2023 Official Roster (and Rumour) Tracker

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RUMOURS [STATUS]

LIVE

Riccio: Broncos sign Jaiyden Hunt on two year deal.
@1910 : Josh Rogers development deal extended/renewed.
Badel: Walsh to be offered an upgraded, extended contract (2027+) with substantial pay rise.
Badel: Mam to be offered an upgraded, extended contract (2027+) with substantial pay rise.
Badel, Read: Reynolds WILL sign a 1 year extension to 2025 at season end.
Read, Dobbo: Oates to Newcastle unless Broncos raise offer. [BUSTED. Oates says will take pay cut.]

DEAD
Badel: Madden offered a 2 year extension to 2026. [CONFIRMED]
Badel, Meyn: Reynolds seeking an extension until 2025. [CONFIRMED]
Badel, Read, Meyn: Ikin has applied to quit Broncos and head up QRL. Made final four candidates. [GONE]
Carayannis, Read: Fletcher Baker to sign for 2024/2025. [CONFIRMED]
@007 : Haas deal good as done. Heard it in a cafe. [EXPIRED]
@007 : Ben Hunt on market for 2 year minimum contract @ $800K per year. Trust me. [CONFIRMED]
@007 : Ben Hunt wants to join Roosters, but Dragons are blocking him joining a Sydney club. [BUSTED]
Badel, etc: Ben Hunt asked to join Broncos immediately, then Titans next season. [CONFIRMED, BUT REFUSED BY DRAGONS]
Badel: club has opened talks with Haas. [CONFIRMED BY AGENT]
Dobbo: Arthars, Mariner and Haas to extend. [FIRST 2 CORRECT. 3RD EXPIRED]
@McHunt : Walker is unhappy at the Roosters. Made up. [CONFIRMED]
@1910 : Quai Ward to Bulldogs immediately. [GONE]

PLAYER ROSTER FOR 2023 AND BEYOND: 28/30 FILLED
PLAYER202320242025
Adam ReynoldsHalf20232024
Billy WaltersHooker, half20232024
Blake MozerHooker202320242025
Brendan PiakuraSecond row20232024
Corey JensenProp202320242025
Corey OatesWing2023POPO
Cory PaixHooker, half202320242025
Deine MarinerCentre, wing20232024Until 2027
Delouise HoeterCentre, wing20232024
Ethan Quai-WardCentre, wingBulldogs
Ezra MamHalf20232024
Fletcher BakerProp, Second Row20242025
Herbie FarnworthCentre, wing2023Sea World
Jesse ArtharsCentre, wing, Fullback20232024Until 2026
Jock MaddenHalf20232024
Jordan RikiSecond row20232024
Jordan PereiraWing2023
Keenan PalasiaSecond row2023Titans
Kobe HetheringtonLock202320242025
Kotoni StaggsCentre202320242025
Kurt CapewellSecond row20232024
Logan BaylissProp2023
Marty TaupauProp, second row, lock20232024
Patrick CarriganProp, lock20232024Until 2028
Payne HaasProp20232024Until 2026
Reece WalshFullback202320242025
Selwyn CobboWing, centre, fullback202320242025
Thomas FleglerProp2023Sea World
Tristan SailorFullback, half202320242025
Xavier WillisonProp202320242025

DEVELOPMENT
Brendan Frei: second row
Josh Rogers: half [Renewed]
Tristan Sailor: fullback, halves
Tyson Smoothy: hooker

