{"id":422343,"date":"2026-01-19T01:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T01:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/422343\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T01:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T01:57:09","slug":"transfer-whispers-player-movement-teams-two-nrl-clubs-circling-super-league-star-jarrod-oconnor-perth-bears-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/422343\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer Whispers, player movement, teams, two NRL clubs circling Super League star Jarrod O\u2019Connor, Perth Bears, news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Super League hooker Jarrod O\u2019Connor could potentially find himself becoming the latest Leeds Rhinos player to make the switch to the NRL, with the 24-year-old finding himself in hot demand.<\/p>\n

According to rugbyleaguehub.com<\/a>, the young dummy-half has attracted the interest of two clubs down under.<\/p>\n

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While the two teams have not yet been named, there are growing whispers that one of these clubs could be the Perth Bears who have already secured two of his current teammates in Harry Newman and James McDonnell.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019d always be interesting to listen and see what\u2019s out there. There\u2019s obviously different lifestyles over here and all different competition, which would be interesting, but I\u2019m not pushing for it,\u201d he told Serious About Rugby League.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always interesting, like it is with anyone who\u2019s out of contracts, any clubs coming in, even if it\u2019s over here, it\u2019s someone to listen to, but I\u2019m hopefully close to getting something sorted soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

As O\u2019Connor contemplates his next move, English international Owen Trout has decided against a potential switch to the NRL and is set to re-sign with the Leigh Leopards on a multi-year contract, according to LoveRugbyLeague.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Bears are reportedly circling UK dummy-half Jarrod O\u2019Connor.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n

A member of England\u2019s 2025 Ashes Series squad against Australia, Trout has established himself as one of the brightest forwards in the Super League competition and is entering the prime of his career.<\/p>\n

Although he has extended with the Leopards, it is understood that clauses in his contract would still allow him to move down under at certain points and he has already commanded interest from NRL clubs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d love to go over there (to Australia) and have a crack,\u201d Trout said at the backend of last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t really have a vision (for my career), but I want to keep playing for my country and have a nice, long career.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be able to make some good investments and some good money to sort out that things will look after themselves later on in life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to make sure I work hard enough in this part of my life to be able to relax a little bit more in later life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Super League hooker Jarrod O\u2019Connor could potentially find himself becoming the latest Leeds Rhinos player to make the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[11638,64,63,689,219794,11101,222174,2105,141433,5330,222175,222177,11639,12412,32917,761,762,673,158,677,3252,222173,222176,219798,85,670],"class_list":["post-422343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-ashes-series","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-bears-roster-build","tag-cooper-cronk","tag-ethan-lee-chalk","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-harry-newman","tag-head-coach","tag-jarrod-oconnor","tag-lee-chalk","tag-mal-meninga","tag-matt-king","tag-michael-ennis","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-new-south-wales","tag-nrl","tag-oceania","tag-player-movement","tag-rugby-league-central","tag-serious-about-rugby-league","tag-slim-jim-phantom","tag-sports","tag-sydney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422343","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=422343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}