{"id":743253,"date":"2026-06-17T23:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/743253\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T23:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:18:11","slug":"nrl-2026-transfer-whispers-news-rumours-contracts-bears-sign-blues-under-19s-winger-jope-rauqe-mal-meninga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/743253\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: Transfer Whispers, news, rumours, contracts, Bears sign Blues under 19s winger Jope Rauqe, Mal Meninga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bears\u2019 roster continues to build ahead of their inaugural season in 2027, with Perth reportedly signing a Blues\u2019 under 19\u2019s young gun on a multi-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the NRL Premiership LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bulldogs winger Jope Rauqe is set to head west at season\u2019s end to join Perth\u2019s top 30 list as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/origin-confidential-perth-bears-set-to-poach-canterbury-rising-star-jope-rauqe-on-twoyear-deal\/news-story\/b22eb3b2e362f8594c460b1ce03e51d7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Code Sports.<\/a><\/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\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rauqe has been named to start on a flank for the Blues in the u19s Origin clash at North Sydney Oval.<\/p>\n<p>A rangy, skilful outside back, Rauqe is still raw but the upside is evident.<\/p>\n<p>The teenager has already been seen in first grade, scoring a try for the Bulldogs in the Pre-Season Challenge earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p>He has also represented Fiji.<\/p>\n<p>Jope Rauqe in action for the Bulldogs\u2019 SG Ball side.Source: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n<p>Not including Rauqe, as the deal is not yet official, Perth have inked 19 players to contracts for next season.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re now focusing on youth, with the expansion club adding a few talented youngsters who are yet to debut in the NRL. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Bears signed promising Cowboys fullback Mason Barber to a three-year deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bears\u2019 roster continues to build ahead of their inaugural season in 2027, with Perth reportedly signing a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-743253","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\/743253","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=743253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}