{"id":296130,"date":"2025-11-20T02:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T02:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/296130\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T02:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T02:51:11","slug":"storm-lock-down-nrl-superstar-after-torrid-off-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/296130\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm lock down NRL superstar after torrid off-season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melbourne finally have some good news on the player front with skipper Harry Grant signing a contract extension that will keep him at the NRL club until the end of the 2028 season.<\/p>\n

Coming on the back of their grand final loss, the Storm have been rocked by the brain injury that will keep Test second-rower Eli Katoa on the sidelines indefinitely while superstar fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen has walked out on his contract.<\/p>\n

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Melbourne have also lost emerging half Jonah Pezet to Parramatta while they have cut ties with long-time leading prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona.<\/p>\n

They also have cashed-up rebel rugby competition R360 reportedly circling their leading playmaker Cameron Munster after he turned down an offer to join incoming NRL side the Perth Bears.<\/p>\n

But they have locked in Kangaroos hooker Grant, who was already contracted for 2026.<\/p>\n

“It’s a great feeling to have my future confirmed until 2028,” Grant said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“I feel incredibly privileged to captain this club and wear the purple jersey in front of our members and fans every week.<\/p>\n

Harry Grant scores a try for the Storm.\u00a0Quinn Rooney\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

“We have a great group of players, coaches and staff and a strong leadership team determined to push our club to bigger things in 2026.”<\/p>\n

Storm boss Justin Rodski said Grant’s extension was a “massive boost”.<\/p>\n

“Harry is not only one of the best players in the NRL, but also an outstanding leader and a tremendous ambassador for Melbourne Storm,” Rodski said.<\/p>\n

“To have Harry commit to the Club until 2028 is a massive boost, not just for our playing group, but for our entire organisation and our passionate members and fans.<\/p>\n

“His determination to keep improving, be a role model for our younger players, and lead Storm toward sustained success makes him the ideal person to drive our club forward.”<\/p>\n

Grant is currently on leave after the Ashes series in England and he and other international players will return to Melbourne training in early January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melbourne finally have some good news on the player front with skipper Harry Grant signing a contract extension…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-296130","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\/296130","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=296130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}