{"id":280560,"date":"2025-11-12T23:39:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/280560\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T23:39:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:39:20","slug":"koloamatangi-weighs-future-as-two-teams-circle-dual-international-forward-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/280560\/","title":{"rendered":"Koloamatangi weighs future as two teams circle dual international forward – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fresh off making his international debut for Australia<\/a>, South Sydney Rabbitohs<\/a> forward Keaon Koloamatangi<\/a> has reportedly attracted the interest of two rival teams as he prepares to make a call on his future in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

One of the best forwards on the open market, the 27-year-old is entering the prime of his career and has been a standout for the Rabbitohs over the course of the past 12 months since making the transition from the back-row to the middle of the field.<\/p>\n

Only 126 matches into his career, the dual international and one-time NSW Blues<\/a> representative is set for a significant pay-rise, but admits that he wants to be playing for a premiership<\/p>\n

Returning to Sydney after playing all three matches in the 2025 Ashes Series<\/a> against England<\/a>, Koloamatangi confirmed that he met with his manager on Tuesday to discuss his future and what lies ahead.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>, the Canberra Raiders<\/a> will be in the market for a forward like Koloamatangi.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the Parramatta Eels<\/a> are also set to make a huge play for his services, per Brent Read\u00a0on\u00a0<\/a>Triple M’s NRL Daily.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI’m not too big on \u2018max’ money,\u201d Koloamatangi told\u00a0The Sydney Morning Herald.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI still want to compete for a premiership. I have to meet my manager on Tuesday and discuss a few things; it’s early days.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I have two little ones and my fianc\u00e9e to look after, I have to think about my family \u2013 they’re my No. 1 priority.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of things that will come into consideration. Playing in this [Ashes] series, I’m over the moon, and considering we didn’t too well in clubland this year, it was good to go out [on a] winning [note].<\/p>\n

\u201cHanging out with players at the top of their game, and seeing how professional they are, I can’t wait to go back as a leader to the Bunnies and hopefully chase that premiership.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of [younger] players might look up to me because I’ve played for Australia<\/a> now. I have to step up, be that older player; my voice will be heard more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresh off making his international debut for Australia, South Sydney Rabbitohs forward Keaon Koloamatangi has reportedly attracted the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-280560","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\/280560","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=280560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}