{"id":573377,"date":"2026-03-30T03:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T03:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/573377\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T03:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T03:38:08","slug":"melbourne-storm-star-tui-kamikamica-suffers-suspected-stroke-rushed-to-hospital-what-happened-melbourne-storm-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/573377\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Storm star Tui Kamikamica suffers suspected stroke, rushed to hospital, what happened, Melbourne Storm statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Melbourne Storm veteran Tui Kamikamica is in hospital after the club said he suffered a suspected stroke on Monday morning. <\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/nrl?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old Fijian international is in his tenth season at the club, but his immediate playing future is uncertain while he remains in hospital. <\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? 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For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>Kamikamica has been an important part of their middle forward rotation and signed a new deal in January for the 2026 campaign, with the veteran coming off the bench on Saturday night in the loss to North Queensland. <\/p>\n<p>His health is the sole concern for the club who released the following statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelbourne Storm can confirm that forward Tui Kamikamica is currently in hospital following a medical episode on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has undergone treatment for a suspected stroke and is recovering in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTui is receiving the best possible care and is being supported by hospital specialists, alongside the club\u2019s medical staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club asks that Tui\u2019s privacy is respected at this time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther updates will be provided when appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Storm were not training on Monday, with it reported that he suffered the episode at home in the early hours of the morning before being rushed to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne Storm forward Tui Kamikamica has been part of the playing group for 10 years. Picture: Michael KleinSource: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n<p>The injury blow is a further setback for the competition heavyweights who are already without superstars Eli Katoa (head knocks) and Xavier Coates (Achilles). <\/p>\n<p>The Storm were beaten in the last two grand finals and are coming off consecutive losses after blowing big leads. <\/p>\n<p>Their depth will be tested in the coming weeks, with young gun Cooper Clarke likely to be given a bigger role as coach Craig Bellamy tried to navigate what has become a very tough period for the club. <\/p>\n<p>But the on field stuff takes a back seat to Kamikamica and his health as he and his family go through their battle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melbourne Storm veteran Tui Kamikamica is in hospital after the club said he suffered a suspected stroke on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,689,38379,8089,2105,47999,55228,58009,281427,86430,49979,152339,647,4466,677,4583,281426,85,9210,13321,281425,122747,660,9020],"class_list":["post-573377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-competition-heavyweights","tag-craig-bellamy","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-grand-finals","tag-head-knocks","tag-health-update","tag-hospital-specialists","tag-injury-blow","tag-martin-gabor","tag-medical-episode","tag-melbourne","tag-melbourne-storm","tag-oceania","tag-shane-flanagan","tag-sole-concern","tag-sports","tag-staff-writers","tag-storm-star","tag-suspected-stroke","tag-tui-kamikamica","tag-victoria","tag-young-gun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573377","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=573377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}