OFFICIAL 2025 Roster

PLAYER ROSTER FOR 2025 AND BEYOND
Red: final season of contract.

PLAYER		2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
Adam Reynolds	Half	2025	Coach?
Antonio Verhoeven	Lock, Second row	2025*	2026*
Ben Hunt	Half, hooker	2025	2026
Ben Te Kura	Prop	2025	2026
Billy Walters	Hooker, half	2025	2026
Blake Mozer	Hooker	2025
Brendan Piakura	Second row	2025	2026	2027
Coby Black	Half	2025**	2026
Corey Jensen	Prop	2025
Cory Paix	Hooker, half	2025
Deine Mariner	Centre, wing	2025	2026	2027
Delouise Hoeter	Centre, wing	2025
Ezra Mam	Half	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
Fletcher Baker	Prop, Second Row	2025
Israel Leota	Wing	2025
Jack Gosiewski	Second Row	2025
Jaiyden Hunt	Prop, Lock, Second Row	2025
Jesse Arthars	Centre, wing, Fullback	2025	2026
Jock Madden	Half	2025	2026
Josh Rogers	Half	2025	2026
Jordan Riki	Second row	2025	2026	2027
Kobe Hetherington	Lock	2025
Kotoni Staggs	Centre	2025
Marty Taupau	Prop	2025
Patrick Carrigan	Prop, lock	2025	2026	2027	2028
Payne Haas	Prop	2025	2026
Reece Walsh	Fullback	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
Selwyn Cobbo	Wing, centre, fullback	2025
Tyson Smoothy	Hooker	2025
Va'a Semu	Prop	2025	2026	2027
Xavier Willison	Prop	2025	2026	2027

*TBC
** TBC top 30

TRAIN & TRIAL

VJ Semu	Prop
Bailey Trew	Wing
Cameron Bukowski	Hooker
Hayze Perham	Fullback, Wing
Jett Bryce	Second Row
Luke Gale	Lock
Sione Hopoate	Wing
Gehamat Shibasaki	Centre
Josh Coric	Lock
Latrell Siegwalt	Fullback, Five-Eight
Callum Eggerling	Hooker
Glen Vaihu	Wing, Centre
Matthew Koellner	Prop
Ewan Moore	Second Row
Tristan Powell	Prop
Lachlan West	Fullback
Ronald Philitoga	Wing

DEVELOPMENT (2024)

Bailey Trew: centre

Coby Black: half

Israel Leota: wing

Va'a Semu: prop

UNSIGNED in 2025

Josiah Karapani

STOCKS

Front Row
Carrigan, Haas, Hunt, Baker, Willison, Jensen, Te Kura, Semu, Marty Taupau

Second Row
Baker, Piakura, Riki, Taupau, Hunt, Gosiewski

Lock
Carrigan, Hetherington, Taupau, Hunt

Hooker
Hunt, Mozer, Paix, Walters, Smoothy

Half
Hunt, Reynolds, Mam, Walters, Paix, Madden, Rogers, Black

Fullback
Cobbo, Walsh, Arthars,

Centre
Staggs, Mariner, Arthars, Cobbo, Hoeter

Wing
Cobbo, Arthars, Leota, Hoeter


ETHNO MAP

QLD
Ben Hunt, Ben Te Kura, Billy Walters, Blake Mozer, Brendan Piakura, Coby Black, Corey Jensen, Corey Oates, Cory Paix, Delouise Hoeter, Ezra Mam, Israel Leota, Jack Gosiewski, Jaiyden Hunt, Josh Rogers, Kobe Hetherington, Patrick Carrigan, Reece Walsh, Selwyn Cobbo, Tyson Smoothy

NZ
Deine Mariner, Brendan Piakura, Jesse Arthars, Jordan Riki, Xavier Willison, Marty Taupau

NSW
Adam Reynolds, Fletcher Baker, Jock Madden, Kotoni Staggs, Payne Haas

Indigenous
Ezra Mam, Jordan Riki, Kotoni Staggs, Reece Walsh, Selwyn Cobbo

Tonga
Kotoni Staggs, Delouise Hoeter,

Samoa
Jesse Arthars, Payne Haas, Marty Taupau

Cook Islands
Brendan Piakura, Xavier Willison

 

[Big Del]

Our issue, as it has always been, is that we have to contend with insane overs being offered to our players more frequently than any other club due to media hype.

What a load of BS !

 

[LittleDavey]

What a load of BS !

Is it? Pretty sure we could list out a number of guys who have gone to other clubs on overs in recent years and it'd outdo most other clubs' lists.

