{"id":596677,"date":"2026-04-09T23:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/596677\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T23:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:20:11","slug":"nathan-cleary-offered-big-money-super-league-deal-hull-kr-belly-elias-comments-contract-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/596677\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Cleary offered big-money Super League deal; Hull KR, Belly Elias comments, contract speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nathan Cleary<\/a> has reportedly been offered a monster deal to leave the NRL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ahead of his 200th game in the competition on Thursday night, Cleary has reportedly been offered a four-year, $1.9m-a-season deal to move to England and play for Hull KR<\/a> in the Super League<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cleary has long been linked with a move to the UK to be closer to partner Mary Fowler, who plays for Manchester City in the WSL.<\/p>\n

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Hull is a two-hour drive east of Manchester.<\/p>\n

Balmain legend Benny Elias said he’d been fed the information by former Hull halfback Garry Schofield.<\/p>\n

\"Nathan<\/p>\n

There are fresh reports linking Nathan Cleary with a move to the Super League.\u00a0NRL Images<\/p>\n

“He says that Nathan Cleary has been offered one million pounds a year for four years at Hull,” Elias said on Fox Sports’ NRL 360.<\/p>\n

“That is big, big bucks. He’s certainly setting the level way up here.”<\/p>\n

According to English publication Love Rugby League, Hull made an informal offer earlier in the year, and it had not been revisited since.<\/p>\n

Cleary’s management has been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n

Signed with the Panthers until the end of 2027, Cleary will become a free agent on November 1 unless he signs an extension before then.<\/p>\n

Watch the 2026 NRL season live and free on Nine and 9Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old told media ahead of round four he “wasn’t going to close off any avenues”.<\/p>\n

Cleary is being paid an estimated $1.2m a season at the Panthers. He has also been linked with a tax-free move to the PNG Chiefs in 2028, as well as to rugby union.<\/p>\n

A fortnight ago, Cleary said he was yet to make any decision on his future, but could consider “fast-tracking” an extension to quieten the noise.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think I’ve ever announced it [going on the market],” he said.<\/p>\n

“I’m at the stage now where I’m like, there’s no point even talking about it.<\/p>\n

“I’m still contracted here for two years and it feels like such a long time for me. It hasn’t been a discussion, I just said I wasn’t gonna close off any avenues.<\/p>\n

“It’s come pretty early – maybe it’s something that needs to be fast-tracked.”<\/p>\n

Cleary’s unbeaten Panthers face the struggling Bulldogs on Thursday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nathan Cleary has reportedly been offered a monster deal to leave the NRL. Ahead of his 200th game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-596677","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\/596677","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=596677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}