{"id":511732,"date":"2026-07-06T02:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/511732\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T02:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:52:09","slug":"nrl-2026-transfer-whispers-rumours-contracts-teams-luciano-leilua-signs-with-catalans-dragons-rugby-league-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/511732\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: Transfer Whispers, rumours, contracts, teams, Luciano Leilua signs with Catalans Dragons, rugby league news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another Dragons player is off to the UK next season following reports that powerhouse back rower Luciano Leilua has signed with Catalans. <\/p>\n

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Code Sports report Leilua has picked up a three-year deal <\/a>with the Super League side according to Code Sports, meaning he\u2019ll leave St. George at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

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He joins Emre Guler, Tyrell Sloan, Damien Cook and Mat Feagai as Dragons who are also heading to the Super League at season\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

The Broncos were rumoured to be interested in Leilua but only as a mid-season switch option before June 30 but the deadline passed and went without Brisbane making a move.<\/p>\n

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Leilua was at one stage hoping for an early release but he\u2019ll finish the year with the Red V.<\/p>\n

With several players moving on and a handful of others such as Blake Lawrie and Christian Tuipulotu without deals beyond this season, the Dragons will field a new-look side in 2027.<\/p>\n

There has been speculation around the futures of veterans like Val Holmes and Clint Gutherson as well, but both appear safe to keep their positions on the teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another Dragons player is off to the UK next season following reports that powerhouse back rower Luciano Leilua…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-511732","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\/511732","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=511732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}