{"id":69603,"date":"2021-05-11T01:55:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T01:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=69603"},"modified":"2021-05-11T05:00:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T05:00:17","slug":"new-deal-done-for-eels-state-of-origin-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=69603","title":{"rendered":"New deal done for Eels&#039; State of Origin forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In-demand <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/parramatta-eels\" title=\"Eels\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eels<\/a> forward Nathan Brown has been re-signed by Parramatta on a new two-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>The club announced on Tuesday that Brown, 28, was now signed until the end of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The deal was done despite Brown missing a signing deadline in March due to being unhappy with a two-year offer, leading to Parramatta pulling the contract at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I would like to congratulate Nathan on his new deal, which is exciting news for our members and fans,&quot; Eels GM of football Mark O&#x27;Neill said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"9f023b43-fbfa-4504-b196-08926f192cf6\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/9f023b43-fbfa-4504-b196-08926f192cf6\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;From a team perspective, Nathan adds a level of aggression needed to compete at NRL level and is a vital part of our squad as we strive for a premiership.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He loves playing in the big games and was rewarded with selection in the NSW Origin squad in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Nathan was a previous Ken Stephen Medal nominee for his role as the Ambassador of The Children&#x27;s Hospital at Westmead, and has emerged as a genuine leader on and off the field.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Brown debuted for the Blues in Origin last year, playing in a game two win and a decider loss against Queensland.<\/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>\u00a0<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>In-demand Eels forward Nathan Brown has been re-signed by Parramatta on a new two-year deal. The club announced on Tuesday that Brown, 28, was now <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=69603\" title=\"New deal done for Eels&#039; State of Origin forward\">[&#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\/69603"}],"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=69603"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69605,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69603\/revisions\/69605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}