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=60491"},"modified":"2021-04-20T09:57:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T09:57:39","slug":"sharks-veterans-queensland-move-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=60491","title":{"rendered":"Sharks veteran&#039;s Queensland move confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cronulla halfback Chad Townsend&#x27;s move to the North Queensland Cowboys has reportedly been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/north-queensland-cowboys-swoop-on-chad-townsedn-reports\/5e30bef6-374f-4226-a967-f6c3fe53c517\" title=\"News surfaced late last night that the veteran playmaker was set to walk on his long-time club for a move north\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">News surfaced late last night that the veteran playmaker was set to walk on his long-time club to relocate to t<\/a>he Sunshine State following the departure of coach John Morris.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Australian<\/em> reports the 2022 move has now been confirmed, with Townsend wishing to first address his Sharks teammates when they return from a day off before the news is officially announced.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brentread_7\/status\/1384314689161601024\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/brentread_7\/status\/1384314689161601024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The veteran halfback is set to earn $2 million over three years, according to <em>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Townsend had until Round 13 to activate an option in his favour for 2022, while the Sharks had an option in their favour for 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Danny_Weidler\/status\/1384251359378116611\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Danny_Weidler\/status\/1384251359378116611<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The acquisition of Townsend will all but end the Cowboys&#x27; hunt for Souths halfback Adam Reynolds, who is believed to be eager to remain in Sydney should he walk from the Bunnies.<\/p>\n<p>North Queensland reportedly used the money saved through the medical retirement of Michael Morgan to bag Townsend.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"8606dddb-ed5d-4f1f-afe2-df9f44f25a8e\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/8606dddb-ed5d-4f1f-afe2-df9f44f25a8e\" alt=\"Chad Townsend. (Getty)\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/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\/edm?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"\" title=\"clicking here\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Cronulla halfback Chad Townsend&#x27;s move to the North Queensland Cowboys has reportedly been confirmed. News surfaced late last night that the veteran playmaker was set <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=60491\" title=\"Sharks veteran&#039;s Queensland move confirmed\">[&#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\/60491"}],"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=60491"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60493,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60491\/revisions\/60493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}