{"id":601250,"date":"2026-04-12T02:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/601250\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T02:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:58:10","slug":"giant-broncos-prop-attends-nfl-training-camp-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/601250\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Broncos prop attends NFL training camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brisbane giant Ben Te Kura has been given permission to take a break from NRL training to attend a six-week NFL training camp.<\/p>\n

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Te Kura, who stands at a massive 205cm, has previously expressed a desire to try his hand at American Football after watching former South Sydney-contracted Jordan Mailata become a superstar of the NRL and win the Super Bowl with Philadelphia last year.<\/p>\n

Te Kura, 22, has had limited NRL opportunities with the Broncos due to the strength of the forward pack and injuries, playing just five games since making his debut in 2023.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Te Kura runs during a Brisbane Broncos NRL training session.\u00a0Bradley Kanaris\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Broncos put out a statement on Sunday morning and are supporting Te Kura’s attempt to gain an NFL contract.<\/p>\n

“The Broncos have approved Te Kura’s attendance at a six-week NFL training camp, which is currently underway,” the club said.<\/p>\n

“At the conclusion of the six-week period, Te Kura will either return to Broncos’ training or the club will extend his absence to facilitate further steps towards a possible NFL opportunity in the United States.”<\/p>\n

Mailata entered the NFL after gaining a spot in its international pathway program (IPP) in 2017.<\/p>\n

Current St George Illawarra centre Valentine Holmes also went through the IPP in 2019 and secured a position with the New York Jets before returning to the NRL with North Queensland the following season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brisbane giant Ben Te Kura has been given permission to take a break from NRL training to attend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-601250","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\/601250","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=601250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}