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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.
