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James Hooper on NRL 360:
“It came up that Tevita Pangai has been picking up the phone personally and ringing a number of figures in the game and essentially shopping himself around to find a different club for next season."
“I must say I found it a bizarre move, but when I checked it, it’s emerged that he has telephoned the Roosters. Now the Roosters were interested in signing Tevita (12 months ago). He actually went to Trent Robinson’s house and met with Trent last year. That didn’t come to fruition. He signed a three-year-extension with the Broncos. So he’s there until the end of 2022. But he’s clearly unhappy."
“He signed at Brisbane to play under Wayne Bennett. There’s a number of players at the club who have since been moved on, who he was clearly close to. And I don’t think he’s happy with the direction that the club is heading in.”
Ben Ikin:
“What frightens me is if Tevita Pangai wants out, the main reason I’m thinking that they could not keep David Fifita is that they signed Pangai to big money.
Paul Kent:
“It surprised everybody that they left Fifita to the last given they thought he has the most upside. Pangai is the most similar, they signed him, now there’s no money left for Fifita. If they’ve put all their emphasis on Pangai to hear that Fifita and now he wants to go as well. That’s a disaster for the Broncos. It confirms everything that goes on."
“It confirms everything that we’re all hearing, the Broncos sit up there in denial and say that everybody seems to have some agenda against the club and that everyone is talking about things that they don’t know about because they’re not in on the inside and they don’t know what we do at the club."
“The fact is that Pangai is on the phone to other clubs, other clubs on the quiet are confirming it. What’s that say?”
McHunt
“It came up that Tevita Pangai has been picking up the phone personally and ringing a number of figures in the game and essentially shopping himself around to find a different club for next season."
“I must say I found it a bizarre move, but when I checked it, it’s emerged that he has telephoned the Roosters. Now the Roosters were interested in signing Tevita (12 months ago). He actually went to Trent Robinson’s house and met with Trent last year. That didn’t come to fruition. He signed a three-year-extension with the Broncos. So he’s there until the end of 2022. But he’s clearly unhappy."
“He signed at Brisbane to play under Wayne Bennett. There’s a number of players at the club who have since been moved on, who he was clearly close to. And I don’t think he’s happy with the direction that the club is heading in.”
Ben Ikin:
“What frightens me is if Tevita Pangai wants out, the main reason I’m thinking that they could not keep David Fifita is that they signed Pangai to big money.
Paul Kent:
“It surprised everybody that they left Fifita to the last given they thought he has the most upside. Pangai is the most similar, they signed him, now there’s no money left for Fifita. If they’ve put all their emphasis on Pangai to hear that Fifita and now he wants to go as well. That’s a disaster for the Broncos. It confirms everything that goes on."
“It confirms everything that we’re all hearing, the Broncos sit up there in denial and say that everybody seems to have some agenda against the club and that everyone is talking about things that they don’t know about because they’re not in on the inside and they don’t know what we do at the club."
“The fact is that Pangai is on the phone to other clubs, other clubs on the quiet are confirming it. What’s that say?”
McHunt
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