Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Nikorima ya shafe farkon zagaye na kakar wasa yana wasa a gasar QLD Cup don Arewacin Iblis kafin ya fara bugawa Broncos a zagaye na 6 da Sydney Roosters, yana wasa a benci na musayar a nasarar 32-8 a filin wasa na Suncorp. Lokacin da zaɓaɓɓen ɗan wasan Broncos Ben Hunt ya kasance tare da raunin hamstring na wasanni 5, an zaɓi Nikorima ya cika a tsakiyar kuma ya zo tare da babban nasara wanda ya haifar da Broncos ya lashe wasanni 5 a jere kuma ya zira kwallaye 4 a cikin wannan lokacin. A ranar 5 ga Mayu, 2017, Nikorima ya buga wa New Zealand wasa a cikin 2017 ANZAC Test da Australia inda ya buga daga benci a cikin rashin nasara 30-12 a filin wasa na Canberra. A ranar 17 ga Yuli 2017, Nikorima ya tsawaita kwantiraginsa tare da Broncos har zuwa ƙarshen kakar 2020. Nikorima ya gama da
2017 NRL kakar tare da shi wasa a 19 wasanni da kuma ci 7 kokarin ga Broncos. A ranar 5 ga Oktoba, 2017, an ambaci Nikorima a cikin 'yan wasan New Zealand Kiwis 24 don gasar Rugby League ta Duniya ta 2017. A wasan farko na Kiwis da Samoa, Nikorima ya zira kwallaye na farko na kasa da kasa ga Kiwis a nasarar 38-8 a Mt Smart Stadium. Nikorima ya gama kamfen na rashin jin daɗi na Kiwis tare da shi yana wasa a wasanni 3 kuma ya zira kwallaye 1.