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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

 

[Foordy]

Kevvie on the Madden signing:

“Jock is a great signing for our NRL squad, he is a talented young player who has some NRL experience and knows what it takes to train and play at the top level.

“He’s a good developing half with plenty of skill and vision in his passing, running and kicking games and gives us some really nice depth in the halves, and we saw some of that on display at Suncorp earlier this season.

“We are looking forward to Jock joining us for preseason in November as we build into a big 2023.”

 

[Xzei]

Someone made the comment that could it be possible we see madden at 14 paix at 9 next year?

 

[theshed]

Someone made the comment that could it be possible we see madden at 14 paix at 9 next year?

I won’t hold my breathe

 

[Xzei]

I won’t hold my breathe

Would make sense to try get madden game time with arey without taking away from mam

 

[theshed]

Would make sense to try get madden game time with arey without taking away from mam

It’s a great idea I just don’t like the odds of it occurring

 

[Fitzy]

I don’t even think it’s a great idea. We have a young bloke who realistically has committed to 2 years of being a depth player. He knows that. Why wouldn’t we use the seemingly rare chance to develop a rare commodity in a young talented half in reserve grade and get him his 10-15 games of first grade at minimum off Reyno’s inevitable injuries. Chances are Ezra will miss a few games over the coming 2 years from whatever May occur whether that be a concussion, injury, suspension, dropped. Ezra for mine won’t be halfback material in 2 years. I don’t even have that much faith he will stick loyal to us. Don’t try and turn another Half this one with some promise and potential if we play our cards right when the end goal is that he will be no better and likely worse than Billy. Yet again don’t make our team worse to suit our agenda. At the minute we don’t have better 9’s than Paix and Walters. They remain our 9 and 14 for mine.

JOCK MADDEN IS A GREAT SIGNING. Not often a depth signing can hold this much opportunity. He could turn out a complete and utter bust from when he was Aus schoolboys captain, fine so be it. At the end of the day he is a depth signing, that’s what we expect him to be, but he can be so much more and the potential to do so with 2 years of development and hopefully inheriting the halfback spot at the age of 24-25 with half a decade of development with hopefully 30+ games under his belt than YOU BEAUTY.

 

[Allo]

Does anyone remember that brief period last year against the tigers when it was being reported Oatesy had a compound fracture of his femur? **** that was a rough couple of hours. Turned out he just got a gash by a boot or something?

Im glad the big fella is sticking around

Yeah just ended up being a huge welt with a cut but looked like a bone sticking into where it shouldn’t be and spooked everyone

 

[Johnny92]

I don’t even think it’s a great idea. We have a young bloke who realistically has committed to 2 years of being a depth player. He knows that. Why wouldn’t we use the seemingly rare chance to develop a rare commodity in a young talented half in reserve grade and get him his 10-15 games of first grade at minimum off Reyno’s inevitable injuries. Chances are Ezra will miss a few games over the coming 2 years from whatever May occur whether that be a concussion, injury, suspension, dropped. Ezra for mine won’t be halfback material in 2 years. I don’t even have that much faith he will stick loyal to us. Don’t try and turn another Half this one with some promise and potential if we play our cards right when the end goal is that he will be no better and likely worse than Billy. Yet again don’t make our team worse to suit our agenda. At the minute we don’t have better 9’s than Paix and Walters. They remain our 9 and 14 for mine.

JOCK MADDEN IS A GREAT SIGNING. Not often a depth signing can hold this much opportunity. He could turn out a complete and utter bust from when he was Aus schoolboys captain, fine so be it. At the end of the day he is a depth signing, that’s what we expect him to be, but he can be so much more and the potential to do so with 2 years of development and hopefully inheriting the halfback spot at the age of 24-25 with half a decade of development with hopefully 30+ games under his belt than YOU BEAUTY.

Not sure how the affiliates work but The club needs to put Mozer and Madden in the same team playing 9 and 7, if Madden is a chance of being a successor to Reynolds the combination and understnding with Mozer (if he's the future 9) needs to start now in the lower grades.

 

[1910]

Not sure how the affiliates work but The club needs to put Mozer and Madden in the same team playing 9 and 7, if Madden is a chance of being a successor to Reynolds the combination and understnding with Mozer (if he's the future 9) needs to start now in the lower grades.

Issue with doing that is that Mozer finished the year in Colts and only played three ISC games. He's a chance to play Colts at times next season too. That's a negative but possible positive could be Hunt.

Norths are losing Gamble and Madden could be a great fit in there playing with Piakura on the right and he could play for the back to back premiers.

Wynnum are very good at developing players and he could play with Scarlett and Packer.

 

[nopatience101]

Issue with doing that is that Mozer finished the year in Colts and only played three ISC games. He's a chance to play Colts at times next season too. That's a negative but possible positive could be Hunt.

