McHunt
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Madden:
“A lot of teams are targeting the halves and I’m on debut for the Broncos. They will be coming at me but I will be ready for the occasion. You can think about it the big-game pressure of facing Souths like that, but I am going out there to do my job for the team. ‘Alf’ has helped me with confidence, going out there to back myself and play good football. He is a really good bloke to talk to. I spoke to ‘Kevvie’ and he kept saying just stay patient. He said, ‘Your time will come’ and here it is now. I get an opportunity, I can’t wait to get out there with the boys and do the Broncos jumper proud.”
“The support is unreal, the history of this club is unbelievable and to be able to stay here long term is a goal of mine. Reyno has done everything in the game and shows how good he can steer a team around. If he is doing that, it allows me to play eyes-up football and run the ball.”
“I came up here to learn from Reyno, Kevvie and Alf and those great players who have done everything in the game. I’ve learnt just watching Reyno’s game management, his kicking game and how he speaks to the boys in meetings. I want to be playing first grade week-in, week-out, that’s what I want to do, but I have to stay patient and keep learning.”
"Reyno has that confidence in me, so learning from him day-in, day-out, watching him go about his business as well is really good."
Walters:"Jock Madden has been here for six months, waiting for his opportunity, he gets it tomorrow night. He had a couple of trial games for us and what I've seen him do at training and also in the in the Hostplus Cup [with Norths Devils], he's been stand-out player there, so I just see a lot of skill in him and he's very tough player as well, which he'll need to be all of that tomorrow night. He's got great skills, very tough, good speed, he kicks the ball well and he’ll need to tackle well tomorrow. Tomorrow night's game time for him and I'm really thrilled … the first time he's going to be wearing a Broncos jersey in an NRL fixture, so that's very exciting for him and the club."
"He’s been very patient. He's been at the club six months now and so that's a long time, but it's great that he's playing, he's really excited. He’s got his family coming up from Sydney, so looking forward to a great performance from him tomorrow night."
"I feel Adam's best football is still in front of him. We've seen some great signs from him this year, particularly, the last couple of weeks that he just knows how to get the boys around the park, he's enjoying himself and he's tackling well, which is the first time in his career. But he's thankfully for us, he's got a Broncos jersey on, not the other colour."
“We went after him hard because we needed his leadership, his rugby league brains, his experience, all those things. And it's been so good for so many players in our club, he’s been great for the coaching staff as well, so here's a definite target for us and we're really thrilled that we've got him. Tomorrow night that he is playing against his former club ... (and) I remember way back when I changed clubs, you want to win and you want to play well to show everyone that you are the player that you are. And I'm sure he'll be in our in our top players"
