{"id":154539,"date":"2025-06-03T10:15:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T10:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/154539\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T10:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T10:15:11","slug":"welsh-club-announce-early-departure-of-overseas-star-as-statements-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/154539\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh club announce early departure of overseas star as statements released"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 24-year-old will head back to Australia after just one season in WalesDragons centre Harry Wilson is tackled by Jimmy O’Brien of Leinster(Image: Shauna Clinton\/Huw Evans Agency)<\/p>\n

Harry Wilson has left the Dragons after just one season, with the centre returning to Australia after just a dozen appearances for the Welsh club.<\/p>\n

WalesOnline reported last week that the 24-year-old, who signed for the Men of Gwent last summer from Super Rugby franchise Waratahs, was set to depart. The Dragons have now confirmed his exit by mutual consent after just 12 outings for the Rodney Parade side.<\/p>\n

The son of former World Cup winner David arrived in Newport<\/a> last summer as a high-profile recruit, being brought to the club by former head coach Dai Flanagan.<\/p>\n

However, after Flanagan left early in the season, Wilson failed to settle into a struggling side – making just five starts as the Dragons won just once in the United Rugby Championship.<\/p>\n

The two parties have agreed to part ways early, with Wilson now returning down under.<\/p>\n

\u201dA massive thank you to all the staff for your support this season,” said Wilson. “I appreciate the time and effort you all put into me.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo the players, this is a special group, and I am definitely going to miss turning up to training each day with you all. I\u2019ve made mates for life and that\u2019s what I\u2019ll always remember about my time here with Dragons.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish the club and everyone individually all the success in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Instagram, he opened up even more, putting up a post with the caption: “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”<\/p>\n

\u201cGrateful for all the experiences I\u2019ve had over the past year,\u201d he added. Sign up to Inside Welsh rugby on Substack to get exclusive news stories and insight from behind the scenes in Welsh rugby.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBeen challenging at times, but one I’ll always look back on with many memories. Excited to be back home with my family.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Dragons already have Aneurin Owen, Harri Ackerman and Joe Westwood as their midfield options, while they confirmed a deal for Tongan international Fetuli Paea from Zebre on Monday.<\/p>\n

Jared Rosser and new signing Fine Inisi can also play in midfield, meaning any more centre signings are unlikely.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve really enjoyed working with Harry this season,” said Dragons head coach Filo Tiatia said. “He\u2019s been a great character in our group, a well-liked and popular player, who has worked hard throughout his time with us.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s young man who has come out of Super Rugby and embraced the challenge in a new country with us and been a pleasure to work with.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe now wish him every success for the future and look forward to seeing how his career progresses. Harry and his family will always be warmly welcomed back at Rodney Parade in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 24-year-old will head back to Australia after just one season in WalesDragons centre Harry Wilson is tackled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,15031,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-154539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-dragons","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114618913851509971","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}