{"id":776654,"date":"2026-09-20T09:34:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/776654\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T09:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:34:22","slug":"new-zealand-warriors-confirm-2028-super-league-option-for-star-but-shut-down-immediate-exit-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/776654\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Warriors confirm 2028 Super League option for star but shut down immediate exit talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following reports that Taine Tuaupiki might quit New Zealand Warriors and make a 2027 switch to Super League, the club have moved to shut down that suggestion but they have admitted that he does have an option to leave in 2028.<\/p>\n

Contracted until the end of the 2028 season following a February contract extension, it had been reported that New Zealand Warriors\u2019 full-back Taine Tuaupiki could leave the club and head to Super League next year.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s now been rubbished by club CEO Cameron George, who insists that Tuaupiki is a Warriors player and that he will be staying in New Zealand for 2027.<\/p>\n

As reported by\u00a0Code Sports<\/a>, George said: \u201cDespite the rumours or otherwise, Taine is contracted to the Warriors for the next two years.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, George did admit that the 27-year-old would be allowed to look at a Super League move for 2028, though he again added that the club have no intent on letting him leave.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe does have an option for the Super League in 2028, however there\u2019s no appetite from our end of losing Taine,\u201d George qualified.<\/p>\n

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New Zealand Warriors\u2019 full-back situation for 2027 after exit talk silenced<\/p>\n

Tuaupiki has been a standout in 2026, helping lead the Warriors to a second-place finish on the ladder, though they lost in New Zealand last week to the Dolphins after a Herbie Farnworth-inspired performance from Kristian Woolf\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

The Wahs will host the Knights on Sunday morning with Tuaupiki set to start at full-back, as he has done on 19 of his 21 appearances this season, and such prominence in a strong NRL team made reports of a UK move to surprising.<\/p>\n

However, Code Sports report that those in Tuaupiki\u2019s camp believe he could become among the very highest-earners in Super League if he were to make the move with the 27-year-old currently ona\u00a0 reported $500,000 per year deal, which is approximately \u00a3215,000.<\/p>\n

Whilst Tuaupiki has locked in the full-back slot and the club have confirmed no intent to see him leave, it does mean that Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad has been usurped and he is a player who is off-contract at the end of the 2027 season, meaning clubs from both Super League and the NRL can open talks with him.<\/p>\n

It had been reported in March of 2025 that the full-back was considering a Super League move before he signed the current deal he is on with the Warriors so the versatile 31-year-old, who has been capped internationally 19 times, could again become an option for teams in the northern hemisphere.<\/p>\n

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