OFFICIAL 2026 Roster

PLAYER ROSTER FOR 2026 AND BEYOND
Red: yet to be extended.

PLAYER		2026	2027	2028	2029
Adam Reynolds	Half	2026	Coach?
Aublix Tawha	Prop	2026	2027
Ben Hunt	Half, hooker	2026
Ben Talty	Second Row, Prop, Lock	2026	2027
Ben Te Kura	Prop	2026	NFL?
Billy Walters	Hooker, half	2026
Blake Mozer	Hooker	2026	2027
Brendan Piakura	Second row	2026	2027
Corey Jensen	Prop	2026	2027
Cory Paix	Hooker, half	2026	2027	2028
Deine Mariner	Centre, wing	2026	2027
Delouise Hoeter	Centre, wing	2026
Ezra Mam	Half	2026	2027	2028	2029
Gehamat Shibisaki	Centre, Wing	2026
Grant Anderson	Centre, wing, fullback	2026	Warriors
Hayze Perham	Fullback	Develop
Jack Gosiewski	Second Row	2026
Jaiyden Hunt	Prop, lock, second Row	2026
Jesse Arthars	Centre, wing, fullback	2026	Titans/Japan
Jonah Pezet	Half		2027	2028	2029
Josh Rogers	Half	2026
Jordan Riki	Second row	2026	2027
Josiah Karapani	Centre, wing	2026	2027
Kotoni Staggs	Centre	2026	2027	2028
Mitch Barnett	Prop		2027	2028	2029
Patrick Carrigan	Prop, lock	2026	2027	2028
Payne Haas	Prop	2026	Souths
Preston Riki	Second Row	2026	2027	2028
Reece Walsh	Fullback	2026	2027	2028	2029
Tom Duffy	Half	2026
Va'a Semu	Prop	2026	2027	2028
Xavier Willison	Prop	2026	2027

DEVELOPMENT (2026) - One remaining to confirm

Cameron Bukowski: hooker

Ben Talty: forward

Phillip Coates: centre, wing

Jared Horne: lock

Hayze Perham: fullback (unconfirmed)

Braithen Scott: half (unconfirmed)

Tupou Francis: lock (unconfirmed)

STOCKS

Front Row
Carrigan, Haas, Hunt, Willison, Jensen, Te Kura, Semu, Talty, Tawha

Second Row
Piakura, J. Riki, Hunt, Gosiewski, Talty, P. Riki

Lock
Carrigan, Hunt, Talty

Hooker
Hunt, Mozer, Paix, Walters

Half
Duffy, Hunt, Reynolds, Mam, Walters, Paix, Rogers, Black

Fullback
Walsh, Anderson, Perham, Arthars

Centre
Staggs, Shibasaki, Mariner, Arthars, Hoeter, Karapani, Tawha (?)

Wing
Arthars, Shibasaki, Mariner, Hoeter, Karapani


ETHNO MAP

QLD
Ben Hunt, Ben Te Kura, Billy Walters, Blake Mozer, Brendan Piakura, Coby Black, Corey Jensen, Cory Paix, Delouise Hoeter, Ezra Mam, Jack Gosiewski, Jaiyden Hunt, Josh Rogers, Patrick Carrigan, Reece Walsh, Gehemat Shibisaki

NZ
Jesse Arthars, Jordan Riki, Xavier Willison, Josiah Karapani, Preston Riki, Semu

NSW
Adam Reynolds, Kotoni Staggs, Payne Haas

Indigenous
Ezra Mam, Jordan Riki, Kotoni Staggs, Reece Walsh

Tonga
Kotoni Staggs, Delouise Hoeter

Samoa
Payne Haas, Deine Mariner

Cook Islands
Brendan Piakura

 

[McHunt]

Smoothy has officially signed a three year contract with Wakefield Trinity.

Smoothy To Join English Super League In 2026

Broncos hooker Tyson Smoothy will depart the Club at the end of the season, to join the English Super League, on a three-year deal with Wakefield Trinity.

www.broncos.com.au

 

[Broncapz]

Smoothy has officially signed a three year contract with Wakefield Trinity.

Smoothy To Join English Super League In 2026

Broncos hooker Tyson Smoothy will depart the Club at the end of the season, to join the English Super League, on a three-year deal with Wakefield Trinity.

www.broncos.com.au

Seems insane that no other NRL clubs have snapped him up.

 

[McHunt]

Seems insane that no other NRL clubs have snapped him up.

We're lucky no one snapped up Paix.

 

[Lockysillegitimatechild]

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he isn't in the team, but.... wtf has happened to fletcher baker? Lol

 

[BroncsFan]

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he isn't in the team, but.... wtf has happened to fletcher baker? Lol

 

[1910]

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he isn't in the team, but.... wtf has happened to fletcher baker? Lol

Spur sugery in the off-season.

 

[Sanjit Joseph]

Got some Mozer intel for BHQ. (My wife works with his GF.)

Good news. Very likely to re-sign, currently negotiating. He wants to stay. Wouldn't be surprised if it's announced soon'ish once they come to an agreement.

