Broncos Roster, Signings and Rumours Discussion 2026

Sproj said:
Random question but Jackson Koina who played for the Qld u19s was with us but it now with the Eels. How did this happen again?
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Falcons junior, was with the Broncos and played NRLQ last year while still at school for the Broncos but played very well for Qld Schoolboys, made Australian schoolboys and Ryles got him.
 
Sproj said:
I genuinely don't understand what you mean. If we signed him and Francis, why would this be developing talent for other clubs?
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Just think for a moment.

It's a lucrative contract that entices a player to join a club even though they will likely see very little NRL during the duration. It's OK to have one of those players on that type of deal because there's a pathway and if they're any good you can lock them up early.

If you load up on these deals you'll find yourself playing these kids before their time. Conversley you put time into these kids and when there's an opportunity to get some return on investment a desperate club blows you out of the water with a crazy deal.
 
Big Pete said:
Just think for a moment.

It's a lucrative contract that entices a player to join a club even though they will likely see very little NRL during the duration. It's OK to have one of those players on that type of deal because there's a pathway and if they're any good you can lock them up early.

If you load up on these deals you'll find yourself playing these kids before their time. Conversley you put time into these kids and when there's an opportunity to get some return on investment a desperate club blows you out of the water with a crazy deal.
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Thanks for explaining. So how do teams like the Cows, the Dolphins, the Panthers, the Titans even end up hording talent at the lower levels?
 
Sproj said:
Thanks for explaining. So how do teams like the Cows, the Dolphins, the Panthers, the Titans even end up hording talent at the lower levels?
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I don't know about some of those examples. I don't think they reflect your point.

When a pathways system is effective typically they're investing in the right kids and don't panic when one of them accepts a better opportunity elsewhere.
 
Big Pete said:
I don't know about some of those examples. I don't think they reflect your point.

When a pathways system is effective typically they're investing in the right kids and don't panic when one of them accepts a better opportunity elsewhere.
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Well I don't think I have a point. I'm really just wanting to understand how it works that the likes of Redcliffe and Melbourne, etc can have 4/5 kids or more in u19 origin year in, year out and have amazing pipelines of talents while we struggle. I want that too.
 
Sproj said:
Well I don't think I have a point. I'm really just wanting to understand how it works that the likes of Redcliffe and Melbourne, etc can have 4/5 kids or more in u19 origin year in, year out and have amazing pipelines of talents while we struggle. I want that too.
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This is the current pipeline... it's just about if you choose the right player... or if you are able to convince the young player that Broncos will develop them to their maximum potential

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In terms of last year's U19's Origin squad, broncos had

Coby Black -> Raiders
Dirhys Sefo -> ??
Jared Horne -> Dev Deal Broncos
Jett Bryce -> T&T
Phillip Coates -> Signed for next year
Saxon Innes -> Raiders??
 
BroncsFan said:
In terms of last year's U19's Origin squad, broncos had

Coby Black -> Raiders
Dirhys Sefo -> ??
Jared Horne -> Dev Deal Broncos
Jett Bryce -> T&T
Phillip Coates -> Signed for next year
Saxon Innes -> Raiders??
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Which I guess is what I'm wanting to understand. So out of that list, Black and Innes are already gone. Bryce seems to be in limbo, Sefo is MIA. So that leaves Horne?

Why was Pezet, albeit gone now, willing to wait around for years in reserve grade and no one else poached him? Meanwhile, Black is out the door the minute we sign some competition. How do we get ourselves to the point where our kids are happy to stay around and develop? What is getting in the way.

Now I know you can't keep them all but have a look at the guys in origin this year who used to play for the Broncos:
- Haas (soon to be gone)
- Flegler
- Cobbo
- Walker
- Capewell
- Plath
- Collins
And technically, and I am not going to die on this hill but also:
- Ponga
- Tino

That's a lot of ex-Broncos. It might just be the way it is and we certainly have some talent still on the books, it just seems like we struggle to hold on to kids these days.
 
Sproj said:
Well I don't think I have a point. I'm really just wanting to understand how it works that the likes of Redcliffe and Melbourne, etc can have 4/5 kids or more in u19 origin year in, year out and have amazing pipelines of talents while we struggle. I want that too.
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The injury toll isn't just exclusive to the first grade team, it's been a bad year for the club with Braithen Scott, Jared Horne and Finn Kendall all suffering injuries.

Will Berrigan (signed out of the Dolphins), Pale Feunati and Sam Martin have also suffered set-backs.

Of that 2007/08 class most good judges would rate Tupou Francis as one of the top prospects. That was why I made the point in the way that I did. Yes it's disappointing to lose a prospect like Koina who really went from strength to strength last year and was a stand-out for the Broncos in the NRLQ. On the plus side they have Tupou Francis and if you had to pick between the two, I'd say Tupou is the player they'd go with.

I knew this conversation would spiral. There are some legitimate concerns with the Broncos pathways. I don't think they are the best development side and that's a problem. With that said, I don't think they're the worst either and there's still a lot of positives.

I wouldn't read too much into the U/19s team-lists.

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Dig through some of these team-lists (and other junior rep group) and it's a mixed bag of legends, nrl players, fringe first graders and guys who called quits not long after.
 
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Cooked. Absolutely cooked given the absolute losers we currently have in this squad stinking it up.
 
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