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Broncos Roster, Signings and Rumours Discussion 2023

Out of the Qld teams Titans seem the worst option to me. They've got a thousand halves coming through the juniors and already have Foran there as a senior half to get them around the field, so Benny turning up starts to become a road block for the juniors coming through. They're not really a...

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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

PLAYER		2023	2024	2025
Adam Reynolds	Half	2023	2024
Billy Walters	Hooker, half	2023	2024
Blake Mozer	Hooker	2023	2024	2025
Brendan Piakura	Second row	2023	2024
Corey Jensen	Prop	2023	2024	2025
Corey Oates	Wing	2023	PO	PO
Cory Paix	Hooker, half	2023	2024	2025
Deine Mariner	Centre, wing	2023	2024	Until 2027
Delouise Hoeter	Centre, wing	2023	2024
Ethan Quai-Ward	Centre, wing	Bulldogs
Ezra Mam	Half	2023	2024
Fletcher Baker	Prop, Second Row		2024	2025
Herbie Farnworth	Centre, wing	2023	Sea World
Jesse Arthars	Centre, wing, Fullback	2023	2024	Until 2026
Jock Madden	Half	2023	2024
Jordan Riki	Second row	2023	2024
Jordan Pereira	Wing	2023
Keenan Palasia	Second row	2023	Titans
Kobe Hetherington	Lock	2023	2024	2025
Kotoni Staggs	Centre	2023	2024	2025
Kurt Capewell	Second row	2023	2024
Logan Bayliss	Prop	2023
Marty Taupau	Prop, second row, lock	2023	2024
Patrick Carrigan	Prop, lock	2023	2024	Until 2028
Payne Haas	Prop	2023	2024	Until 2026
Reece Walsh	Fullback	2023	2024	2025
Selwyn Cobbo	Wing, centre, fullback	2023	2024	2025
Thomas Flegler	Prop	2023	Sea World
Tristan Sailor	Fullback, half	2023	2024	2025
Xavier Willison	Prop	2023	2024	2025

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

 

[1910]

The minimum age limit.

You would only do it if you were going to play him- Broncos aren't going to do that.

You'd be applying for an exemption to sit at squad number 30 and do nothing that's a waste of time taking up a spot. You could achieve the exact same thing making him a development player for 2023 and give a player you can use that 30th spot in the squad.

 

[Sproj]

You would only do it if you were going to play him- Broncos aren't going to do that.

You'd be applying for an exemption to sit at squad number 30 and do nothing that's a waste of time taking up a spot. You could achieve the exact same thing making him a development player for 2023 and give a player you can use that 30th spot in the squad.

Didn't the Roosters do that with Suaalli (however you spell it) though? They didn't play him despite getting an exemption for him. I'm not saying we should do it, just saying the situations are potentially pretty similar aren't they?

 

[McHunt]

You would only do it if you were going to play him- Broncos aren't going to do that.

You'd be applying for an exemption to sit at squad number 30 and do nothing that's a waste of time taking up a spot. You could achieve the exact same thing making him a development player for 2023 and give a player you can use that 30th spot in the squad.

Yes, a teenage playmaker is about the last thing we need right now.

We have to prepare for the possibility of weeks without Reynolds again, during which we really have no one else we can trust to take over the reins in the spine. Madden, Smoothy and Mam have barely a season of first grade between them collectively. Walters has just admitted he didn't cut it in the halves, so he's going to try to learn to be a hooker in the off season (his words not mine). The closest we have to an old head in the spine is Walsh - yes, really. And if he moves into the halves, it means having to blood Farnworth or Cobbo at the back, or revert to Niu.

We need an experienced hooker or even better, a utility. That has to be our last signing.

 

[1910]

Didn't the Roosters do that with Suaalli (however you spell it) though? They didn't play him despite getting an exemption for him. I'm not saying we should do it, just saying the situations are potentially pretty similar aren't they?

No he played at 17 and 294 days. If Karl was a 100kg winger you thought you could use you’d maybe do it. A 17 year old six or 13 is no chance.

His path will be MM then hopefully some Cup. Then NRL squad 24.

 

[McHunt]

Broncos Academy and recruitment chief, Simon Scanlan:

“Blake will be in our full-time squad this pre-season. He is an outstanding young talent, one of the best we have ever had come through the Academy. He has a similar physique to Cameron Smith. He is tall for a hooker, he is lean up top but he has very strong legs, just like Cam Smith."​

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“He is coming off a couple of surgeries, so the main focus for Blake is to get some weight on and establish himself regularly in the Queensland Cup with a view to debuting at some stage in the NRL in 2023. I expect him to debut at some stage at the back half of the year. This year is more of a development year for Blake, rather being a regular week to week in the NRL."​

​

“The big thing is he wants to win and he wants to be the best. When you have a kid who not only has talent but has the work ethic and desire to be the best, that’s when you get a star.”​

