The Brisbane Broncos have released forward Ben Te Kura from the remainder of his current contract, effective immediately, to allow him to pursue an NFL opportunity in the United States in 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 205cm front rower was initially granted leave from the Club\u2019s NRL squad commitments in April, to attend a six-week NFL training camp.<\/p>\n
He will now relocate to Arizona to continue his pursuit of a professional career in the sport.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Te Kura made his debut in Round 5 of the 2024 season and went on to make five appearances for the Broncos.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He thanked the Club for its support throughout his journey.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very grateful to the Broncos for everything they\u2019ve done to support me in pursuing an opportunity in the NFL,\u201d Te Kura said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMaking my NRL debut for the Broncos against the Storm in 2024 was such an unbelievable moment for myself and my family.<\/p>\n
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I owe the Club so much for the faith they\u2019ve had in me right from day one.<\/p>\n
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General Manager of Football Operations, Troy Thomson, said the Club was happy to support Te Kura.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an incredible opportunity and one we felt was important to help facilitate,\u201d Thomson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone at the Broncos wish Ben and his family all the very best for the future.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brisbane Broncos have released forward Ben Te Kura from the remainder of his current contract, effective immediately,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-773673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773673","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=773673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}