Calling @Sproj , calling @Sproj

 

[Big Del]

Is it? Pretty sure we could list out a number of guys who have gone to other clubs on overs in recent years and it'd outdo most other clubs' lists.

Calling @Sproj , calling @Sproj

Every club could .

insane overs being offered to our players more frequently than any other club due to media hype.

The idea that it`s the media and not the football teams that dictate the price is what I am talkin about ....

 

[McHunt]

 

[Sproj]

Jordan Pereira Announces Retirement​

Authorbroncos.com.au
TimestampThu 27 Jun 2024, 12:00 PM


Broncos winger Jordan Pereira has announced his retirement from the game effective immediately due to a neck injury.

The 31-year-old sustained nerve damage to his neck last month playing for Broncos Affiliate Souths Logan Magpies in the Hostplus Cup which has impacted strength in his right arm.

Doctors and specialists have drawn a line on Pereira’s career by deeming it too much of a risk for him to play on – the talented winger finishing with 45 NRL appearances for 14 tries, and 135 games at Cup level in Queensland and NSW scoring 79 tries.

The hard-running, tackle-busting finisher started with the Mackay Cutters in 2015 before earning an NRL contract with the Dragons and making his NRL debut in Round 19, 2018, scoring a try in a win over the Cowboys that saw him keep his spot in the team all the way through to the second week of the finals.

Pereira signed with the Broncos in 2022 and made his debut in Round 14, crossing for a try in a 24-18 win over the Raiders at Suncorp Stadium. He would go on to play another four games for the Broncos that year. His single NRL appearance for Brisbane last year was a two-try effort in the final round game against the Storm at Suncorp.

Pereira said: “It’s been recommended by the doctors and specialists that it’s not safe for me to continue playing rugby league which is really unfortunate because I love the game and I love being here at the Broncos.

“Timing hasn’t been on my side because there has been some opportunity through injury and rep footy that I may have been a chance to play some more NRL but instead it’s time for me to reflect on how much I have enjoyed playing this game and how much the game has given to me.

It’s something that I’ll definitely miss but it’s something that I will hold onto forever and reflect back on with pride and joy.
Jordan Pereira

”I’ve had a really good relationship with Kevvie from the time that I got here and in that first year I earned a fair bit of trust from him but unfortunately for me there was a ridiculous amount of talent in those outside back positions.

“But I completely understood where I sat in the squad and that was to turn up to training, work hard and be ready if called on when I was needed – I understood my role and that allowed me to not kick stones but really enjoy my time here at the Broncos.

“To help the young players develop and grow and succeed has been something that I’ve taken a lot of joy out of – guys like Ben Te Kura and Blake Mozer, right from when they came through the Broncos system to debut for Souths Logan and then debut and play NRL, it was great to be their teammate through that journey.

“I came to rugby league and spent three years as a part-time player with the Mackay Cutters before I got my break in the NRL and I was lucky enough to play outside Tautau Moga who was a great mentor for me and took a lot of time to teach me the game from the ground up.

“That mentorship was really important for me… so it was only right for me when I became an NRL player to pay it forward and do for others what was done for me – it helps the great coaching staff that we have at the Broncos to develop our young talent.

“And then as part of the Mustangs, it was really important for us to push the first grade and bring out the best in them at training when we oppose them – that Grand Final year we gave them a competitive run every single training session and I felt like that played a big part in that success.”

Broncos Coach Kevin Walters paid tribute to Pereira: “Jordan has had to work hard to get everything he has got in rugby league and that has made him a really valuable member of our team during his time at the Broncos.

“He is someone who you want to have around your club, he helps to mentor the young players coming through and pass on those lessons that you should take nothing for granted.

“He has always played his role and worked hard on his game and always been one of our most consistent performers in Cup – and when we have called on him in first grade, he has never let us down.

Jordan has always done the Broncos jersey proud – he’s Broncos No. 281 and he will always have a place at our club.
Kevin Walters Broncos Head Coach

Pereira said while he was disappointed to have to draw a line on his playing career, he had many highlights to take with him into retirement.

“That first phone call I got when I got offered my first NRL contract was so special… I remember just breaking down and crying with my partner and now wife, and my roommate at the time who’s also my best mate – I just couldn’t believe that at 23-years-of-age I’d done it and was part of the conversation for the NRL.

“Fast forward a year from that and I got an NRL debut. We used to drive past Suncorp Stadium and I thought that I would never play there but life works in funny ways. It was so surreal for me to be given a go because I was never the player at high school who was going to make it, I never made any rep teams growing up but at 24-years-old I got to debut in the NRL.

