OFFICIAL Payne Haas to depart Broncos at the end of 2026

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lynx000 said:
I have a working theory regarding this move by Haas, and the reasons for it are multifaceted.

Payne has a complicated life, and from my observations of him, he is a reasonably complicated personality. I do not believe for a minute that there are issues with Madge, the team or the club that are motivating this move.

Although some posters on here continue to have an adverse view of him because of his past indiscretions, to me he appears to have matured, settled down and now has a fairly strict code which he lives by.

He wanted to win a premiership with us and with his brothers, and he hasticked that off. I have no doubt he will be giving everything this year to leave with two.

Now, the reason for the move. He and his agent are planning 2-3 years ahead.

There are elements of truth in the reasons from his camp as to why he has moved, but fundamentally it is about money.

I have little doubt he does have a close relationship with Wayne, that is how Wayne rolls. I also believe that he has an itch to be coached by Wayne, that needed scratching and time is running on that being a possibility. That explains the move to Souths. Who knows, Crowe or others may have been in his ear about post football opportunities. Payne Haas in Gladiator 56.

There is also likely a large amount of truth about the greater support network in Sydney, that is going to be required because of the money issue.

If it is true that it is a 1 year contract with 2 player options in his favour, that is absolutely telling in my view, and smart work by his agent. He has secured his position if his plans go awry. I can't see the Broncos being prepared to make that offer, given how we have been burned by player options.

So he has positioned himself to chase big money in R360 if it ever gets off the ground. I doubt he wants to uproot the family to go overseas to live, hence the Sydney support network to help whilst he is away.

The backup plan if R360 is a bust, is being the marquee signing for PNG in 2028 and all of those tax free dollars (that allegedly will be available). Once again, he won't be moving the family to live in a compound in Port Moresby, hence the need for the support network.

I wish him well. He has served the club well and is entitled to set himself and the family up financially.
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I think this is pretty spot on!
 
I have heard Petero say he was promised he would go up to 400k and the best offer was his current 240k and 50k senior player payment continuing- He was slighted by that and that grew even more when they signed Clinton and Sims for 500k.

He signed with Penrith for 370k.
 
By that stage we were doing the Panthers a huge favor taking Clinton off the Panthers, he was past his best and was being outclassed by Nick Kenny who was hardly top tier prop material.
 
1910 said:
I have heard Petero say he was promised he would go up to 400k and the best offer was his current 240k and 50k senior player payment continuing- He was slighted by that and that grew even more when they signed Clinton and Sims for 500k.

He signed with Penrith for 370k.
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****ing ridiculous. Our R&R team should have been jettisoned out the airlock right then.
 
1910 said:
I have heard Petero say he was promised he would go up to 400k and the best offer was his current 240k and 50k senior player payment continuing- He was slighted by that and that grew even more when they signed Clinton and Sims for 500k.

He signed with Penrith for 370k.
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What a damn travesty, getting those two duds for a million. When you have the Origin and Australian prop who was icing these NSW clowns with Webke, Thorn, Price, Nutley, Scott and Lillyman every year.
 
Big Del said:
BRL would have shrivelled the way it was .
No one was going to watch . The Reds and the Bullets were the hot ticket .


Broncos suddenly filling Lang Park every other weekend .
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You tell that to the players mate. Doesn't matter if they were right or wrong, times changed and they don't have to like it.

But on microcosm the same thing happened on the Sunshine coast when the Falcons came in. The league here is not the same, for many reasons. But hopefully one day it will give a hell of a lot more back.

As the Broncos have done.
 
Foordy said:
did we even have an R&R team back then or was it all Bennett?
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Bennett, Nolan, Cullen, Gee.

Cyril was still working but was coming to an end and Bunn was there being trained to replace him.

Scanlan came on board in 2008.
 
I hope when we signed Hans Haas proves to be worthwhile and not just an attempted enticement to keep the now departing Payne.
 
I find it surreal you can actually sign a junior to such contracts in the first place, no mater who you are or related to.
 
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