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

 

[Mustafur]

Good news for the future can see him being rep level in the future, I think he has a higher ceiling than any of our backrowers.

With Riki as well extended we are sorted for backrow now, Capewell should move to Lock at some point if they are actually thinking of moving patty to Prop, to rotate with Kobe.

 

[Big Pete]

1910 or Big Pete will provide more input, but I think he's been both sides in Qcup when he was with Norths and started playing a fair bit on the right at the backend of his stint.

Predominately coaches tend to use him down the left, but if they sense a weakness down the opposite side they'll shift him over. The game that comes to mind was against Souths in 2021. Milford had just been demoted by the Broncos and Gamble made it his mission to expose him.

So he just kept positioning Piakura off his hip and Piakura opened with an early double in what turned out to be a shoot out.

Gamble won a spot as the 18th man for Darwin, took a red eye to Carins where he makes this gutsy try-saving cover tackle and less than a week later he's giving the Titans curry after 'winning' a sin-bin in the Broncos biggest ever comeback.

Otherwise ever since I started watching him with Tweed, Piakura was primarily a left side player.

 

[Mick_Hancock]

The Riki re-signing
He seems a good young lad, with a great work ethic!!
His kick chase and pressure is as good as I’ve seen since the Peter Ryan days. Now if he could just iron blokes out like Ryan, Costigan etc…

 

[BroncsFan]

Predominately coaches tend to use him down the left, but if they sense a weakness down the opposite side they'll shift him over. The game that comes to mind was against Souths in 2021. Milford had just been demoted by the Broncos and Gamble made it his mission to expose him.

So he just kept positioning Piakura off his hip and Piakura opened with an early double in what turned out to be a shoot out.

Gamble won a spot as the 18th man for Darwin, took a red eye to Carins where he makes this gutsy try-saving cover tackle and less than a week later he's giving the Titans curry after 'winning' a sin-bin in the Broncos biggest ever comeback.

Otherwise ever since I started watching him with Tweed, Piakura was primarily a left side player.

Yeah I felt like he was predominantly left side, but recall he was spending a fair bit of his last Qcup stint on the right at Norths... which I was a little annoyed about, because left side specialists are harder to come by than a right sided player.

Figured it was mostly tactical, because he looked a natural running lines and putting on shots from the left edge.

Good signs with Capewell winding down and Riki making his presence known as a right side kick chaser.

 

[Sproj]

Kevvie has proven himself to be a loyal coach who doesn’t rush kids to things before they can handle it (which I love about his coaching), I can see Capes starting the season at second row with Riki but Piaks getting more and more game time with a view to Piaks starting in 2025.

 

[Santa]

Kevvie has proven himself to be a loyal coach who doesn’t rush kids to things before they can handle it (which I love about his coaching), I can see Capes starting the season at second row with Riki but Piaks getting more and more game time with a view to Piaks starting in 2025.

He also seems to appreciate the experience some of our older players bring to the team (which is needed over youthful enthusiasm sometimes).

 

[theshed]

The Riki re-signing
He seems a good young lad, with a great work ethic!!
His kick chase and pressure is as good as I’ve seen since the Peter Ryan days. Now if he could just iron blokes out like Ryan, Costigan etc…

Or go a whole 80 minutes without falling asleep at marker

 

[1910]

Predominately coaches tend to use him down the left, but if they sense a weakness down the opposite side they'll shift him over. The game that comes to mind was against Souths in 2021. Milford had just been demoted by the Broncos and Gamble made it his mission to expose him.

So he just kept positioning Piakura off his hip and Piakura opened with an early double in what turned out to be a shoot out.

Gamble won a spot as the 18th man for Darwin, took a red eye to Carins where he makes this gutsy try-saving cover tackle and less than a week later he's giving the Titans curry after 'winning' a sin-bin in the Broncos biggest ever comeback.

Otherwise ever since I started watching him with Tweed, Piakura was primarily a left side player.

Great times, I went to that game. I always found his best attack on the left and his worst defence on the right. Left for Queensland, Left for Australia, Left for Tweed, Left and right for Norths.

I was behind the posts and it was telling how often Hunt had to tell Milford to get back onside and get off his line. Hunt was constantly telling him what to do in and encouraging him. Souths defended their line a lot.

Souths defence is terrible and Gamble just zeroed in on that left hand side of Souths for the first 20 minutes.

Piakura great hole running, that is what he hasn't been doing the first three weeks but yesterday was terrific. I wanted him to follow Ahearn but Gamble was great for him yesterday.

Piakura is on his side- already scored down Milford and Hunt’s side.

And again.

Gamble will need throat surgery after today- screaming for the ball to get at Souths left with Piakura.

 

[Gaz]

Capewell off to the Warriors on three year deal ?

 

[Mustafur]

Yeah I can't see him not taking that, it seems like we have basically confirmed our backrow of Piakura and Riki now for next year.

