{"id":12478,"date":"2025-07-22T04:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T04:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/12478\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T04:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T04:06:12","slug":"koroisau-finally-makes-contract-call-with-details-confirmed-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/12478\/","title":{"rendered":"Koroisau finally makes contract call with details confirmed – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wests Tigers<\/a> have confirmed the re-signing of Apisai Koroisau<\/a> after months of speculation regarding his future.<\/p>\n

In what has been a tumultuous season for the Tigers, their decision to prioritise the re-signing of Apisai Koroisau<\/a> over the future of Tallyn da Silva has paid off, with the former Origin player locking in a two-year extension.<\/p>\n

It means his career will continue on until at least the end of the 2028 NRL<\/a> season, given he was already contracted for 2026.<\/p>\n

It also means he won’t be available to join either the Perth Bears<\/a>, or the Papua New Guinea<\/a>-based teams when they enter the competition in 2027 and 2028 respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis club has become family to me. I’ve felt nothing but support from the players, staff, and especially Benji – he’s someone I really admire and enjoy playing under,” Koroisau said in a club statement.<\/p>\n

“I’m stoked to re-sign and can’t wait to help lead this team for a few more years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Currently 32 years of age, it means Koroisau will play on until he is at least 35 years of age.<\/p>\n

Joining the Tigers ahead of 2023, he has been part of the club’s minor improvement off the bottom of the ladder this year, and is the joint-venture’s most experienced player.<\/p>\n

Coach Benji Marshall<\/a> labelled him the ‘heart and soul’ of the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cApi is a great player but more so he is the heart and soul of this team,” Marshall said.<\/p>\n

“His leadership, experience and energy are invaluable. Having him commit to our future is massive for the direction we are heading in.<\/p>\n

“We are thrilled to have him and his wonderful family here long term.\u201d<\/p>\n

The dummy half has played 227 NRL<\/a> games, 57 of which have come for the Tigers.<\/p>\n

Another three seasons could allow him – pending fitness and finals appearances – to make 300 NRL<\/a> games before hanging up the boots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wests Tigers have confirmed the re-signing of Apisai Koroisau after months of speculation regarding his future. In…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-12478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12478","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=12478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}