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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]

Apparently Redcliffe has an incredible development system, not seeing it myself.

Under 18 play finals this week and Under 16 were undefeated. Development was never going to mean round one this year. Then add in the NRL players that have come from the Dolphins- Broncos have five.

 

[1910]

Hmmm…wasn’t he on a train and trial with us too?

They finish a few weeks after Christmas. He couldn't win a Broncos' contract went back to Wynnum- he has no link to the Broncos before or after that trial contract.

 

[1910]

Not sure how good Plath Jnr is?! @1910 you watch a lot of ISC. Thoughts?

He played well against the Dolphins, didn't do too much the two weeks before that. He was starting to settle in.

I admire the way he always finds a way to get through injuries or change of position he adapts. He's been up to ISC and then back to Colts and bench then lock against Dolphins.

He finished last season in Colts playing seven and scoring two tries and then is starting lock in round three in Cup and scores two tries.

That's pretty rare in a young player. Might not play 150 NRL games but will always be a spot at clubs for those type of players.

 

[johnny plath]

Under 18 play finals this week and Under 16 were undefeated. Development was never going to mean round one this year. Then add in the NRL players that have come from the Dolphins- Broncos have five.

Of the five current broncos how many were at redcliffe before they became broncos... we're they just playing at redcliffe when they were a feeder team for us or did they actually come through the redcliffe system?

 

[1910]

Of the five current broncos how many were at redcliffe before they became broncos... we're they just playing at redcliffe when they were a feeder team for us or did they actually come through the redcliffe system?

Paix and Walsh just Cup.
Te Kura all the way to Under 18 then moved to Norths
Smoothy- moved there himself from Falcons
Staggs- Colts and Cup

 

[the_next]

Whats the story with Piakura?
From memory we signed him for a few years at 400k. It was soon after we lost Walsh to the warriors.
Will he crack the 17, outside of the origin period? Or are we best off letting him look elsewhere.
From what I have seen of him in his limited top grade minutes he wasn’t outstanding like the raps on him would have you believe (he got sent to the bin from memory)?
Happy to be proved wrong.

 

[Xzei]

Whats the story with Piakura?
From memory we signed him for a few years at 400k. It was soon after we lost Walsh to the warriors.
Will he crack the 17, outside of the origin period? Or are we best off letting him look elsewhere.
From what I have seen of him in his limited top grade minutes he wasn’t outstanding like the raps on him would have you believe (he got sent to the bin from memory)?
Happy to be proved wrong.

only 20 good thing now is he has to do his time in lower grades and demand selection on performances there alone and not desperation from us like in previous years,as we are seeing with riki he is really coming good now he has got some experience.

 

[Chewed]

He's been solid but hasn't set the world on fire. Which is good, we usually flash our new toys around and someone pinches them.

He has to learn to be good in a cup team before he can be great in an NRL team.

Te Kura is the one to watch though, rapid development. Hopefully signed for a while.

 

[Sproj]

He's been solid but hasn't set the world on fire. Which is good, we usually flash our new toys around and someone pinches them.

He has to learn to be good in a cup team before he can be great in an NRL team.

Te Kura is the one to watch though, rapid development. Hopefully signed for a while.

I can see Te Kura ending up as the 17th player in the side next year, perfect first / second-row hybrid.

 

[LittleDavey]

I wasn't too fussed with Te Kura in the trial/s tbh but you can see there's something there just with his size and athleticism. I haven't seen him in Cup but it sounds like next year he might get some bench time. I hope we can keep at least some of the good kids coming through and they don't feel their path is blocked by Payne/Patty.

 

[ZTop]

I wasn't too fussed with Te Kura in the trial/s tbh but you can see there's something there just with his size and athleticism. I haven't seen him in Cup but it sounds like next year he might get some bench time. I hope we can keep at least some of the good kids coming through and they don't feel their path is blocked by Payne/Patty.

I thought he was pretty average in the trials, looked far too raw.

But after seeing him in the qcup last weekend, admittedly in a dominant team he was incredible. He's definitely going to be something special, hopefully for us

 

[McHunt]

I can see Te Kura ending up as the 17th player in the side next year, perfect first / second-row hybrid.

You should bookmark this as your "I told you so moment" in the event he does come good. I've noticed you flying the flag for him for some time. On the flipside, you're not a Bayliss fan, have I got that right?

I liked the look of Shalom O'Fou in the trials. He's only played one Cup game since.

 

[Sproj]

You should bookmark this as your "I told you so moment" in the event he does come good. I've noticed you flying the flag for him for some time. On the flipside, you're not a Bayliss fan, have I got that right?

I liked the look of Shalom O'Fou in the trials. He's only played one Cup game since.

You should know by now I'm not one to toot my own horn. I go the Gould route of saying so much rubbish that eventually something will be right but what about the other 99 times that are wrong? That's why I don't really do 'told you so's'.

 

[McHunt]

You should know by now I'm not one to toot my own horn. I go the Gould route of saying so much rubbish that eventually something will be right but what about the other 99 times that are wrong? That's why I don't really do 'told you so's'.

Noted, regardless. I even remember you were a Kennedy fan there for a minute - before it became cool.

 

[Sproj]

Noted, regardless. I even remember you were a Kennedy fan there for a minute - before it became cool.

Haha yeah but then I was also a Niu at fullback apologist, so all swings and round abouts.

 

[theshed]

Haha yeah but then I was also a Niu at fullback apologist, so all swings and round abouts.

 

[Big Del]

You should bookmark this as your "I told you so moment" in the event he does come good. I've noticed you flying the flag for him for some time. On the flipside, you're not a Bayliss fan, have I got that right?

I liked the look of Shalom O'Fou in the trials. He's only played one Cup game since.

Nah , I was 1st on the train .
And I was bagging Baylis too . I was saying beef Te Kura up he will be a weapon in a year or two .

He popped an off load in the trial that promised bigger and better things .
Impressed me more than Baylis or Piakura .

The fact that he played with the other train and trialers against Wynnum then also played against an NRL squad tells me the powers that be wanted to see him against stronger opposition .

 

[NSW stables]

Nah , I was 1st on the train .
And I was bagging Baylis too . I was saying beef Te Kura up he will be a weapon in a year or two .

He popped an off load in the trial that promised bigger and better things .
Impressed me more than Baylis or Piakura .

The fact that he played with the other train and trialers against Wynnum then also played against an NRL squad tells me the powers that be wanted to see him against stronger opposition .

Dream scenario, put him in the gym with marty, bulk him up and turn him into our version of NAS.