{"id":581611,"date":"2026-05-13T11:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/581611\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:44:12","slug":"nrl-veteran-to-join-super-league-after-perth-bears-contract-talks-break-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/581611\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL veteran to join Super League after Perth Bears contract talks break down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/230506WarriorsPanthers_003-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"NRL\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>NRL veteran Cameron McInnes could be on his way to Super League, after failing to find a new contract in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old currently plays for the Cronulla Sharks, and he has only just come back from an ACL injury, playing in the last three matches.<\/p>\n<p>The one-time State of Origin player is off-contract at the end of the season, with Perth Bears tipped to be his landing spot should he depart Shark Park.<\/p>\n<p>However, those tallks have seemingly broke down, with Nine\u2019s Wide World Of Sports claiming that a deal couldn\u2019t be agreed.<\/p>\n<p>McInnes , who is Cronulla\u2019s captain, was seen as someone who could spearhead the inaugual Perth squad, using his vast experience in the middle of the park to begin to lay a foundation in their opening seasons.<\/p>\n<p>But, it now seems like McInnes will depart the NRL entirely, with a move to Super League looking more and more likely.<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2026-cameron-mcinnes-offered-perth-bears-deal-20260508-p5zuxu.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> report from down under<\/a> did not name which Super League clubs were interested in the loose forward, just that he is more than open to a northern hemisphere switch.<\/p>\n<p>Challenge Cup reaction, new Super League head coach and major signing \u2013 <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sI-BO3lJR_o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Click here to watch the latest episde of the Serious About Rugby League Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768085712_213_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NRL veteran Cameron McInnes could be on his way to Super League, after failing to find a new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-581611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}