{"id":353295,"date":"2026-03-29T06:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T06:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/353295\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T06:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T06:27:08","slug":"jamayne-isaako-drops-bombshell-on-dolphins-set-to-quit-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/353295\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamayne Isaako drops bombshell on Dolphins, set to quit club"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dolphins<\/a> star winger and goal-kicker Jamayne Isaako<\/a> has quit the club and will join the Melbourne Storm<\/a> from the start of 2027.<\/p>\n

The consistent winger, who has been with the Dolphins<\/a> since their first game and is the only player to never miss one, is one of a host of outside backs off-contract at the end of the season for the Dolphins<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The club had difficult decisions to make in the backs, with this year seeing too many players for the positions available even with Jack Bostock<\/a> sidelined.<\/p>\n

As it stands, back five options Jake Averillo<\/a>, Selwyn Cobbo<\/a> and Trai Fuller<\/a> join Isaako on the off-contract list.<\/p>\n

The club also have Bostock, Herbie Farnworth<\/a> and Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow<\/a> at their disposal, as well as impressive youngssters Tevita Naufahu<\/a> and LJ Nonu<\/a> who are all locked up until at least the end of 2027.<\/p>\n

While Isaako, who has been in fine form both off the kicking tee and in try-scoring, was never in risk of being dropped, his management took to Instagram on Sunday afternoon to reveal he had signed a deal with the Storm from the start of 2027.<\/p>\n

They revealed the deal is a two-year contract and will see him shift to the Victorian capital for the 2027 and 2028 seasons.<\/p>\n

The Storm have since confirmed the news.<\/p>\n

\u201cJamayne is a high-quality and experienced player who adds speed and versatility to our backline,\u201d director of football Frank Ponissi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Jamayne’s partner Abby having her parents based in Melbourne, this move suits both parties incredibly well, and we’re confident he’ll be an excellent addition to our Club and make a strong contribution to our squad over the next few years.\u201d<\/p>\n

It’s an enormous coup for the Storm, who will lose their own goal-kicking outside back Nick Meaney<\/a> to the Perth Bears<\/a> at the end of the year, as well as Tyran Wishart<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The club are also likely to lose William Warbrick to the New Zealand Warriors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The creates a big gap in the back five, with Isaako to take one of the two spots and become the club’s new goal-kicker as the Storm look to continue their era of dominance.<\/p>\n

Melbourne, who have also recently confirmed Craig Bellamy<\/a> will remain head coach for the next two seasons, have already signed Oryn Keeley<\/a> from the Dolphins<\/a> for 2027 and beyond, with the club also needing re-enforcements in the second-row as Eliesa Katoa’s future remains unclear, and Shawn Blore<\/a> likely heads for the exit gates at the end of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dolphins star winger and goal-kicker Jamayne Isaako has quit the club and will join the Melbourne Storm from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-353295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353295","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=353295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}