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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]

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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

 

[Evander]

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

Dreaming he’ll never be as good as Manu, wake up

 

[1910]

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.

Herbie is too smart for that; as I have already said he tells anyone that rings I won't be talking to anyone until the season starts.

The bigger potential issue is Herbie is managed by Nolan. Those might be awkward meetings.

 

[Swordfish]

Dreaming he’ll never be as good as Manu, wake up

Shhh……..

 

[Swordfish]

Herbie is too smart for that; as I have already said he tells anyone that rings I won't be talking to anyone until the season starts.

The bigger potential issue is Herbie is managed by Nolan. Those might be awkward meetings.

Oh dear! Those are awkward meetings for sure. I am of the impression that he’s managing himself with his uncle’s aid.

 

[I bleed Maroon]

Given the cap changes that were announced today, does this mean we can keep Herbie now? Just pay him what he wants and guarantee backup fullback for when Walsh is unavailable.

 

[tommy]

Just pay him what he wants

Pretty sure we don’t do this anymore.

 

[simplythebest]

How is the new cap going to affect the squad? Everybody just gets a payrise or do we have some space to sign somebody new?

 

[BroncsFan]

How is the new cap going to affect the squad? Everybody just gets a payrise or do we have some space to sign somebody new?

I'm assuming at least a component of the new salary cap rise is reinstating the 6% reduction from covid, which affects every player??

Also I'm assuming min wage contracts get an automatic upgrade.

 

[Big Del]

Given the cap changes that were announced today, does this mean we can keep Herbie now? Just pay him what he wants and guarantee backup fullback for when Walsh is unavailable.

If he had an actual proven track record at FB probably .
But that is not the case . He hasn`t even played a trial match at FB .

 

[theshed]

If he had an actual proven track record at FB probably .
But that is not the case . He hasn`t even played a trial match at FB .

I mean his only competition for back up fullback are guys who have proven track records of being shit at fullback so he may get that just by process of elimination

 

[Big Del]

When I saw Selwyn play FB for Wynnum he was far from shit .
MVP , MoM etc .

 

[theshed]

When I saw Selwyn play FB for Wynnum he was far from shit .
MVP , MoM etc .

Yeah he has a lot of potential but he has really struggled to pull it off at first grade and even in Q Cup he had a lot of poor errors. He’s definitely a superstar fullback of the future if he works on it.

I think we really could see a potential spine post Reynolds of

9. Mozer
7. Mam
6. Walsh
1. Cobbo

If we develop them properly

 

[Big Del]

Yeah he has a lot of potential but he has really struggled to pull it off at first grade and even in Q Cup he had a lot of poor errors. He’s definitely a superstar fullback of the future if he works on it.

I think we really could see a potential spine post Reynolds of

9. Mozer
7. Mam
6. Walsh
1. Cobbo

If we develop them properly

I have said it before Kotoni contributed to a lot of those errors with bad positioning and poor service .
Although Selwyn`s .hands did look clumsy on the ground in the wet .

I don`t know what has happened ? My 1st impression of Selwyn was seeing him scoop a ball up off the ground while moving at pace . I thought then ; this kid is some thing special . Balance to be able to scoop a ball off the ground while running is a rare gift .

I will be surprised if Reynolds sees out this season before retiring .

 

[theshed]

I have said it before Kotoni contributed to a lot of those errors with bad positioning and poor service .
Although Selwyn`s .hands did look clumsy on the ground in the wet .

I don`t know what has happened ? My 1st impression of Selwyn was seeing him scoop a ball up off the ground while moving at pace . I thought then ; this kid is some thing special . Balance to be able to scoop a ball off the ground while running is a rare gift .

I will be surprised if Reynolds sees out this season before retiring .

I meant specifically at fullback but yea he definitely struggled at times on the wing too - especially after origin. Worrying to see him take a game off and then show up overweight to this off season

 

[Big Del]

I meant specifically at fullback but yea he definitely struggled at times on the wing too - especially after origin. Worrying to see him take a game off and then show up overweight to this off season

He played minimal minutes at FB .
Not a big enough sample for me to judge his FB game over all .

Head knocks can change a person`s personality and motivation if severe enough . The harden up and get on with it culture should be condemned .

Steve Mortimer and Mario Fenech are sad examples .

 

[Marty Deutschmann]

All this talk about 14s and 9s I've been catching up on (what a slog, seriously guys, obsessed) - I'd love to see tesi come on as a 14. He can cover backs too as a bonus, but he's zippy with nice a nice passing game. He should turn himself into a utility like Peachy or Nikorima. Keep him away from having to be shit defending the line as a fullback. Plus the bonus of playing around the 9 position means he'll no longer be afraid of making tackles.

 

[theshed]

All this talk about 14s and 9s I've been catching up on (what a slog, seriously guys, obsessed) - I'd love to see tesi come on as a 14. He can cover backs too as a bonus, but he's zippy with nice a nice passing game. He should turn himself into a utility like Peachy or Nikorima. Keep him away from having to be shit defending the line as a fullback. Plus the bonus of playing around the 9 position means he'll no longer be afraid of making tackles.

You obviously skipped a few chapters during your catch up - this has been suggested and shot down previously. His dummy half passing is poor and even his general play passing is poor - yes we’ve all seen the 2 or 3 good passes he has done in 4 seasons.

 

[BroncosFever]

For me playing 14 or 9, the bare minimum should be the ability to tackle effectively, forget all the fancy shit, if you can't tackle you won't make it.

I know there are a select few who would give any bloke that wasn't named Billy Walters a crack at the jersey but yeah, you have to be able to tackle. I am fully aware he missed a lot of tackles himself but he is the best we've got (and so the roundabout continues).