Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

BlackWhiteGold said:
I hope Richo is onto Kamikamica. Ideal bench middle for us to stiffen us up! Fijian connection too. We'd have the $$$ to outbid any club for him if we wanted surely.

And hate how News Corp push the story of one News Corp club helping another News Corp club. Disgrace!


Melbourne Storm powerhouse Tui Kamikamica offered to Brisbane Broncos

The Brisbane Broncos engine room needs more power, and help may be near at hand thanks to the Melbourne Storm’s strained salary-cap.

Peter Badel and Travis Meyn

Tui Kamikamica has been shopped to the Broncos as the Storm battle salary-cap pressures to keep the hulking grand-final prop in Melbourne.

Sport Confidential can reveal the Storm are facing a fight to retain Kamikamica with the Broncos emerging as a possible home for the Fijian Test star.

Kamikamica is off-contract at season’s end, although Melbourne have a 12-month option in their favour which they can activate to keep the monstrous 110kg enforcer at the Storm for 2026.

The Storm, however, are juggling salary-cap constraints and may have to reluctantly release Kamikamica, who was Melbourne’s No. 1 prop in last year’s grand final against Penrith.

That has opened the door for the Broncos, who have been offered the services of the chiselled 21-Test Fijian veteran.

Tui Kamikamica is lean and ripped.

Tui Kamikamica is lean and ripped.

It’s understood Souths coach Wayne Bennett was keen to sign Kamikamica six weeks ago, but the Rabbitohs were unable to pull off the transfer due to their bulging salary cap.

Kamikamica turned 31 last month and his agent Jeff Jurotte, who also manages Broncos ironman Pat Carrigan, said the Fijian skipper is more than capable of playing another two or three years of NRL.

“Tui is in great shape,” Jurotte said.

“He could play more minutes but the Storm have four front-rowers.

“Tui is fit as a fiddle. He has an offload, he’s the reigning captain of Fiji and he’s a great professional.

“Tui is keen to play on for another few years.

“He is still enjoying the game.

“If you look at him without a shirt on, he is in unbelievable shape.

“He doesn’t drink and he has a young family, he just wants to secure his future in the NRL.”

The Storm are crunching the numbers in the hope of retaining Kamikamica, but if he has to move on, the Broncos could be one potential destination.

Brisbane need to bolster their front-row stocks. Veteran prop Martin Taupau parted ways with the Broncos a fortnight ago over a social-media drama, prompting coach Michael Maguire to promote rookie prop Ben Te Kura for Saturday night’s clash against the Titans.

Queensland Origin lock Carrigan started the 2025 premiership in the front row alongside Payne Haas, but has returned to the No. 13 jumper for the Gold Coast derby.

Another Sydney club is also eyeing off Kamikamica, but they can only afford to table a one-year contract.

Kamikamica has proved an outstanding clubman for the Storm since his NRL debut in 2017. He has amassed 123 first-grade games across nine seasons and has been a fixture in Melbourne’s middle-forward rotation since 2021.

The Broncos are doing their due diligence on Kamikamica, who could be a handy ally for Haas and Carrigan with his size, muscle, experience and work ethic coming from the famed Storm system.
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Nice picture of Tui… who looks fitter … him or Royce Hunt?
 
tigahhh said:
richo has been so quiet i hateeeee it
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Yeh, it's getting to the point where he probably needs to check in with the members and fans.

I do think there's a fair bit of news coming though. It's not often he's quiet for this long and my suspicion is that there's a lot going on behind the scenes with a few ends to tie up. Whether its signings, re-signings, sponsorships, etc, I think there's going to be a bit of news coming over the next few weeks.

I'll be surprised if the silence continues much longer.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
I hope Richo is onto Kamikamica. Ideal bench middle for us to stiffen us up! Fijian connection too. We'd have the $$$ to outbid any club for him if we wanted surely.

And hate how News Corp push the story of one News Corp club helping another News Corp club. Disgrace!


Melbourne Storm powerhouse Tui Kamikamica offered to Brisbane Broncos

The Brisbane Broncos engine room needs more power, and help may be near at hand thanks to the Melbourne Storm’s strained salary-cap.

Peter Badel and Travis Meyn

Tui Kamikamica has been shopped to the Broncos as the Storm battle salary-cap pressures to keep the hulking grand-final prop in Melbourne.

Sport Confidential can reveal the Storm are facing a fight to retain Kamikamica with the Broncos emerging as a possible home for the Fijian Test star.

Kamikamica is off-contract at season’s end, although Melbourne have a 12-month option in their favour which they can activate to keep the monstrous 110kg enforcer at the Storm for 2026.

The Storm, however, are juggling salary-cap constraints and may have to reluctantly release Kamikamica, who was Melbourne’s No. 1 prop in last year’s grand final against Penrith.

