Payne Haas is tipped to become an even bigger nightmare for defenders as the Brisbane prop reboots the prodigious offloading skills he has long held in his arsenal.
In last week's 50-14 win over Sydney Roosters, the rampaging front-rower unleashed four offloads and set up a try with a silky pass for hooker Cory Paix to score.
"He's a freak of nature and can pull that out of his arsenal. Payne just keeps getting better and better," Broncos lock Kobe Hetherington said.
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Gehamat Shibasaki thought his NRL career was over before being given an unexpected lifeline by Brisbane.
Instead of holding down a regular job and playing Queensland Cup, he now has a development list contract and is the starting left centre for the high-flying Broncos.
The 26-year-old journeyman, known as "Gem", played 18 Cup games for Townsville Blackhawks last year after lining up in just six NRL matches for South Sydney, North Queensland and Newcastle in the previous four seasons...
Brisbane winger Selwyn Cobbo has started the season on fire and his close ally and mentor Steve Renouf has noted key signs of his rapid growth, with the best yet to come.
Cobbo's hat-trick in the 50-14 drubbing of the Roosters last week was his first since 2023, when the 22-year-old notched three hat-tricks in a 20-try season on the wing. Last year, playing mostly centre, he scored just six tries.
Renouf was concerned about the negativity directed at Cobbo in 2024 when his form wasn't at...
Brisbane will unveil the halves pairing they have waited more than 20 years for when Ben Hunt and Adam Reynolds take on the Sydney Roosters on Thursday night.
The Broncos have fielded outstanding play-making combinations since Kevin Walters and Allan Langer ruled the roost in the 1990s, but none as experienced as the two 34-year-olds.
You can't manufacture muscle memory in the big moments. Both Hunt and Reynolds have lived every scenario in a combined 621 NRL games, and believe they have...
New Brisbane starting hooker Cory Paix has revealed the moment that convinced him he could end a 553-day exile from the NRL.
The 25-year-old will cap a remarkable comeback when he plays number nine against the Sydney Roosters on Thursday night at the Sydney Football Stadium.
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Last year, Paix was overlooked by former coach Kevin Walters for the entire season, with Billy Walters, Blake Mozer and Tyson Smoothy ahead of...
Broncos enforcer Payne Haas is looking to put aside a disrupted pre-season preparation after being named to start in Michael Maguire’s new-look Brisbane forward pack to face the Roosters.
As one of the competition’s elite forwards, Haas was one of Brisbane’s best when he was on the field last year, but missed much of the season with various injuries, including undergoing knee surgery in March and suffering a Lisfranc injury late in the season.
Fans feared the worst when Haas went under the...
A recent trip to his former school at Cherbourg has streamlined winger Selwyn Cobbo primed to put a turbulent 2024 behind him and hopefully gain a contract extension at Brisbane.
The off-contract 22-year-old visited his beloved home town and Cherbourg State School with Broncos coach Michael Maguire, who wants to keep him at the NRL club long-term.
When Maguire arrived at the Broncos with a reputation as a hard taskmaster, he made a point of telling media he was also a coach who was...
Captain Adam Reynolds has provided a reality check for Brisbane as they prepare to roll out a new-look team against Sydney Roosters.
The Broncos finished 12th last year but had a superb pre-season under new coach Michael Maguire, winning the NRL Pre-Season Challenge.
Pundits have tipped the Broncos to return to the top four and even challenge for a title.
Reynolds, 34, has been around long enough to know that premierships aren't won with strong showings in February trials.
"We haven't...
Brisbane fullback Reece Walsh has embraced a breathing technique adopted by US Navy SEALS as he investigates innovative ways to take his game to the next level.
The flamboyance, speed and skillset of 22-year-old Walsh are well known to watchers of the NRL.
What is less understood is his deep thinking about his game away from the spotlight.
Walsh, who on occasions sleeps with tape over his mouth and wears nasal strips to maximise oxygen flow, has embraced various breathing techniques...