 

[Dee]

I think it would be a terrible idea to allow Capewell to go to the Warriors. He brings a hard experienced edge in the back row. You can tell his will to win is high with him at times barking orders at people to do this or that or be here or there etc. We NEED that experience at least for 2024. We're still a young team. Capewell also runs a fantastic line which is deceptive and puts the defense in 2 minds when we run that block sweep play out to the left.

I personally don't think we should let him go. Re-sign him for 2024, give us 1 more year with his experience, teaching the young lads a few more things, instilling that professionalism into them etc. Then in 2025 he can go.

 

[Johnny92]

I think it would be a terrible idea to allow Capewell to go to the Warriors. He brings a hard experienced edge in the back row. You can tell his will to win is high with him at times barking orders at people to do this or that or be here or there etc. We NEED that experience at least for 2024. We're still a young team. Capewell also runs a fantastic line which is deceptive and puts the defense in 2 minds when we run that block sweep play out to the left.

I personally don't think we should let him go. Re-sign him for 2024, give us 1 more year with his experience, teaching the young lads a few more things, instilling that professionalism into them etc. Then in 2025 he can go.

He's already signed with us for 24, Warriors want him early. I wouldn't be letting him go early.

 

[Dee]

He's already signed with us for 24, Warriors want him early. I wouldn't be letting him go early.

Absolutely not.

 

[Lockysillegitimatechild]

Could be optimistic thinking but I reckon ezra has already re-signed.

There's no way in hell that the media wouldn't be putting out bs rumour articles about him going somewhere else if he wasn't. Then add in the articles about capewell and Walsh, completely skipping ezra. Them there's the pother 5/8ths having a lot of rumours about them (luai and dearden).

 

[Gaz]

Absolutely not.

Have said previously I wouldn’t like to see him go, but it appears our friends across the ditch have also identified his value in mentoring the younger brigade. For that reason I would love him to stick around for another season.

However if it means ensuring the retention of Walsh or Mam then it’s a no brainer I’m afraid. Wish him goodby and good luck, he will always be a favourite of mine.

 

[Sproj]

We also do owe them one after Walsh. As much as it would suck for next season, at least it’d be the Warriors and that makes it more palatable given how good our relationship with them is.

 

[McHunt]

I'm just making this up, but this is how I see it:

1. Kurt has publicly said he wants to remain a "Bronco for life." I see no reason not to believe this. He left the top club in the league to join a basket case with an unproven coach. He was embraced as a leader from the start, and a key part of the "rebuild" phase.​

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2. The "rebuild" phase is well and truly over, with the club now stable and merely needing to hone. Kurt's initial remit has been completed. He is now competing with younger players who are destined to replace him. Part of the honing phase is moving on from him and Adam Reynolds.​

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3. While he still has a year left on his contract, the club will certainly have made him an offer or at least replied to his agent. Whatever offer that was it wasn't enough to secure him on the spot. That's understandable as his value to the club isn't what it was when they poached him from the Panthers. And that's because the club isn't what it was when they poached him from the Panthers.​

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4. His position as a utility player who can cover both centre and forward is still unrivaled but questions have emerged over his defence, and he has been overlooked for Origin. His position as a culture and attitude leader, and vice captain, intrinsic to the rebuild has surely now been supplanted by Patty, and Payne in that order. Walsh, too, offers leadership roaming across his territory. It's not that he's unwanted or unneeded, but the team is no longer so desperately rudderless.​

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5. Offer in hand, Kurt needs to see what else is out there. He will be more valuable to another club in rebuild phase. He has not only won a Grand Final with Penrith, turned in close to MOM performances in Origin at both centre and edge, but has taken Brisbane from the shithouse to the penthouse in only a couple of years. He owes Brisbane nothing. Mission accomplished.​

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6. Flying to NZ, publicly dining with the Warriors coach, touring facilities and leaking that they want him immediately is either a strong bargaining tactic (walking away from the table) or he's been lowballed to the point where the negotiation has broken down. As outsiders it's impossible to tell the difference, but either interpretation checks out.​

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The way I see it, this could go either way. Maybe he will follow Payne and settle for less money. But if I were him, I'd probably go for another club in rebuild. And that does indeed look like the Warriors.

 

[BroncsFan]

I'd assume the 3yr contract for Capewell is including 2024, which would mean they're actually offering a 2yr deal and want him to get released for next year... realistically they're not allowed to offer anything for his contracted years, but that doesnt seem to matter at this point.

Looking at it that way it might be all about the 2nd year that warriors are offering, whereas we might be saying let's take it year by year.

The frustrating part of it all is that we definitely need Capewell this year as our edge depth is non-existent but we may not need him for 2025 onwards... outside of offering great depth.

The warriors offer may hinge on getting him next year as well, knowing that this year and next might be the last peak years for Capewell and they want to get their money's worth out of the deal.

Its frustrating to me, because it's putting pressure on us to release him when they're shouldn't be any, because he's under contract... all the media pressure nowadays to release a player as soon as they've signed elsewhere is shit.

I'd be fine if Capewell served out his last year and then moved onto his warriors deal, but will it actually play out that way