That has opened the door for the Broncos, who have been offered the services of the chiselled 21-Test Fijian veteran.

Tui Kamikamica is lean and ripped.

Tui Kamikamica is lean and ripped.

It’s understood Souths coach Wayne Bennett was keen to sign Kamikamica six weeks ago, but the Rabbitohs were unable to pull off the transfer due to their bulging salary cap.

Kamikamica turned 31 last month and his agent Jeff Jurotte, who also manages Broncos ironman Pat Carrigan, said the Fijian skipper is more than capable of playing another two or three years of NRL.

“Tui is in great shape,” Jurotte said.

“He could play more minutes but the Storm have four front-rowers.

“Tui is fit as a fiddle. He has an offload, he’s the reigning captain of Fiji and he’s a great professional.

“Tui is keen to play on for another few years.

“He is still enjoying the game.

“If you look at him without a shirt on, he is in unbelievable shape.

“He doesn’t drink and he has a young family, he just wants to secure his future in the NRL.”

The Storm are crunching the numbers in the hope of retaining Kamikamica, but if he has to move on, the Broncos could be one potential destination.

Brisbane need to bolster their front-row stocks. Veteran prop Martin Taupau parted ways with the Broncos a fortnight ago over a social-media drama, prompting coach Michael Maguire to promote rookie prop Ben Te Kura for Saturday night’s clash against the Titans.

Queensland Origin lock Carrigan started the 2025 premiership in the front row alongside Payne Haas, but has returned to the No. 13 jumper for the Gold Coast derby.

Another Sydney club is also eyeing off Kamikamica, but they can only afford to table a one-year contract.

Kamikamica has proved an outstanding clubman for the Storm since his NRL debut in 2017. He has amassed 123 first-grade games across nine seasons and has been a fixture in Melbourne’s middle-forward rotation since 2021.

The Broncos are doing their due diligence on Kamikamica, who could be a handy ally for Haas and Carrigan with his size, muscle, experience and work ethic coming from the famed Storm system.
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I'd take him
Very hard worker
Could see him filling that forward leader role, like Finucane did at Sharks

More so a leader from actions, not words.

Says the Rabbitohs had a crack 6 weeks ago !?
 
The Chad said:
No inside information, but something is brewing.

Obviously we had Richo talking about 2-3 external signings that 'were exciting' a few weeks back. For whatever reason, nothing has eventuated, but I doubt Richo puts himself in a position to make a fool of himself in the public forum without something concrete to back that up.

We have all heard the KPP & Taylan May rumours. Tyrone May is off contract & on record saying he wants to return to Australia. The Broncos are having some cap balancing issues with questions around Staggs, Cobbo & Reynolds confirmed, and rumours around a few of their forwards too.

We just let Galvin walk, leaving another Top 30 spot available.

It might be that the signings are not for the remainder of this season. We could spend the next few months trying to lock in the likes of Da Silva, Api, Bula, To'a etc AFTER an announcement of who is getting added next season (KPP, May etc). This gives the club clarity on the available dollars etc. Or maybe that is the delay on announcing signings from external- need to tie up the guys in house first before we commit to $'s elsewhere.

There are only so many NRL Top 30 spots available every year. And our club has a few available & money to spend.
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Does anyone know the actual quote from Richo? Did he actually say there will be 3 or more along the lines of he hopes to have, negotiating with or the roster needs or some other non-committal way of insinuating 3 might be coning?
 
gregjm87 said:
Does anyone know the actual quote from Richo? Did he actually say there will be 3 or more along the lines of he hopes to have, negotiating with or the roster needs or some other non-committal way of insinuating 3 might be coning?
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He did not quote a number of players he said we are in the market place and we will make announcements over the next 2-3 weeks about players we have signed or otherwise Graham asked if they are players outside the current roster and he said Yes.
 
Sully said:
He did not quote a number of players he said we are in the market place and we will make announcements over the next 2-3 weeks about players we have signed or otherwise Graham asked if they are players outside the current roster and he said Yes.
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I bet he regrets that if they weren’t fully signed off.
 
pawsandclaws1 said:
Doesn't anyone have just one concern about taking another Storm player? Bellamy works the players hard so when he releases them, just like Olam, they've seen better days. The Storm have also signed that young prop from the Titans. If we were chasing one, he would be the one. Why assist the Storm with its cap prior to 30 Jun?
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Because we still need to build a forward pack with a hard edge. But on your point alone we would be better off taking Joe Chan off the Storm to improve our backrow.
 
Sully said:
He did not quote a number of players he said we are in the market place and we will make announcements over the next 2-3 weeks about players we have signed or otherwise Graham asked if they are players outside the current roster and he said Yes.
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It’s the or otherwise part that bothers me.
We’ll probably end up with a list like we had at the start of the year with contracts offered to and rejected by Horsburgh and Hetherington…
 
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