{"id":153074,"date":"2025-11-25T15:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/153074\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:16:09","slug":"departed-raiders-duo-sign-with-new-clubs-for-2026-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/153074\/","title":{"rendered":"Departed Raiders duo sign with new clubs for 2026 – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Departed Canberra Raiders<\/a> duo Danny Levi<\/a> and Jordan Martin<\/a> have both signed with new clubs for the 2026 season, which will allow them to continue their rugby league playing career.<\/p>\n

Part of the group of six players that the club farewelled at the end of the 2025 NRL<\/a> season, Levi has decided to take his talents overseas, while Martin has joined an Australian club.<\/p>\n

Linked with a return to the Super League<\/a> for some time, Levi has officially joined the Leeds Rhinos<\/a> on a two-year contract until at least the end of the 2027 season.<\/p>\n

A dual international for New Zealand<\/a> and Samoa<\/a>, he joins the club following 171 matches with the Newcastle Knights<\/a>, Manly Sea Eagles<\/a>, Brisbane Broncos<\/a>, Huddersfield Giants<\/a> and Raiders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m thrilled to be joining Leeds Rhinos<\/a>. The club has an incredible history, a loyal fanbase, and a vision for the future that I’m excited to be part of,” Levi said.<\/p>\n

“I’m looking forward to contributing however I can, working hard with the boys, and embracing everything that comes with playing in Super League<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“This is a fresh chapter for me and I can’t wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SamoaDONCASTER, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 23: Danny Levi of Samoa during Rugby League World Cup 2021 Pool A match between Samoa and Greece at Keepmoat Stadium on October 23, 2022 in Doncaster, England. (Photo by Gareth Copley\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

As Levi heads to the Super League<\/a>, Martin will remain in Australia<\/a> after agreeing to join the Mackay Cutters in the QLD Cup<\/a> competition for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

Debuting in 2024, the 25-year-old appeared in one first-grade match for the Raiders and is coming off 12 appearances for the club in the NSW Cup<\/a> during this year’s campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Departed Canberra Raiders duo Danny Levi and Jordan Martin have both signed with new clubs for the 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-153074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}