Of his signing One New Zealand Warriors general manager recruitment, pathways and development Andrew McFadden said: “We’re thrilled to be able to lock in a player of Kurt’s quality and experience immediately, With
room in our squad we tabled a long-term offer in the hope of bringing Kurt to club from 2024. Quite apart from what Kurt will provide as a player, he’ll be immensely valuable with his experience in a mentoring role for the young back rowers we have coming through the
One New Zealand Warriors head coach Andrew Webster was keen to Capewellattract having previously worked with him at Penrith: “Kurt is a winner with tremendous passion and a terrific work ethic. I thoroughly enjoyed
working with him when we were both at Penrith and I know from that experience that he’ll add so much to our squad and to the club in an overall sense. He totally fits the profile of the type of player we want at the One New Zealand Warriors.”
He was with the Sharks for four seasons from 2016-2019 before joining the Panthers. In an injury-disrupted first campaign he played in Penrith’s grand final loss to Melbourne in
2020 and then savoured premiership joy when the Panthers beat South Sydney 14-12 to
win the first of their three consecutive grand finals in 2021.
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