Olympic Games rugby sevens silver medallist William Warbrick will join Melbourne Storm’s NRL squad for the next two seasons.
Warbrick, 23, was a member of the All Blacks Sevens squad that was beaten by Fiji in the gold medal game at the recent Tokyo Games and has been pinpointed as an outside back in rugby league by Storm’s recruitment team.
"William has some experience at playing league during his school days, so the game won’t be totally new to him," Storm General Manager – Football Frank Ponissi said.
"Once we were made aware by his management that William was seeking to make a switch away from sevens, we were immediately interested and happy to have an initial chat.
We think William has what it takes to make it in the NRL and will give him every opportunity to achieve his potential.
Frank Ponissi
Storm also today announced the signing of former Roosters NRL squad member Jayden Nikorima for the 2022 season.
The 24-year-old is determined to reignite his NRL career which featured seven games in 2017.
He played four matches for Redcliffe in the Intrust Super Cup this season.
Warbrick and Nikorima will join Xavier Coates (Brisbane), Josh King (Newcastle) and Nick Meaney (Canterbury) plus Jonah Pezet and Tyran Wishart (Storm development list) as new additions to Melbourne’s top 30 squad for 2022.
2022 MELBOURNE STORM NRL TOP 30 SQUAD
NELSON ASOFA-SOLOMONA
JESSE BROMWICH
KENNEATH BROMWICH
XAVIER COATES
TOM EISENHUTH
HARRY GRANT
JORDAN GRANT
JACK HOWARTH
JAHROME HUGHES
DEAN IEREMIA
GEORGE JENNINGS
COOPER JOHNS
TUI KAMIKAMICA
FELISE KAUFUSI
JOSH KING
CHRIS LEWIS
TRENT LOIERO
ISAAC LUMELUME
NICK MEANEY
TEPAI MOEROA
CAMERON MUNSTER
JAYDEN NIKORIMA
JUSTIN OLAM
RYAN PAPENHUYZEN
JONAH PEZET
BRANDON SMITH
REIMIS SMITH
WILL WARBRICK
CHRISTIAN WELCH
TYRAN WISHART