OFF CONTRACT 2024
Jordan Pereira
Logan Bayliss
Tyson Smoothy


STOCKS

Front Row
Carrigan, Flegler, Haas, Willison, Jensen, Bayliss, Palasia, Taupau

Second Row
Piakura, Riki, Capewell, Frei, Palasia, Taupau

Lock
Carrigan, Hetherington, Flegler, Taupau

Hooker
Mozer, Paix, Walters, Smoothy

Half
Reynolds, Mam, Walters, Paix, Madden, Rogers, Sailor

Fullback
Cobbo, Walsh, Arthars, Sailor

Centre
Farnworth, Staggs, Hoeter, Mariner, Arthars, Cobbo, Capewell

Wing
Cobbo, Oates, Arthars, Hoeter, Farnworth, Pereira


ETHNO MAP

QLD (19)
Billy Walters, Blake Mozer, Brendan Piakura, Brendan Frei, Corey Jensen, Corey Oates, Cory Paix, Ezra Mam, Josh Rogers, Keenan Palasia, Kobe Hetherington, Kurt Capewell, Logan Bayliss, Patrick Carrigan, Reece Walsh, Selwyn Cobbo, Tristan Sailor, Thomas Flegler, Tyson Smoothy

NZ (7)
Deine Mariner, Brendan Piakura, Jesse Arthars, Jordan Riki, Jordan Pereira, Marty Taupau, Xavier Willison

NSW (3)
Adam Reynolds, Jock Madden, Kotoni Staggs, Payne Haas

Indigenous (5)
Ezra Mam, Jordan Riki, Kotoni Staggs, Reece Walsh, Selwyn Cobbo

Tonga (2)
Delouise Hoeter, Kotoni Staggs

Samoa (5)
Keenan Palasia, Jesse Arthars, Jordan Pereira, Payne Haas, Marty Taupau

Cook Islands (2)
Brendan Piakura, Xavier Willison

England (1)
Herbie Farnworth
 
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Apparently Redcliffe has an incredible development system, not seeing it myself.

Under 18 play finals this week and Under 16 were undefeated. Development was never going to mean round one this year. Then add in the NRL players that have come from the Dolphins- Broncos have five.
 
Hmmm…wasn’t he on a train and trial with us too?

They finish a few weeks after Christmas. He couldn't win a Broncos' contract went back to Wynnum- he has no link to the Broncos before or after that trial contract.
 
Not sure how good Plath Jnr is?! @1910 you watch a lot of ISC. Thoughts?

He played well against the Dolphins, didn't do too much the two weeks before that. He was starting to settle in.

I admire the way he always finds a way to get through injuries or change of position he adapts. He's been up to ISC and then back to Colts and bench then lock against Dolphins.

He finished last season in Colts playing seven and scoring two tries and then is starting lock in round three in Cup and scores two tries.

That's pretty rare in a young player. Might not play 150 NRL games but will always be a spot at clubs for those type of players.
 
Under 18 play finals this week and Under 16 were undefeated. Development was never going to mean round one this year. Then add in the NRL players that have come from the Dolphins- Broncos have five.
Of the five current broncos how many were at redcliffe before they became broncos... we're they just playing at redcliffe when they were a feeder team for us or did they actually come through the redcliffe system?
 
Of the five current broncos how many were at redcliffe before they became broncos... we're they just playing at redcliffe when they were a feeder team for us or did they actually come through the redcliffe system?

Paix and Walsh just Cup.
Te Kura all the way to Under 18 then moved to Norths
Smoothy- moved there himself from Falcons
Staggs- Colts and Cup
 
Whats the story with Piakura?
From memory we signed him for a few years at 400k. It was soon after we lost Walsh to the warriors.
Will he crack the 17, outside of the origin period? Or are we best off letting him look elsewhere.
From what I have seen of him in his limited top grade minutes he wasn’t outstanding like the raps on him would have you believe (he got sent to the bin from memory)?
Happy to be proved wrong.
 
Whats the story with Piakura?
From memory we signed him for a few years at 400k. It was soon after we lost Walsh to the warriors.
Will he crack the 17, outside of the origin period? Or are we best off letting him look elsewhere.
From what I have seen of him in his limited top grade minutes he wasn’t outstanding like the raps on him would have you believe (he got sent to the bin from memory)?
Happy to be proved wrong.
only 20 good thing now is he has to do his time in lower grades and demand selection on performances there alone and not desperation from us like in previous years,as we are seeing with riki he is really coming good now he has got some experience.
 
