{"id":477039,"date":"2026-06-14T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/477039\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T16:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:00:14","slug":"new-contender-emerges-for-kodi-nikorima-as-brother-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/477039\/","title":{"rendered":"New contender emerges for Kodi Nikorima as brother comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kodi Nikorima’s odds of leaving the Dolphins<\/a> seem to be shortening, with brother Jayden Nikorima<\/a> saying there is a chance he will join him in the English Super League<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jayden Nikorima<\/a>, who previously spent time at the Sydney Roosters<\/a> and Melbourne Storm<\/a> has been in Northern Hemisphere since the start of 2024, where he has played for the Catalans Dragons<\/a>, Salford Red Devils<\/a> and Bradford Bulls<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n

The former one-time Maori All Stars representative wants Kodi to join him in England<\/a>, and told Love Rugby League that the odds of it happening are better now than they were at the start of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve sent a few messages, don’t you worry,\u201d Nikroima told the publication.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he’s more open to coming to Super League<\/a>, which is nice. But you’ll have to wait and see.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s paying a lot less now (coming to Super League<\/a>) than he was at the start of the year, I’ll give you that much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kodi Nikorima<\/a> is off-contract at the end of this season and currently weighing up his future.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins<\/a> have a stretched salary cap, and have also reportedly signed George Williams<\/a> for next year. The English half has been officially released in England<\/a>, but the Dolphins<\/a> are yet to confirm the news.<\/p>\n

When the Dolphins<\/a> were contacted for comment by Zero Tackle recently, they told us there was no confirmation of the move yet.<\/p>\n

That said, if Williams does join, he will slot straight into the halves alongside Isaiya Katoa<\/a>, leaving Nikorima surplus to requirements, or battling for a utility spot on the bench, despite his excellent form across 2025 and 2026.<\/p>\n

Other NRL<\/a> clubs could yet make a play, but the Super League<\/a> may be his best chance of regular game time.<\/p>\n

Despite the noted struggles at the Dolphins<\/a>, coach Kristian Woolf<\/a> said after the club’s most recent game that he will wants to retain the the 18-time New Zealand<\/a> international.<\/p>\n

“I love Kodi, I love what he brings to the club and watching him and Katoa play together,” Woolf said.<\/p>\n

“It’s something we’re trying to work out [with regards to a contract]; it’ll happen over the next few weeks.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kodi Nikorima’s odds of leaving the Dolphins seem to be shortening, with brother Jayden Nikorima saying there is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-477039","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\/477039","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=477039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}