{"id":572398,"date":"2026-03-29T16:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T16:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/572398\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T16:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T16:23:10","slug":"nrl-news-2026-melbourne-storm-secure-jamayne-isaako-on-a-two-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/572398\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL news 2026 | Melbourne Storm secure Jamayne Isaako on a two-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jamayne Isaako will don new colours next season after announcing he will has signed a deal with the Melbourne Storm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Storm confirmed the star winger’s signing on Sunday afternoon, with the two-year deal to come into effect from the start of 2027.<\/p>\n

Isaako has been one of the most consistent players for the Dolphins and is one of the several stars that the club had yet to secure the signature of beyond this year.<\/p>\n

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Storm boss Frank Ponissi admitted the club is excited to see what Isaako will bring.<\/p>\n

“Jamayne is a high-quality and experienced player who adds speed and versatility to our backline,” Ponissi said.<\/p>\n

“With Jamayne’s partner Abby having her parents based in Melbourne this move suits both parties incredibly well, and we’re confident he’ll be an excellent addition to our club and make a strong contribution to our squad over the next few years.”<\/p>\n

The news comes just months after Isaako admitted he was hopeful he could stay on at the Dolphins, given he was an inaugural player for the club.<\/p>\n

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Dolphins star Jamayne Isaako was dominant in the win over the Dragons\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

At the time, he also mentioned he was also enjoying raising his kids in Queensland. <\/p>\n

But Isaako was aware the club had no shortage of depth when it came to outside backs, with talent like Jake Averillo, Herbie Farnworth and Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow all contracted.<\/p>\n

Still, it is a valuable signing for Melbourne, given they will part ways with goal-kickers Nick Meaney and Tyran Wishart at the season’s end. <\/p>\n

Isaako will likely now slip into that role for the Storm. <\/p>\n

The 29-year-old has scored 77 tries and kicked 525 goals throughout his career in first-grade.<\/p>\n

He finished the 2025 season as the competition’s leading point-scorer with 278 points.<\/p>\n

Isaako will return to the field with the Dolphins next week against the Sea Eagles. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jamayne Isaako will don new colours next season after announcing he will has signed a deal with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-572398","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\/572398","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=572398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}