“And now at 31 I get to retire and reflect on some fantastic memories and amazing people that I’ve been able to connect with.

“If I could thank anyone it would be my wife Sarah who has supported me for the whole journey – what the partners do for every single footballer is a great sacrifice and they’ve got to roll with the punches and they deal with the ups and the downs and have to move with you when you move.

“Also my coach up at the Mackay Cutters, Kim Williams, who was the first person to see the potential in me as a rugby league player that even I didn’t see – he proved me wrong and he was the first person I called when I got a shot at the NRL.

“All the people at the Dragons, in particular Paul McGregor who chose to give me a shot and then keep me in the side, and of course the Broncos – Kevvie, all the coaching staff and Darius Boyd who understands the role of winger… he’s been in those shoes before and understands.

“And finally I’d like to thank all my teammates, when you’re a winger there’s not much you can do without your teammates… every single player who’s put me over for a try – thank you.”

Jordan Pereira Announces Retirement

Broncos winger Jordan Pereira has announced his retirement from the game effective immediately due to a neck injury.

www.broncos.com.au

 

[McHunt]

Magpies prop Va'a Semu added to Development for 2024, then 3 year contract until end 2027.

Josh Rogers set for Broncos recall amid halves crisis

Kevin Walters says half Josh Rogers will play for Brisbane against St George Illawarra next week as hulking prop Va'a Semu is a chance for a debut.

www.aapnews.com.au

Va'a Semu

The Hostplus Cup profile of Va'a Semu including career statistics, season stats, games, tries, goals, tackles and fantasy scores.

www.qrl.com.au

 

[Bucking Beads]

Happy with another young prop but is there nothing around that can play second row or centre

 

[McHunt]

Happy with another young prop but is there nothing around that can play second row or centre

Patston.

If you want to look at Semu, this match between two Broncos affiliates is being broadcast on 9 Plus tomorrow. Might also be a few other names you recognize:

Magpies v WM Seagulls

Souths Logan Magpies versus Wynnum Manly Seagulls match centre includes live scores and updates. Includes official live player and team stats. Run metres, fantasy points scoring.

www.qrl.com.au

 

[Bucking Beads]

Patston even that good. 25 years old ffs

 

[BroncsFan]

Happy with another young prop but is there nothing around that can play second row or centre

All the biggest and fastest ones went to Nth Qld so the R&R were stumped about what else to look for

 

[Super Freak]

Semu had already signed a 3 year deal back in May according to reports but he originally wasn't being added to the development list until next year.

The injury toll has forced our hand. Hopefully he takes his opportunity with both hands and plays strong.

 

[1910]

Magpies prop Va'a Semu added to Development for 2024, then 3 year contract until end 2027.

Josh Rogers set for Broncos recall amid halves crisis

Kevin Walters says half Josh Rogers will play for Brisbane against St George Illawarra next week as hulking prop Va'a Semu is a chance for a debut.

www.aapnews.com.au

Va'a Semu

The Hostplus Cup profile of Va'a Semu including career statistics, season stats, games, tries, goals, tackles and fantasy scores.

www.qrl.com.au

 

[1910]

Semu had already signed a 3 year deal back in May according to reports but he originally wasn't being added to the development list until next year.

The injury toll has forced our hand. Hopefully he takes his opportunity with both hands and plays strong.

April.

Souths Va’a Semu extended until 27. NRL contract next year.

Been coming off the bench and trying hard but bench for Souths is a tough gig at the moment.

Big tall boy, which seems Broncos type now.

 

[Sproj]

April.

 

[BroncsFan]

Patston even that good. 25 years old ffs

I wonder if the physicality of NRL could be getting too far beyond Qcup players not in NRL systems anyway?

NRL is just continually getting bigger, faster and fitter ... NRL Top 30 players have everything looked after them fitness and strength wise, how the hell can a part time footy player outside a system keep up to the point that they can be relied to play important minutes with very little preparation.

Would be an insane step up in everything... especially in the forwards I reckon

 

[McHunt]

April.

Could you please post official signings in this thread please. The other is for rumours.

 

[1910]

Semu promoted early, development deal rest of 24, NRL 25, 26, 27.

Could you please post official signings in this thread please. The other is for rumours.

I did a month ago Lord Farquaad.

 

[McHunt]

I did a month ago Lord Farquaad.

Thanks. I also need a third party source to add it to the official roster.