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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

 

[ZTop]

Fox Sports reporting that we signed James Johnson who plays Center from Knights for next season. They’re also reporting that he’s currently training with our main squad. Does anyone know about this?
For the life of me, I don’t get why we’re stacking ourselves with too many Center options?

According to pure knight from the knights forum a month ago, he has signed a q cup deal with a Brisbane based team. He said that Johnson was one of their jersey flegg teams best players last year.

A few of the knights forum members seem bitterly disappointed

 

[Swordfish]

With too many Center options we now have available, it makes me think of the scary possibility i.e, the club is not confident that Herbie will hang around post 2023 hence positioning ourselves with numerous options.

Herbie is a must keep for us for mine & I hope DD, Ikin & the coaching department look after him in a such a way that he doesn’t want to leave us for some shitty false promising club.

Pamper him, cuddle him, feed him & value him as a must keep(I don’t care even if we show him some lenience towards training drills as long he performs week in week out @100%) and so should be signed long term.

 

[GCBRONCO]

With too many Center options we now have available, it makes me think of the scary possibility i.e, the club is not confident that Herbie will hang around post 2023 hence positioning ourselves with numerous options.

Herbie is a must keep for us for mine & I hope DD, Ikin & the coaching department look after him in a such a way that he doesn’t want to leave us for some shitty false promising club.

Pamper him, cuddle him, feed him & value him as a must keep(I don’t care even if we show him some lenience towards training drills as long he performs week in week out @100%) and so should be signed long term.

I agree mate, I hate to say it but he’s gone in 2024.

 

[Sproj]

It is concerning but let's not get worked up about something that may not happen. After all, Manu who is basically an equivalent player is a fringe grade barely above minimum wage player at the Roosters, so Herbie might sign a similar contract.

 

[Lockysillegitimatechild]

I don't think herbie is as big a loss as people are making out. Feels like a bit of rose tinted glasses mixed with FOMO. He's a loss, for sure, not saying that at all but he is not joey manu and he doesn't have a passing game. Great tackle breaker who was in form last year but which centre do you think teams did more video and were keeping an eye on more, him or staggs? Now he's a more marked man let's see what he can do b4 we start throwing 700,000+ at him.

 

[1910]

According to pure knight from the knights forum a month ago, he has signed a q cup deal with a Brisbane based team. He said that Johnson was one of their jersey flegg teams best players last year.

A few of the knights forum members seem bitterly disappointed

He is at Norths.

 

[Swordfish]

I don't think herbie is as big a loss as people are making out. Feels like a bit of rose tinted glasses mixed with FOMO. He's a loss, for sure, not saying that at all but he is not joey manu and he doesn't have a passing game. Great tackle breaker who was in form last year but which centre do you think teams did more video and were keeping an eye on more, him or staggs? Now he's a more marked man let's see what he can do b4 we start throwing 700,000+ at him.

Rose tinted glasses or FOMO, Herbie has a higher ceiling than both Manu & Staggs for mine.

Look, I don’t intend to start a debate as to who’s the best between Herbie, Manu & Staggs but hypothetically IF all 3 of them becomes available for 2024 to be signed, I would zero in on Herbie for many reasons.

Manu & Staggs at 22 years of age are not as good as they’re now & they’ve their own flaws to date.

I understand that we’re entitled to our perspectives but mine is that we should hold on to Herbie for longer period

 

[Culhwch]

Ship Staggs, extend Herbie. Cobbo and Farnworth centres in 2024.

 

[NSW stables]

Ship Staggs, extend Herbie. Cobbo and Farnworth centres in 2024.

I agree. With walsh at the back, we need centres and wingers who will take the early hit ups and make metres. Oates, herbie and cobbo do this. Staggs, not so much. So we would lose early go forward if we lost herbie as opposed to staggs.

This could also enable us to introduce mariner into first grade on the wing which is a good transition

 

[GCBRONCO]

Kobe Hetherington had surgery today after rupturing his biceps during training activities on Tuesday.

 

[BroncsFan]

Kobe Hetherington had surgery today after rupturing his biceps during training activities on Tuesday.

Is that basically the same as Herbie last year??

Was he out for like 8 weeks or something??

 

[GCBRONCO]

Is that basically the same as Herbie last year??

Was he out for like 8 weeks or something??

Can't say for certain but I imagine so.

 

[whykickamoocow]

Ship Staggs, extend Herbie. Cobbo and Farnworth centres in 2024.

Exactly, Herbie gets to play right like he wants and Cobbo can shift to the left

 

[1910]

Can't say for certain but I imagine so.

Herbie was from the shoulder like Roy. Kobe is from the elbow.

 

[1910]

It’s very similar to Te’o in 21. He missed 12 weeks.

 

[Bull Shark]

It is concerning but let's not get worked up about something that may not happen. After all, Manu who is basically an equivalent player is a fringe grade barely above minimum wage player at the Roosters, so Herbie might sign a similar contract.

Manu actually pays the Roosters to let him play for them.. so he’s -ve on their salary cap

 

[john1420]

Rose tinted glasses or FOMO, Herbie has a higher ceiling than both Manu & Staggs for mine.

Look, I don’t intend to start a debate as to who’s the best between Herbie, Manu & Staggs but hypothetically IF all 3 of them becomes available for 2024 to be signed, I would zero in on Herbie for many reasons.

Manu & Staggs at 22 years of age are not as good as they’re now & they’ve their own flaws to date.

I understand that we’re entitled to our perspectives but mine is that we should hold on to Herbie for longer period

I'm pretty sure that's everyone's perspective

The question is how big a loss it would be if he moved on and therefore how hard you go to keep him

I value him and want to keep him, but I'm not throwing the club's cap out of balance to do so

 

[Swordfish]

Let’s hope that this becomes the clubs perspective as well but won’t have any effect on our cap by keeping Herbie for long .
After all, Penrith mimicked what we’ve been doing for ages and able to go back-to-back. Let’s get the Premierships back & once again become the club everyone wants to play for