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Didn't we already lose a junior second rower to penrith ages ago??
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Painin the Haas
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Same one
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Cool was wondering if it was the same one or if they had poached another
Big Pete
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You're thinking of William Herbert, who primarily plays 6 but was being fashioned as a backrow at the Broncos.
A tour of Penrith’s training facilities during the club’s finals campaign last year has helped the Panthers poach Brisbane young gun Harry Armstrong in a blow to Michael Maguire’s Broncos.
In a huge pre-season signing coup, the Panthers have snared one of rugby league’s best forward prospects on a three-year deal, effective immediately, bolstering coach Ivan Cleary’s forward stocks ahead of the 2025 season.
Armstrong, 20, had been part of Brisbane’s emerging squad and a rising star of the Red Hill club’s pathways system, where he was viewed as a future leader of the Broncos’ engine room.
It’s understood the Broncos were eager to retain the Queensland under-19s star but a visit to Penrith’s centre of excellence during the side’s finals campaign late last year helped seal the deal for the four-time title winners.
Armstrong was given a tour of the club’s training facilities at the foot of the mountains and the opportunity to observe coach Cleary’s squad train during an on-field session in Penrith, where the club’s culture and coaching set-up left a huge impression on the youngster.
Armstrong, who joined the Broncos as a 17-year-old, is a hard hitting back rower, standing at 190cm and tipping the scales at 94kg.
@Bucking Beads
I think that's a miss by the Broncos, Armstrong would have contributed.
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Broncos board shouldn't have stopped at just Kevvie, they should have sacked the recruitment & retention team, as well.
Why are we losing promising youngsters in a position we have **** all depth in?
Why are we losing promising youngsters in a position we have **** all depth in?
I definitely agree, we are losing way too may of our younger stars and change is needed. Hopefully over MaGuire's 1st year or 2 we achieve this.
Wolfie
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I blame the head coach
tommy
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It would be mozer holding the club to ransom a bit I suspect. Better have me in the 17 or I'm outta here type thing.
I remember in 2019, Mozer got six other offers from Sydney clubs and the Titans and turned them down for the Broncos and signed an extension in 2020 and then 2022- so he's signed three times with the Broncos. Need a fourth and I am confident he will. He's never even looked like leaving.
He'd be stupid to rush and sign now, he can wait and might start the season as the form hooker in the NRL. 10 weeks in he could be in a great position to re-sign.
He'd be stupid to rush and sign now, he can wait and might start the season as the form hooker in the NRL. 10 weeks in he could be in a great position to re-sign.
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I thought our facilities were deemed to be the best, so why is so much being made of him being amazed at Riff's facilities?
It'd make more sense if it was because he saw a better pathway to NRL in that system, or the coaches were better.
It'd make more sense if it was because he saw a better pathway to NRL in that system, or the coaches were better.
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Maybe they have an impressive needle bay
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So i'm not going to be able to take you seriously for a couple of years am I? I might add a disclaimer to your sig or something.
GCBRONCO
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Wolfie
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One year closer to the glorious downfall of Penrith when they too suffer the Joey Johns effect.
Imagine leaving the weather here to live … west of Sydney in sub zero winters.
Observing the training session got him over the line? Oh dear
Imagine leaving the weather here to live … west of Sydney in sub zero winters.
Observing the training session got him over the line? Oh dear
