OFFICIAL Walsh signs with the Broncos until 2025

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‘Signed me to be a fullback’: Broncos-bound Walsh declares No.1 intention​

AuthorCorey RosserNRL Reporter

A positional switch appears off the cards for new Broncos signing Reece Walsh in 2023, with the 20-year-old confirming coach Kevin Walters has signed him to play at fullback.

With incumbent Broncos fullback Te Maire Martin going the other way and linking with the Warriors for next season, Walsh is set to go head-to-head with his good friend Tesi Niu in the battle to win the starting job at the back for 2023 at Red Hill.


Speaking after his final game as a Warrior in round 25 – which ended in him suffering what he believed was a minor pectoral tear – Walsh said he sees himself as a dedicated fullback and is now looking forward to the trying to earn the spot at his new club.

“I haven’t really had too much of a chat with Kevvie at the moment, but I’m a fullback and they signed me to be a fullback,” Walsh said.

“In saying that it doesn’t mean the fullback spot is mine. There is a lot of good competition coming through the Broncos.

“I came through the grades with Tesi, he was always a year older than me and I always watched him play.

“I got to play with him in one game for the U18s Origin, he played in the centres then and I came off the bench.

Following his side’s 27-26 golden point loss to the Titans last Saturday, Walsh reflected on a whirlwind 18 months at the Warriors, in which he made 38 Telstra Premiership appearances after making his debut on Anzac Day last year.

Originally signed to be the long-term replacement for Roger Tuivasa-Sheck at the Warriors, Walsh was earlier this year granted a release from the final year of his contract with the New Zealand club and linked with Brisbane on a three-year deal.

While excited to return home to Queensland, where his immediate family are based, Walsh said he was sad to be leaving his teammates in Auckland.

“I felt pretty emotional running out and shaking the boys’ hands (for the last time),” Walsh said.

“I am forever grateful for what the Warriors did for me. I had some really good days here and really bad ones, and they’ve stuck by me through thick and thin. It’s all love for the club.

“I will take the next couple of weeks to sit down with my family and reflect on the time I spent here. I really enjoyed my time here at the club and it’s sad that I’m going.

“In saying that I am happy to head back home and surround myself with family and mates I have grown up with.”

‘Signed me to be a fullback’: Broncos-bound Walsh declares No.1 intention

A positional switch appears off the cards for new Broncos signing Reece Walsh in 2023, with the 20-year-old confirming coach Kevin Walters has signed him to play at fullback.

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Walsh has what he believes is a small pectoral tear - noice - we get another slightly broken player maybe.

 

[Aldo]

Every player would have something at least minor at this stage of the year.

 

[Foordy]

A positional switch appears off the cards for new Broncos signing Reece Walsh in 2023, with the 20-year-old confirming coach Kevin Walters has signed him to play at fullback.

a positional switch, hey ... so Walsh is moving from fullback to play fullback.

quality writing that

 

[Browny]

Thanks Jason, exactly as I stated several times.

While we're on the topic, if an honest citizen were to suspect a skateboarding delinquent were in the possession of an illegal drug, and they need to do a citizen's arrest, what's your recommended choke hold to employ?

 

[Sproj]

a positional switch, hey ... so Walsh is moving from fullback to play fullback.

quality writing that

'A positional switch appears off the cards' - Am I missing something?

 

[1910]

a positional switch, hey ... so Walsh is moving from fullback to play fullback.

quality writing that

So he's not moving to 6 or 7- off

 

[Unbreakable]

'A positional switch appears off the cards' - Am I missing something?

Quality reading that

 

[vertigo]

Foordy getting beaten up on a daily basis now.

 

[Foordy]

Foordy getting beaten up on a daily basis now.

nothing new there

 

[I bleed Maroon]

nothing new there

 

[McHunt]

Anyone else have a nagging gut feeling about this deal being too good to be true, and that it's not going to end well?

 

[Sproj]

Anyone else have a nagging gut feeling about this deal being too good to be true, and that it's not going to end well?

Yep potentially. It will be interesting to see when he gets upgraded.

 

[McHunt]

Yep potentially. It will be interesting to see when he gets upgraded.

Best case scenario is we have our fullback and the club upgrades his contract at the end of the season. I know signing a player for unders is the Holy Grail of contracts but I think anything more than a year is asking for trouble. He deserves to be paid what he's worth. Whatever that turns out to be. And the last thing we need is him in some kind of drama to get out of his contract. He's done that twice already.

 

[Swordfish]

For mine, it’s about time to stop entertaining the players who demand a pay raise before the end of contract. Players & the club have agreed to a set price for a duration. We haven’t ‘won’ anything for the players to get rewarded under a contract. In this particular case, it’s Walsh who wanted to come to us & he’s ok with whatever was offered to him for the next 3 years. If he outperforms at 1 next season, great for us. He may well be rewarded by DD & Ikin at their discretion which shouldn’t be made public.

On a different note, whatever Pattys manager has pushed for - should have been kept to in-house.

 

[Mr Fourex]

On a different note, whatever Pattys manager has pushed for - should have been kept to in-house.

...its also about time players put "their" managers in their fucken place. You work for me ****.......not the other way around.

I'm personally disappointed in Patrick for allowing this to happen.

 

[McHunt]

He may well be rewarded by DD & Ikin at their discretion which shouldn’t be made public.

It's part of the salary cap so is liable to become public.

 

[Swordfish]

It's part of the salary cap so is liable to become public.

Yup, it’s definitely liable but at least it’s not being pushed my player’s manager in public rather it’s the club who decided to reward certain player based purely on contribution and under a salary cap. I for one, be it any player, don’t want their manager to hold the club for ransom. This has to stop.

 

[tommy]

Yup, it’s definitely liable but at least it’s not being pushed my player’s manager in public rather it’s the club who decided to reward certain player based purely on contribution and under a salary cap. I for one, be it any player, don’t want their manager to hold the club for ransom. This has to stop.

Not as bad as a few years back, remember we had the same bloke manage half our team, hope that has been scaled back a bit.