{"id":412130,"date":"2026-01-14T10:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/412130\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:51:09","slug":"nrls-breakout-stars-to-watch-in-2026-as-jeremy-marshall-king-injury-gives-john-fineanganogo-a-chance-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/412130\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL\u2019s breakout stars to watch in 2026 as Jeremy Marshall-King injury gives John Fineanganogo a chance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He proved a try-scoring threat at close range for the Central Queensland Capras in 2025, scoring nine tries from 15 appearances, and looms as an option for coach Kristian Woolf to use off the bench until his mentor Marshall-King makes his comeback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been here nearly three years and just been learning off him, soaking up everything at hooker, and he\u2019s been a good mentor I\u2019d say,\u201d Fineanganofo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComing from union, there\u2019s a lot of different stuff you have to learn, so I\u2019m soaking in everything from Jeremy Marshall-King.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins have runs on the board when it comes to promoting reserve grade talent and turning them into NRL sensations \u2013 Plath and fullback Trai Fuller the leading examples, while forward Aublix Tawha impressed last season before joining the Brisbane Broncos.<\/p>\n<p>While Fineanganofo has proven an attacking threat in the lower ranks, he admitted he was partaking in a gruelling transformation to ensure he would be ready to answer a call from Woolf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s obviously a massive opportunity for myself, but at the moment I\u2019m just focusing on getting fitter. That\u2019s one thing I\u2019ve lacked in the last few years,\u201d Fineanganofo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s another door that can be opened. It\u2019s just up to me if I take it with both hands and run away with it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He proved a try-scoring threat at close range for the Central Queensland Capras in 2025, scoring nine tries&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-412130","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\/412130","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=412130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}