​

"Blake is highly intelligent at school, he works really hard on his education. Blake is a very smart player, he will always take the right option. He is not a selfish player, he will take the best option for the team and that makes him very good.​

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“He has so much time for a young bloke. What he does at junior level is what works at senior level. He isn’t just running over the top of smaller kids, the stuff he does will work in the NRL. Blake would want to play NRL tomorrow, but we will be patient with him.”​

Blake Mozer:

“Cam Smith has always been my hero. If I had to choose someone from the Broncos, I would say Darren Lockyer, but being a hooker, I loved watching Cam Smith. I liked the fact he wasn’t the fastest player, but he didn’t have to use speed or strength to get the better of his opponents. He just used his brain and his knowledge of the game and that’s how I like to play my footy, I like to out-think the opposition."​

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“I see my future at the Broncos. I would love to debut for the Broncos next season and hopefully spend my entire career with the club.”​

 

[Sproj]

Broncos Academy and recruitment chief, Simon Scanlan:

“Blake will be in our full-time squad this pre-season. He is an outstanding young talent, one of the best we have ever had come through the Academy. He has a similar physique to Cameron Smith. He is tall for a hooker, he is lean up top but he has very strong legs, just like Cam Smith."​

​

“He is coming off a couple of surgeries, so the main focus for Blake is to get some weight on and establish himself regularly in the Queensland Cup with a view to debuting at some stage in the NRL in 2023. I expect him to debut at some stage at the back half of the year. This year is more of a development year for Blake, rather being a regular week to week in the NRL."​

​

“The big thing is he wants to win and he wants to be the best. When you have a kid who not only has talent but has the work ethic and desire to be the best, that’s when you get a star.”​

​

"Blake is highly intelligent at school, he works really hard on his education. Blake is a very smart player, he will always take the right option. He is not a selfish player, he will take the best option for the team and that makes him very good.​

​

“He has so much time for a young bloke. What he does at junior level is what works at senior level. He isn’t just running over the top of smaller kids, the stuff he does will work in the NRL. Blake would want to play NRL tomorrow, but we will be patient with him.”​

Blake Mozer:

“Cam Smith has always been my hero. If I had to choose someone from the Broncos, I would say Darren Lockyer, but being a hooker, I loved watching Cam Smith. I liked the fact he wasn’t the fastest player, but he didn’t have to use speed or strength to get the better of his opponents. He just used his brain and his knowledge of the game and that’s how I like to play my footy, I like to out-think the opposition."​

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“I see my future at the Broncos. I would love to debut for the Broncos next season and hopefully spend my entire career with the club.”​

Looks like he's off to the Storm then within two-three years.

 

[GCBRONCO]

Good to see the club stepping in and making the comparisons others would.

 

[IceWorks]

Do other clubs also advertise their young talent?

 

[BroncsFan]

Do other clubs also advertise their young talent?

Probably do down in Sydney... although there's so many teams they may not, because it's only relevant to fans of that team.

GC no one cares about so no one would click.

Probs do in the T'ville, Canberra and Newcastle papers as well, but we dont see it because we dont care about it and it doesnt pop up on this forum.

Storm no one cares about because they're all QLD kids and it's not AFL

Warriors no one cares about because it's not union

 

[McHunt]

Do other clubs also advertise their young talent?

Only the clubs that want their fans to believe in the future.

 

[McHunt]

BREAKING NEWS from the BRONCOS: KOBE HETHERINGTON EXTENDS.

Hetherington Extends To End of 2025

Emerging Broncos forward Kobe Hetherington has committed to the club until the end of the 2025 NRL season.

www.broncos.com.au

 

[McHunt]

What in tarnation. Never saw this coming.

 

[Foordy]

What in tarnation. Never saw this coming.

cracker signing

 

[theshed]

What in tarnation. Never saw this coming.

And he’s sitting out of the World Cup to focus on the broncos preseason - what a guy

 

[tommy]

And he’s sitting out of the World Cup to focus on the broncos preseason - what a guy

Whoever wrote that story….that fluff piece…..
It’s like they are the same person or did the same tafe course as the people who write the pamphlets that god botherers on push bikes deliver door to door. I nearly threw up the propaganda was so strong.

 

[McHunt]

Whoever wrote that story….that fluff piece…..
It’s like they are the same person or did the same tafe course as the people who write the pamphlets that god botherers on push bikes deliver door to door. I nearly threw up the propaganda was so strong.

Been reading reactions to the announcement. 9/10 go the same way. Not pretty.

 

[theshed]

Been reading reactions to the announcement. 9/10 go the same way. Not pretty.

Tbf both him and Kev only have jobs based on Kev’s last name

 

[tommy]

What about the forgotten castoff who also had to make way to accomodate him. The young bloke who has been killing it and now looks like he has a real career in front of him. tommy Dearden. Just like billy Walters this guy also wanted to be a bronco for life, we didn’t even make him an offer.Played state of origin and was an integral part of qld’s game 3 win.