{"id":798756,"date":"2026-07-14T01:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T01:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/798756\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T01:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T01:58:11","slug":"junior-maroon-locks-up-new-nrl-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/798756\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Maroon locks up new NRL contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Melbourne Storm<\/a> have confirmed the re-signing of rising star Gabriel Satrick<\/a> through to the end of 2028.<\/p>\n

The two-year extension will see the Queensland under-19 representative likely become the undisputed number two to club captain Harry Grant<\/a> at the club in the hooking role.<\/p>\n

Satrick made his NRL<\/a> debut in Round 12 this season against the Canterbury Bulldogs<\/a>, playing 25 minutes off the bench where he looked solid.<\/p>\n

A Storm pathways player in recent years, he is from North Queensland, having played for the Ipswich Jets in his youth, eventually joining the Melbourne Storm’s set-up in 2023.<\/p>\n

He has since progressed through the Storm’s Jersey Flegg system, where he played a key role in the 2025 premiership and has now scored 4 tries in 13 NSW Cup<\/a> games during what has been a strong season to date.<\/p>\n

That adds to ten appearances last year for the North Sydney Bears – who were then the Storm’s feeder club – which he juggled alongside his selections in the successful Jersey Flegg side.<\/p>\n

“We’re pleased to extend Gabe’s contract through until the end of 2028,” Melbourne Storm<\/a> director of football Frank Ponissi said of his re-signing.<\/p>\n

“He has progressed through our program since arriving at the Club, working his way through our pathways before making his first-grade debut this year.<\/p>\n

“Gabe is a talented young footballer with plenty of potential, and we’re excited to see his continued development in a Storm jersey.”<\/p>\n

Satrick will continue to have a permanent first-grade path blocked by Grant, who is only 28 years of age and still widely regarded as the best hooker in the game currently.<\/p>\n

\"MELBOURNE,<\/p>\n

Grant, who plays for Queensland and Australia<\/a>, will continue to run the number nine for the club, but Satrick will find opportunities off the bench, and to play more minutes during the State of Origin<\/a> period, and any time Grant is out injured or suspended.<\/p>\n

Satrick and Grant are the only two recognised dummy halves on Melbourne’s roster for next year.<\/p>\n

Bronson Garlick<\/a> left for the South Sydney Rabbitohs<\/a> at the end of 2025, and Tyran Wishart<\/a> leaves for the Perth Bears<\/a> at the end of 2026, while utility option Trent Toelau<\/a> is yet to put pen to paper on a new deal with the club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Melbourne Storm have confirmed the re-signing of rising star Gabriel Satrick through to the end of 2028.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":798757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-798756","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\/798756","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=798756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}