{"id":106068,"date":"2025-08-30T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/106068\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T06:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T06:00:08","slug":"storm-confirm-jahrome-hughes-return-date-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/106068\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm confirm Jahrome Hughes return date – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melbourne Storm<\/a> fans will be eagerly awaiting the return of their champion halfback Jahrome Hughes<\/a>, after being dismantled 40-10 by the Sydney Roosters<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Hughes was sidelined last month, after suffering a nasty shoulder injury that many feared would put him out for the year.<\/p>\n

The Dally M winner has bounced back, however, and is set for a return next week.<\/p>\n

“He will need to get through a little bit,” Bellamy said after his side’s defeat on Friday.<\/p>\n

“He has been out for a while.<\/p>\n

“It is going to be hard for him with his game back, but he prefers coming back a week before the finals rather than coming back in a finals game.”<\/p>\n

\"NRLMELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – MAY 11: Jahrome Hughes<\/a> of the Storm looks to pass the ball during the round 11 NRL<\/a> match between Melbourne Storm<\/a> and Brisbane Broncos<\/a> at AAMI Park on May 11, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia<\/a>. (Photo by Robert Cianflone\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Bellamy admitted that Hughes has been itching to get back to work, and will be suiting up for the Storm barring a medical professional’s intervention.<\/p>\n

“He is really keen to get back next week,\u201d Bellamy conceded.<\/p>\n

“If the medical people think it is not plausible or it is a real big risk, well, we probably won’t do it.”<\/p>\n

Hughes is expected to be a little rusty after his lengthy sideline stint, which is why Bellamy is keen on getting him back in.<\/p>\n

“I am not quite sure how much we would use him in the finals then if he hasn’t played any footy before the finals,\u201d the legendary coach added.<\/p>\n

“So we’re really keen to get him back out there next week, and he is keen to do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe thinks he is feeling okay with the shoulder, so hopefully the week will turn out okay.”<\/p>\n

If all goes well, Storm faithful will see their star halfback return to the lineup in their clash against the Brisbane Broncos<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melbourne Storm fans will be eagerly awaiting the return of their champion halfback Jahrome Hughes, after being dismantled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-106068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}