{"id":861509,"date":"2026-08-20T02:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T02:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861509\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T02:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T02:30:15","slug":"nrl-2026-tui-kamikamica-retires-immediately-suffered-stroke-earlier-in-year-melbourne-storm-news-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861509\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: Tui Kamikamica retires immediately, suffered stroke earlier in year, Melbourne Storm, news, reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran Storm prop Tui Kamikamica has retired effective immediately on medical grounds after he suffered a stroke earlier in the year. <\/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>The Fijian skipper hasn\u2019t played since the round 4 loss to the Cowboys on March 28, with Kamikamica experiencing a medical episode a couple of days later.<\/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>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>Kamikamica had returned to some light training activities, but he won\u2019t return to the field after 142 games with the club.<\/p>\n<p>He was part of the Storm\u2019s premiership winning squads in 2017 and 2020 and won the club\u2019s most improved award in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>He also represented Fiji on 22 occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Tui KamikamicaSource: Supplied Source Known<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m incredibly proud of everything I\u2019ve been able to achieve in the game, representing Storm and captaining my country,\u201d Kamikamica said via a club-issued statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelbourne Storm has been a huge part of my life for the past 10 years. I\u2019m so grateful to the Club, my teammates, coaches, staff and everyone who has supported me and my family throughout my rugby league career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo play for Storm and captain Fiji are memories I\u2019ll cherish forever. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank everyone at Storm for believing in me and giving me the opportunity to play at the highest level. Melbourne will always be a special place for me and my family and I\u2019m looking forward to my next chapter in life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran Storm prop Tui Kamikamica has retired effective immediately on medical grounds after he suffered a stroke earlier&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-861509","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\/861509","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=861509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}