{"id":948901,"date":"2026-11-01T16:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/948901\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T16:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:10:22","slug":"nrl-news-rugby-league-world-cup-2026-dolphins-flyer-jack-bostock-speaks-as-free-agency-period-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/948901\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL news, Rugby League World Cup 2026: Dolphins flyer Jack Bostock speaks as free-agency period kicks off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Off-contract flyer Jack Bostock says it\u2019s \u201cnot set in stone\u201d that he will be leaving the Dolphins<\/a>, as he prepares to speak with his manager about his 2028 options.<\/p>\n

The boom outside back \u2013 one of many representative players who became free agents on Sunday \u2013 has been heavily linked with both the Dragons<\/a> and Sharks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Jack Bostock will meet with his management this week.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

After crossing for a second World Cup<\/a> hat-trick in Australia\u2019s 66-6 thumping of the Cook Islands in Townsville on Saturday night<\/a>, and potentially pumping up his market value even further along the way, he was quizzed on his future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spoke to the Dolphins a couple of weeks ago and said I wanted to see my options and what I could do,\u201d Bostock told reporters in Townsville. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not set in stone I\u2019m leaving. It\u2019s a matter of going through the process. It\u2019s hard to do while you\u2019re in here because the task at hand is winning the World Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce I can sort out a time with my manager, we\u2019ll sit down during the week, or have a phone call, and start figuring out what we\u2019re going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

No less than 11 players in the Australian<\/a> squad entered free agency on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Among them are Sam Walker<\/a>, Cameron Munster<\/a>, Latrell Mitchell<\/a>, Bradman Best<\/a> and Harry Grant<\/a> \u2013 with none guaranteed to remain at their current clubs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can see how many players are coming off. It\u2019s been a running joke in camp about who is going where and what\u2019s going to happen,\u201d Bostock said.<\/p>\n

A move to St George Illawarra would see Bostock, a product of the Shellharbour Stingrays, return to his roots on the NSW south coast.<\/p>\n

Kangaroos and Broncos<\/a> fullback Reece Walsh<\/a> floated the prospect of the NSW State of Origin rookie joining Brisbane.<\/p>\n

He said the Broncos\u2019 new recruitment chief<\/a> and the man who lured Bostock to the Dolphins, Peter O\u2019Sullivan, should get in his ear. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is he, 23?\u201d Walsh asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s hardworking, can play many positions, and you can see he\u2019s still growing into his body. He\u2019s an awesome talent who works really hard. He knows when to flick the switch and work hard at training, but he\u2019s also a character off the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s interesting to see all the (contract) yarns getting thrown around; obviously there have been jokes and a bit of chat here and there. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s hindered anyone\u2019s training or connection or their presence in camp.\u201d<\/p>\n

Australia will face either Tonga or Samoa in the semi-finals at Allianz Stadium next Sunday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Off-contract flyer Jack Bostock says it\u2019s \u201cnot set in stone\u201d that he will be leaving the Dolphins, as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-948901","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\/948901","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=948901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}