{"id":316867,"date":"2025-08-04T10:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/316867\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:09:11","slug":"toafofoa-sipley-warrington-wolves-sign-manly-prop-on-two-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/316867\/","title":{"rendered":"Toafofoa Sipley: Warrington Wolves sign Manly prop on two-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Warrington Wolves have signed prop forward Toafofoa Sipley from NRL side Manly Warringah Sea Eagles on a two-year deal starting in 2026.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 30-year-old has made 95 appearances in the NRL and spent most of his career with Manly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sipley joins Tevita Pangai Jr in joining the Wire forward pack for 2026, with the Tonga international signing from Catalans on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-league\/articles\/cx2vd0e08xdo\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one-year deal for next season.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m really excited and honoured for the opportunity to represent Warrington in Super League next season,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/warringtonwolves.com\/news\/2025\/august\/Sipley-Signs-Two-Year-Deal-with-The-Wire\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he said., external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a club with a rich history and I feel I can add plenty of value and experience to the pack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;To be working with Sam Burgess is a huge draw. He&#8217;s someone I&#8217;ve always respected and I&#8217;m looking forward to learning from him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sipley, who began his career with the New Zealand Warriors, has made 12 Manly appearances this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;re excited to welcome Toff to the club from next season,&#8221; added Wolves head coach Burgess.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;His size, physicality and character will be a big asset for us and he can have a big impact at Warrington.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warrington Wolves have signed prop forward Toafofoa Sipley from NRL side Manly Warringah Sea Eagles on a two-year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-316867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114969953357631695","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316867","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=316867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}