{"id":205498,"date":"2025-10-11T13:18:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T13:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/205498\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T13:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T13:18:28","slug":"club-ruled-out-of-race-for-storm-duo-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/205498\/","title":{"rendered":"Club ruled out of race for Storm duo &#8211; NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/melbourne-storm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Melbourne Storm<\/a> are in the process of a major roster reshuffle, which is set to boost the depth of some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> clubs on the lookout for new stars.<\/p>\n<p>One big name on the transfer market is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/nelson-asofa-solomona\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nelson Asofa-Solomona<\/a>, who was let go by the Storm earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>While the high-profile prop is likely to earn a new deal in the coming months,\u00a0Zero Tackle\u00a0understands it will not come from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/st-george-illawarra-dragons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a>, with sources indicating the club is not interested in his services.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-81154\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Melbourne Storm Training Session\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1281003733.jpg.webp.webp\"\/>SUNSHINE COAST, AUSTRALIA &#8211; OCTOBER 19: Nelson Asofa-Solomona is seen during a Melbourne Storm NRL training session at Sunshine Coast Stadium on October 19, 2020 in Sunshine Coast, Australia. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>It is also understood that the damaging forward will likely be lured to rugby, with the polarising new R360 competition looming as a likely destination.<\/p>\n<p>The Dragons have also ruled out a play for fellow Storm teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/jonah-pezet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jonah Pezet<\/a>, after the young halfback activated his exit clause to depart the powerhouse club.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Dragons&#8217; lack of halfback depth, the prospect of bringing Pezet in is reportedly not on the cards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-225035\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Melbourne Storm Training Session\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2171283876-scaled.jpg.webp.webp\"\/>MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA &#8211; SEPTEMBER 11: Jonah Pezet of the Storm trains during a Melbourne Storm NRL training session at AAMI Park on September 11, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Morgan Hancock\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>While it is unknown why Pezet isn&#8217;t a target for the Dragons, it can be assumed that his manager, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/braith-anasta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Braith Anasta<\/a>, is uninterested in negotiating with the Red V after their poor treatment of his other client, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/lachlan-ilias\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lachlan Ilias<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pezet looks likely bound for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/parramatta-eels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parramatta Eels<\/a>, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/canberra-raiders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canberra Raiders<\/a> also keen on the young halfback&#8217;s services.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; The Melbourne Storm are in the process of a major roster reshuffle, which is set to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-205498","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\/205498","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=205498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}