{"id":422928,"date":"2026-01-19T09:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/422928\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T09:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:01:08","slug":"leeds-gun-attracting-interest-from-the-nrl-for-2027-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/422928\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds gun attracting interest from the NRL for 2027 – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yet another Super League<\/a> star could be headed down under in 2027.<\/p>\n

Leeds Rhinos<\/a> hooker Jarrod O’Connor faces a major career decision beyond 2026, with the off-contract star free to speak with rival clubs amid reported interest from the NRL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Widnes-born dummy-half is one of eight Rhinos first-graders with less than 12 months remaining on their deals, placing him firmly on the radar of both Super League<\/a> and Australian clubs as the new recruitment cycle begins.<\/p>\n

Reports overseas have linked O’Connor with a potential move to Australia<\/a>, which would see him become the fourth Leeds player in two seasons to head down under, following Morgan Gannon<\/a>, Harry Newman<\/a> and James McDonnell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, the 25-year-old has played down any urgency to make a switch, insisting he is settled at Headingley and confident a resolution is close.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Serious About Rugby League earlier this week, O’Connor said he was open to listening to interest but not actively pushing for a move.<\/p>\n

“It’d always be interesting to listen and see what’s out there,” O’Connor said.<\/p>\n

“There’s obviously different lifestyles and competitions, which would be interesting, but I’m not pushing for it.<\/p>\n

“Like anyone who’s out of contract, clubs coming in is always something to listen to, but I’m hopefully close to getting something sorted soon.”<\/p>\n

A product of the Rhinos’ system, O’Connor has developed into one of Super League’s more reliable hookers, valued for his work rate, defence and versatility around the ruck.<\/p>\n

While the prospect of an NRL<\/a> opportunity looms, Leeds remain hopeful of retaining the popular No.9 as they continue to rebuild their roster and stabilise their spine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yet another Super League star could be headed down under in 2027. Leeds Rhinos hooker Jarrod O’Connor faces…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-422928","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\/422928","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=422928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}