Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nCaine announced on social media on Tuesday that he would be taking a break from his media roles to focus on his health, revealing he had been \u201cstruggling\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cHey Rock solids. Just want to be upfront and honest,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe aren\u2019t robots, My turn right now. Struggling, never thought it would be me, but it is.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone feeling like me I\u2019m sending you a BIG CUDDLE. I\u2019m good but need some time, back soon on @GetEmOnside_SB & @JoelFletchSEN.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement, SEN said: \u201cCaine told the network today that he needed some time away from the microphone to work on his ongoing health.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe network respects Caine\u2019s decision and will continue to support him through this time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJoel is a much loved on-and-off-air figure on the SEN 1170am and SENQ 693am airwaves,\u201d SEN boss Craig Hutchison said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has made the strong decision to focus on his health for a period of time, and we respect that courage and honesty to speak up, seek support and take a break.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll continue to work with our mate, Joel, to support him throughout this period.\u201d<\/p>\n
SEN said a temporary host of The Run Home will be announced in due course.<\/p>\n
Caine played 127 games during his professional rugby league career including a stint at the Tigers, and finished his career playing in the Super League.<\/p>\n
The 47-year-old received an influx of messages of support from his listeners and fans across the rugby league community. <\/p>\n
One person commented: \u201cTakes a lot to say you aren\u2019t ok. Look after yourself and hope things get better soon for you.\u201d<\/p>\n
A second said: \u201cBack at you mate\u2026time for you to be selfish. Take care\u201d<\/p>\n
Another said: \u201cAlways good to put your hand up when struggling, plenty of support and help out there, and on here too mate. Happy to help you through this mate. Step by step. Hang in there brother.\u201d<\/p>\n
David Packwood wrote: \u201cTake care Joel. In your time mate, just remember you\u2019ve got lots of love around you. Wishing you all the best.\u201d<\/p>\n
After retiring from football, Caine has transitioned into a successful media career, working with Channel 9, 2GB radio, Sporstbet, Fox Sports and SEN.<\/p>\n
The 2026 NRL season begins on Sunday in Las Vegas, with Newcastle playing North Queensland and the Bulldogs taking on the Dagons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rugby league commentator Joel Caine has announced he is stepping away from his popular SEN radio show, sparking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-501257","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\/501257","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=501257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}