{"id":445904,"date":"2026-05-26T11:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/445904\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T11:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:22:10","slug":"nrl-2026-gehamat-shibasaki-could-leave-broncos-after-contract-stalemate-melbourne-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/445904\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: Gehamat Shibasaki could leave Broncos after contract stalemate, Melbourne Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four clubs are said to be monitoring Gehamat Shibasaki\u2019s situation at the Broncos, with the Maroons squad member at risk of being squeezed out of the club by salary cap pressure.<\/p>\n

Shibasaki said earlier in the week that leaving the Broncos is something he is \u201cconsidering\u201d as the club\u2019s contract offers continue to come up well short of the centre\u2019s asking price.<\/p>\n

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Shibasaki, who is in Origin camp with the Maroons after being named in the 19-man squad for Game I, is hoping for a new deal for 2027 and beyond worth around $600,000 a season.<\/p>\n

After winning a train-and-trial deal during the 2025 pre-season, Shibasaki played on a very cheap deal worth $160,000 that year. <\/p>\n

It was a fairytale season from Shibasaki, who won a premiership with the Broncos as well as earning a maiden Maroons jersey and winning selection for the Kangaroos\u2019 end of year Ashes tour.<\/p>\n

His form this season hasn\u2019t been as strong, particularly earlier in the year, but he\u2019s been solid enough of late at left centre. <\/p>\n

The Broncos want to keep him, and Shibasaki prefers to stay put, but according to veteran reporter Peter Badel, they aren\u2019t willing to offer any more than $300,000 a season at this stage.<\/p>\n

Gehamat Shibasaki during a Queensland Maroons Men’s State of Origin training session on Sunday.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wants a big bump up. He deserves one and there are four clubs sniffing around him,\u201d Badel said on \u2018NRL 360\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m told Melbourne showed a bit of interest a couple of months ago (and) they\u2019re watching his circumstances closely. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Broncos have made an offer. I\u2019m told it\u2019s not quite palatable to Shibasaki at the moment, so unless they up the ante Shibasaki may be on the way out. <\/p>\n

\u201cHis preference is to stay but money may be the ultimate determinant. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he leaves the Broncos at the end of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

The market for Shibasaki, who is without a deal for next year, hasn\u2019t been hot, meaning he\u2019s up against it to earn a deal near his current asking price. <\/p>\n

The Chiefs and Bears have been two teams linked to the centre so far along with the Storm.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t figured anything out yet,\u201d Shibasaki told Code Sports earlier this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just playing footy and trying to do what I can for the boys each week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a dad first, so family first. I\u2019ve got a family to look after, so that\u2019s my main priority.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d consider (leaving). I\u2019m pretty open to anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four clubs are said to be monitoring Gehamat Shibasaki\u2019s situation at the Broncos, with the Maroons squad member…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[227476,227480,85,2652,9504,227477,227479,227478,101781,2648,111,139,69,2659,13905,213,1734,73388],"class_list":["post-445904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-acute-compartment-syndrome","tag-asking-price","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-brisbane-broncos","tag-contract-stalemate","tag-fairytale-season","tag-limb-threatening-condition","tag-mitchell-barnett","tag-new-south-wales","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-oceania","tag-reece-walsh","tag-sports","tag-sydney","tag-time-frame"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445904","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=445904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}