{"id":195530,"date":"2025-12-21T23:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T23:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/195530\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T23:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T23:43:12","slug":"josh-curran-in-negotiations-with-rival-nrl-club-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/195530\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Curran in negotiations with rival NRL club – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Perth Bears<\/a> have reportedly entered the race for the signature of Canterbury Bulldogs<\/a> forward Josh Curran<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Curran has fallen down the pecking order at the blue and white, and all signs point to him leaving the club at the end of the 2026 NRL<\/a> season when his current deal expires.<\/p>\n

At 26 years of age, Curran has been looking to get back to the form he held at the New Zealand Warriors<\/a> which once saw him in the State of Origin<\/a> selection conversation, even if as a bolter.<\/p>\n

\u00bb RELATED: Six potential landing spots for Josh Curran<\/a><\/p>\n

Able to play in the middle or on the edge and in what should be the prime of his career, a move away from Belmore could see plenty of clubs interested, and it’s no surprise that, per a News Corp report, the Perth Bears<\/a> are one such club.<\/p>\n

The Bears, who have so far signed six players to their inaugural Top 30, still need to add plenty of talent, with only Toby Sexton<\/a>, Liam Henry<\/a> and Harry Newman<\/a> likely to be among their first group of starting players from the six signings to date.<\/p>\n

Curran would walk into most NRL<\/a> sides, and certainly would do so in Perth, with the forward adding versatility and experience to a side that will need both in their inaugural season under the coaching of Mal Meninga<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00bb SEE ALSO: Bears signing tracker<\/a><\/p>\n

The Bears have so far not broken the bank for a marquee signing, and while Curran wouldn’t be that, he would be another strong option at a decent price.<\/p>\n

It’s unclear how advanced the negotiations are, but suggestions are he could be signed by Christmas alongside Parramatta Eels<\/a> back Sean Russell<\/a>, while the likes of Nick Meaney<\/a> and Tyran Wishart<\/a> are also well into negotiations with the NRL’s newest club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Perth Bears have reportedly entered the race for the signature of Canterbury Bulldogs forward Josh Curran. Curran…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-195530","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\/195530","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=195530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}