Bad news, his injury is quite bad apparently - could potentially miss the whole season. They are currently debating on whether to go ahead with surgery or not. I know this was sort of "unconfirmed" news already but to hear it from her just re-affirms it.

was hoping to see Mozer play this year, I think he would have gone great with experience around him

 

[Mustafur]

Got some Mozer intel for BHQ. (My wife works with his GF.)

Good news. Very likely to re-sign, currently negotiating. He wants to stay. Wouldn't be surprised if it's announced soon'ish once they come to an agreement.

Bad news, his injury is quite bad apparently - could potentially miss the whole season. They are currently debating on whether to go ahead with surgery or not. I know this was sort of "unconfirmed" news already but to hear it from her just re-affirms it.

Cursed, imo Worth a game to see how it holds up, if bad surgery, if not delay, he will need the surgery regardless but if later in the season it won't effect the next still.

 

[Big Del]

Cursed, imo Worth a game to see how it holds up, if bad surgery, if not delay, he will need the surgery regardless but if later in the season it won't effect the next still.

Dr Mustafur !

 

[bert_lifts]

Lol. I mean yeah I believe that's what they're actually weighing up. If he gets surgery it's basically season over with recovery time.

Or let it heal naturally and potentially return earlier. But more risky as the potential to injure it again is higher.

I don't know the specifics though and this is second hand info so don't quote me on it. Although kinda speaks volumes that there is no official announcement from the club about it yet, leads me to believe his gf was accurate.

 

[Mustafur]

Dr Mustafur !

players have played with the same injury before, but it does obviously depend on how serious it is, he is in a key part of his career getting established in first grade and he would want to get in as many games as possible, if it is possible.

 

[Mick_Hancock]

Get the surgery Blake. Bukowski hasn’t taken your spot….yet.

 

[Big Del]

Following on from the last couple years I've put together the current progress of roster balance following a post of @Big Pete a couple years back (here).

What I find interesting is the change in balance from 2020/2022 where there was a lot of youth and inexperience compared to now where we have guys moving through the years into the more experienced area beyond 3 years... 3 years being the league wide average career length.

However, it also shows the amount of time it takes for a development club like the broncos to bring a core group of players through and because of that the veterans and seasoned bands have been quite low, but are building up recently and are made up of guys that have come through over the last 5yrs with more to come. The bolded guys below are still in the squad and it's a nice visual to see their development through the rookie years and beyond.

I also noticed that we seem to struggle keeping guys prior to the 100 game mark, which usually aligns with players entering their prime physical years, but also being pretty well experienced with NRL. There's been noticeable losses in these brackets over the years like Herbie and Flegler recently, but also others like Fifita, Palasia, Ofa, TPJ, Isaako, TMM, Lodge, etc.

There are reasons why some of them have come and gone, but it means broncos spent time getting them through the brackets, but for whatever reason they didn't stay and progress into the seasoned 100+ game bracket with the club.

That can be difficult to manage with a roster.. you have these guys that you've invested time into to get them near 100 games, only for them to leave the club... you then need to replace that experience and in most cases that replacement is youth because we are a development club.

I've looked at the balance of other clubs around the league and you see rorters and panthers have a heavy skew in these 100 gamers area, and to me that's probably the spot that has been lacking over the years for us... and if we are looking to recruit outside of the system then targetting those types of players is probably the spot to look at rather than looking at potential from other clubs and trying to bring them into the system... just go out and get established first graders to supplement the guys coming through... easier said than done though.

Edit: Table probably hard to read so here's a screenshot of spreaddy
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Interesting listening to Thomas Flegler on Kevvies pod cast . He came into 1st grade and they won the spoon . He thought his career was over .

 

[McHunt]

I've added two more years for Blake Mozer based on the PETER BADEL EXCLUSIVE. Nothing from the club yet.

Staggs can't be far away.

 

[Renegade]

I've added two more years for Blake Mozer based on the PETER BADEL EXCLUSIVE. Nothing from the club yet.

u da real mvp mchunt

 

[Big Del]

 

[Mick_Hancock]

Just had a look at every team’s back row this week for rnd 5.
Warriors have the bye, not included.

Even with a fit Riki, on current form, I am really struggling to find a back row duo worse than ours.

Cowboys, maybe?!

I know I’m critical of the 4 potatoes that are currently eating away at the Broncos salary cap under the guise of being first grade footballers, but am I far off?!
I would rather have the Parra or St Merge back row than ours.

 

[Skathen]

Just had a look at every team’s back row this week for rnd 5.
Warriors have the bye, not included.

Even with a fit Riki, on current form, I am really struggling to find a back row duo worse than ours.

Cowboys, maybe?!

I know I’m critical of the 4 potatoes that are currently eating away at the Broncos salary cap under the guise of being first grade footballers, but am I far off?!
I would rather have the Parra or St Merge back row than ours.

yeah our second rowers aren't world beaters, but Riki is still an international team player in spite of what many here say about him.

But... our front row is elite. We have two of the games senior halves. Walsh, Cobbo, Staggs out the back.

We have something like 11 current/former state or International rep players in our squad. We can't have the best all over the park, that's what the salary cap is for.