Broncos Affiliate North's Devils move to Dolphins

[HarryAllan7]

Broncos Statement: Affiliate Update

The Brisbane Broncos wish to thank the Norths Devils senior club for their affiliate relationship, which will finish at the end of the 2023 season.

www.broncos.com.au

Hadn't seen this posted anywhere, if it is then please delete this, but was curious as to the implications of this move for the Broncos - apparently Norths Devils going to become a feeder team for the Dolphins instead of us?

We've pulled Jock Madden and Xavier Willison effective immediately from Norths - are there any other Broncos players there that will be affected?

Will us consolidating our top 30 squad members into less feeder clubs so they can play together more actually help us in the long term? Or is this a big blow that is going to affect our development and recruitment of young talent?

I don't know much about the whole feeder club / affiliate setup for Brisbane so am not sure how this is going to play out for us.

 

[Renegade]

Q cup thread

 

[pennywisealfie]

As a Norths fan from childhood, this sucks. I have to question a few things now.

 

[I bleed Maroon]

I guess it makes sense for them. Redcliffe is essentially just a glorified North Brisbane.

 

[BroncsFan]

I guess it makes sense for them. Redcliffe is essentially just a glorified North Brisbane.

I like to think of them as a South Caboolture

 

[Cult]

I guess it makes sense for them. Redcliffe is essentially just a glorified North Brisbane.

It’s not a Brisbane at all

 

[Sproj]

As a Norths fan from childhood, this sucks. I have to question a few things now.

You are and always will be a Broncos fan.

 

[Organix]

Somebody get Jack Reed on the line immediately to get them back.

 

[Broncapz]

Since 2008? So basicaslly they've done nothing for us. SEEEEEEEEEYA

 

[mrslong]

Well now here’s something uncomfortable. I just cannot fathom having to support Logan or Wynnum. As a Northsider this is not good, not good at all.

 

[Sproj]

I mean let's be honest here, before this news, how many of us actually cared that much about any Q Cup team? Sure we care abut our Broncos playing there but that actual club? I doubt many if any gave it more than one thought.

 

[Aldo]

So what's wrong with the other two feeder clubs we have on our books?

 

[McHunt]

I wonder where the North players will end up? There's really only two they need to place now that Piakura looks like an established starter. Nonetheless, these are the three who've had time in the Cup:

Devils:
Half: Jock Madden
Prop: Willison
2nd Row: Piakura

And here are our stakes in the other two teams. Guess it might be a question of whether Kevvie would like more of our boys under Hunt at the Magpies, but maybe moving Madden to partner Rogers at Manly might pay off. As would having Willison partner with Jensen.

Magpies
Hooker: Mozer, Paix
Wing: Pereira
Centre/Wing: Arthars
Fullback: Sailor
Prop: Te Kura, Bayliss-Brow

Seagulls:
Centre: Hoeter, Mariner
Hooker: Smoothy
Half: Rogers
Prop: Palasia, Jensen
2nd Row: Brendan Frei

 

[broncos4life]

Yawn.

 

[Mustafur]

I wonder where the North players will end up? There's really only two they need to place now that Piakura looks like an established starter. Nonetheless, these are the three who've had time in the Cup:

Devils:
Half: Jock Madden
Prop: Willison
2nd Row: Piakura

And here are our stakes in the other two teams. Guess it might be a question of whether Kevvie would like more of our boys under Hunt at the Magpies, but maybe moving Madden to partner Rogers at Manly might pay off. As would having Willison partner with Jensen.

Magpies
Hooker: Mozer, Paix
Wing: Pereira
Centre/Wing: Arthars
Fullback: Sailor
Prop: Te Kura, Bayliss-Brow

Seagulls:
Centre: Hoeter, Mariner
Hooker: Smoothy
Half: Rogers
Prop: Palasia, Jensen
2nd Row: Brendan Frei

It looks obvious just looking at it that North's were getting the skeleton crew compared to the other two anyway which have way more players.

 

[1910]

It looks obvious just looking at it that North's were getting the skeleton crew compared to the other two anyway which have way more players.

It's as close to evenly split as possible with the 33 players but sometimes it can't be even when clubs have players that go to the Broncos- Souths have Sailor and Bayliss who were Magpies before Broncos. So that inflates Souths' numbers but it's otherwise 10 or so each.

Norths had some big names but that's not a lot of help because you'll never get them- Madden, Willison, Walsh, Capewell, Farnworth, Riki, Piakura, Taupau and Staggs

 

[Foordy]

It's as close to evenly split as possible with the 33 players but sometimes it can't be even when clubs have players that go to the Broncos- Souths have Sailor and Bayliss who were Magpies before Broncos. So that inflates Souths' numbers but it's otherwise 10 or so each.

maybe officially it is 10 each.

but Norths, had mainly NRL players assigned to them ... and NRL players that would be unlikely to be dropped.

of the fringe players and developmental players, the majority of them went to Souths and Wynnum

 

[1910]

maybe officially it is 10 each.

but Norths, had mainly NRL players assigned to them ... and NRL players that would be unlikely to be dropped.

of the fringe players and developmental players, the majority of them went to Souths and Wynnum

Thanks for clearing that up and saying exactly what I just told you.