Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I noho a Nikorima i nga rauna tuatahi o te wa e takaro ana i te QLD Cup mo te Norths Devils i mua i tana putanga tuatahi mo te Broncos i te Rauna 6 ki te Sydney Roosters, e takaro ana i te papa whakawhiti i te wikitoria 32-8 i te Suncorp Stadium. A, no te Broncos whiringa tuatahi hawhe Ben Hunt i mahue ki te whara hamstring mō 5 kēmu, i tīpakohia Nikorima ki te whakakapi i i te hawhe, me te haere mai ki te angitu nui hua ki te Broncos wikitoria 5 kēmu i roto i te rarangi, me ia ka eke 4 tamata i roto i taua wā o te wā. I te 5 o Mei 2017, i takaro a Nikorima mo Niu Tireni i te Whakamatau ANZAC 2017 ki Ahitereiria i reira i takaro ai ia i te papa whakawhiti i te hinganga 30-12 i te Kepuhi Canberra. I te 17 o Hurae 2017, i whakawhānuihia e Nikorima tana kirimana me nga Broncos tae noa ki te mutunga o te tau 2020. Kua oti i a Nikorima te
2017 NRL wa me ia te takaro i roto i nga whakataetae 19 me te eke i nga whakamatautau 7 mo te Broncos. I te 5 o Oketopa 2017, i whakaingoatia a Nikorima ki roto i te roopu 24-tangata o New Zealand Kiwis mo te 2017 Rugby League World Cup. I te tukinga tuatahi a Kiwi ki a Samoa, i eke a Nikorima i tana whakamatautau tuatahi mo te ao mo nga Kiwi i te wikitoria 38-8 i te Papahau Mt Smart. I mutu a Nikorima i te wa whakapohehe a Kiwis me a ia e takaro ana i nga whakataetae e 3 me te tarai i te whakamatautau kotahi.