He's been solid but hasn't set the world on fire. Which is good, we usually flash our new toys around and someone pinches them.

He has to learn to be good in a cup team before he can be great in an NRL team.

Te Kura is the one to watch though, rapid development. Hopefully signed for a while.
 
He's been solid but hasn't set the world on fire. Which is good, we usually flash our new toys around and someone pinches them.

He has to learn to be good in a cup team before he can be great in an NRL team.

Te Kura is the one to watch though, rapid development. Hopefully signed for a while.

I can see Te Kura ending up as the 17th player in the side next year, perfect first / second-row hybrid.
 
I wasn't too fussed with Te Kura in the trial/s tbh but you can see there's something there just with his size and athleticism. I haven't seen him in Cup but it sounds like next year he might get some bench time. I hope we can keep at least some of the good kids coming through and they don't feel their path is blocked by Payne/Patty.
 
I wasn't too fussed with Te Kura in the trial/s tbh but you can see there's something there just with his size and athleticism. I haven't seen him in Cup but it sounds like next year he might get some bench time. I hope we can keep at least some of the good kids coming through and they don't feel their path is blocked by Payne/Patty.
I thought he was pretty average in the trials, looked far too raw.

But after seeing him in the qcup last weekend, admittedly in a dominant team he was incredible. He's definitely going to be something special, hopefully for us
 
I can see Te Kura ending up as the 17th player in the side next year, perfect first / second-row hybrid.
You should bookmark this as your "I told you so moment" in the event he does come good. I've noticed you flying the flag for him for some time. On the flipside, you're not a Bayliss fan, have I got that right?

I liked the look of Shalom O'Fou in the trials. He's only played one Cup game since.
 
You should bookmark this as your "I told you so moment" in the event he does come good. I've noticed you flying the flag for him for some time. On the flipside, you're not a Bayliss fan, have I got that right?

I liked the look of Shalom O'Fou in the trials. He's only played one Cup game since.

You should know by now I'm not one to toot my own horn. I go the Gould route of saying so much rubbish that eventually something will be right but what about the other 99 times that are wrong? That's why I don't really do 'told you so's'.
 
You should know by now I'm not one to toot my own horn. I go the Gould route of saying so much rubbish that eventually something will be right but what about the other 99 times that are wrong? That's why I don't really do 'told you so's'.
Noted, regardless. I even remember you were a Kennedy fan there for a minute - before it became cool.
 
Noted, regardless. I even remember you were a Kennedy fan there for a minute - before it became cool.

Haha yeah but then I was also a Niu at fullback apologist, so all swings and round abouts.
 
Haha yeah but then I was also a Niu at fullback apologist, so all swings and round abouts.
the simpsons rake GIF
 
You should bookmark this as your "I told you so moment" in the event he does come good. I've noticed you flying the flag for him for some time. On the flipside, you're not a Bayliss fan, have I got that right?

I liked the look of Shalom O'Fou in the trials. He's only played one Cup game since.

Nah , I was 1st on the train .
And I was bagging Baylis too . I was saying beef Te Kura up he will be a weapon in a year or two .

He popped an off load in the trial that promised bigger and better things .
Impressed me more than Baylis or Piakura .

The fact that he played with the other train and trialers against Wynnum then also played against an NRL squad tells me the powers that be wanted to see him against stronger opposition .
 
Nah , I was 1st on the train .
And I was bagging Baylis too . I was saying beef Te Kura up he will be a weapon in a year or two .

He popped an off load in the trial that promised bigger and better things .
Impressed me more than Baylis or Piakura .

The fact that he played with the other train and trialers against Wynnum then also played against an NRL squad tells me the powers that be wanted to see him against stronger opposition .
Dream scenario, put him in the gym with marty, bulk him up and turn him into our version of NAS.
 

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