Norths are losing Gamble and Madden could be a great fit in there playing with Piakura on the right and he could play for the back to back premiers.

Wynnum are very good at developing players and he could play with Scarlett and Packer.

Hopefully next season will be Piakura’s year & he sees regular first grade.

 

[MrMoore]

Never seen anyone called jock in my 40years, can't say I like it.

 

[1910]

Hopefully next season will be Piakura’s year & he sees regular first grade.

I have been waiting since 2019 so I’m hoping 2023 is another step forward. Definitely had his best month ever the last month.

 

[BroncsFan]

I have been waiting since 2019 so I’m hoping 2023 is another step forward. Definitely had his best month ever the last month.

Hoping he has a full preseason.

Is he heading to the world cup or needing surgery??

Given his NRL career has barely started at the moment it would be nice to see him pull out of the world cup and declare his intentions to focus entirely on the Broncos and making the first grade team.

Same with guys like TC, Willison, etc.

World cup is exciting and all, but they'll be playing for legit minnow teams (excluding TC) and they haven't even established themselves as NRL first graders... last thing you'd want is to pick up a major injury vs Jamaica and miss the entire preseason and/or NRL season.

 

[Allo]

Hoping he has a full preseason.

Is he heading to the world cup or needing surgery??

Given his NRL career has barely started at the moment it would be nice to see him pull out of the world cup and declare his intentions to focus entirely on the Broncos and making the first grade team.

Same with guys like TC, Willison, etc.

World cup is exciting and all, but they'll be playing for legit minnow teams (excluding TC) and they haven't even established themselves as NRL first graders... last thing you'd want is to pick up a major injury vs Jamaica and miss the entire preseason and/or NRL season.

You won’t get that with the islander boys - they’ll always want to honour their heritage. Plus they won’t get to play many World Cups

Only injury and/or family member incarceration will stop them it seems.

 

[1910]

Hoping he has a full preseason.

Is he heading to the world cup or needing surgery??

Given his NRL career has barely started at the moment it would be nice to see him pull out of the world cup and declare his intentions to focus entirely on the Broncos and making the first grade team.

Same with guys like TC, Willison, etc.

World cup is exciting and all, but they'll be playing for legit minnow teams (excluding TC) and they haven't even established themselves as NRL first graders... last thing you'd want is to pick up a major injury vs Jamaica and miss the entire preseason and/or NRL season.

Willison did both shoulders against the Blackhawks, his rehab will be slow.

 

[McHunt]

Madden will make a fitting upgrade in Kevvie's halves cleanout: Grand Finalist and highest paid Bronco of all time Anthony Milford; Man of Steel winner Brodie Croft; and Cowboys Way Award winner, Origin winner and potential Clive Churchill medalist Tom Dearden. He will surely blossom under the mentorship of the coach's son, the proof in the pudding of Kevin Walters' coaching.

 

[Xzei]

I don’t even think it’s a great idea. We have a young bloke who realistically has committed to 2 years of being a depth player. He knows that. Why wouldn’t we use the seemingly rare chance to develop a rare commodity in a young talented half in reserve grade and get him his 10-15 games of first grade at minimum off Reyno’s inevitable injuries. Chances are Ezra will miss a few games over the coming 2 years from whatever May occur whether that be a concussion, injury, suspension, dropped. Ezra for mine won’t be halfback material in 2 years. I don’t even have that much faith he will stick loyal to us. Don’t try and turn another Half this one with some promise and potential if we play our cards right when the end goal is that he will be no better and likely worse than Billy. Yet again don’t make our team worse to suit our agenda. At the minute we don’t have better 9’s than Paix and Walters. They remain our 9 and 14 for mine.

JOCK MADDEN IS A GREAT SIGNING. Not often a depth signing can hold this much opportunity. He could turn out a complete and utter bust from when he was Aus schoolboys captain, fine so be it. At the end of the day he is a depth signing, that’s what we expect him to be, but he can be so much more and the potential to do so with 2 years of development and hopefully inheriting the halfback spot at the age of 24-25 with half a decade of development with hopefully 30+ games under his belt than YOU BEAUTY.

Just curious any idea how much time he has spent in nsw cup?

 

[Big Del]

Madden will make a fitting upgrade in Kevvie's halves cleanout: Grand Finalist and highest paid Bronco of all time Anthony Milford; Man of Steel winner Brodie Croft; and Cowboys Way Award winner, Origin winner and potential Clive Churchill medalist Tom Dearden. He will surely blossom under the mentorship of the coach's son, the proof in the pudding of Kevin Walters' coaching.

Coach Reynolds and assistant coach K Walters will make sure Jock has a looong apprenticeship . LOL .