{"id":448469,"date":"2026-01-31T00:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/448469\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T00:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:37:09","slug":"who-will-kick-goals-for-every-nrl-team-in-2026-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/448469\/","title":{"rendered":"Who will kick goals for every NRL team in 2026? &#8211; NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> season is fast approaching, and one of the key questions for coaches, fans and fantasy players alike is who will goal kick for each team.<\/p>\n<p>In the real world, quality goal kicking can be the difference between winning and losing.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not all that far from the truth in fantasy footy either, with goal kicking one of the most important jobs in the game.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of clubs with locked in goal kickers, but equally, a number with question marks over who will kick.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the rundown of the situation at every club.<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane Broncos: Adam Reynolds<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds will again lead the way with the boot for the Broncos, but his fitness remains a substantial question.<\/p>\n<p>At his age, and given recent seasons, it would be a surprise to see him get through every game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/reece-walsh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reece Walsh<\/a> is the most obvious back-up option at the Broncos, and has handled goal-kicking in recent times when Reynolds hasn&#8217;t been available. Walsh kicked 34 goals in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Should it get beyond that, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/kotoni-staggs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kotoni Staggs<\/a> is likely the third preference for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/kevin-walters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Walters<\/a>, although didn&#8217;t put the kicking boots on at any point in 2025. That said, he has 74 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> goals to his name.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/ben-hunt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Hunt<\/a>, who has kicked 31 career goals dating back to his first efforts in 2014, would be the likely last resort option for Brisbane.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; The 2026 NRL season is fast approaching, and one of the key questions for coaches, fans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-448469","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\/448469","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=448469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}