{"id":218102,"date":"2025-06-27T08:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/218102\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T08:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:05:10","slug":"canberra-raiders-prop-josh-papalii-set-for-super-league-move-total-rugby-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/218102\/","title":{"rendered":"Canberra Raiders prop Josh Papalii set for Super League move \u2013 Total Rugby League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalrl.com\/canberra-raiders-prop-josh-papalii-set-for-super-league-move\/\" title=\"Permanent Link to Canberra Raiders prop Josh Papalii set for Super League move\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img width=\"675\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MixCollage-04-May-2025-01-14-PM-3100-e1746530814983-675x360.jpg\" class=\"bestwp-post-thumbnail-single wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CANBERRA RAIDERS prop Josh Papalii is closing in on a two-year deal with St Helens in Super League.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s according to\u00a0The Daily Telegraph, which ha reported that instead of playing for another NRL club, Papalii will move overseas to bring the curtain down on his career.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old has played 319 NRL matches, having made his debut for Canberra in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>But, Papalii\u2019s loyalty to the Raiders is such that he will turn down any offers from rival NRL clubs to move to St Helens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPapa (Papalii) came and spoke to (CEO) Don Furner and I some time ago and told us that he has some interest in England and also other NRL clubs and he simply said, I can\u2019t play against the Raiders and I\u2019ll look to secure a contract in England at some stage,\u2019\u2019 head coach Ricky Stuart told The Daily Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom our club\u2019s point of view, we couldn\u2019t be prouder of Josh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been an extremely loyal player and when the discussion turns to legends of the Raiders, one of the first name\u2019s spoken will be Papa\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow this unfolds for Papa I\u2019m not sure, but what I do know is that he\u2019ll give everything he has until the very last step he takes on the field for the Raiders.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CANBERRA RAIDERS prop Josh Papalii is closing in on a two-year deal with St Helens in Super League.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-218102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114754297813326219","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}