according to CODE Sport<\/a> will become Holbrook\u2019s right hand man for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n\u201cFirstly his character alone, in the way he always played the game is what we need to instil into the group,\u201d Holbrook said of Buderus\u2019 appointment.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s the most capped Knights player and I want to utilise him a lot more in terms of coaching.\u201d<\/p>\n
The move is part of a major backroom overhaul of the Knights following Adam O\u2019Brien\u2019 departure in the wake of a disastrous season which saw the side finish with the wooden spoon.<\/p>\n
Buderus joins Brett White and Steve Hales as Holbrook\u2019s main men in the Hunter.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Brien\u2019s assistant Brian McDermott has moved to the Titans under rookie coach Josh Hannay while CODE Sports reports Blake Green is being courted by the Cowboys.<\/p>\n
Danny Buderus will take on the role of assistant coach under Justin Holbrook.Source: Supplied<\/p>\n
PANTHERS MOVE AFTER BEARS COACHING RAID<\/p>\n
The Panthers have reportedly moved to replace outgoing assistant coach Ben Gardiner after his decision to join NRL expansion club the Perth Bears.<\/p>\n
According to Peter Lang from the Western Weekender, Panthers NSW Cup coach Ben Harden has been promoted to serve as Ivan Cleary\u2019s deputy. Jono Rolfe, the club\u2019s Jersey Flegg coach, will move into the pathways system.<\/p>\n
Gardiner announced in June he would be leaving the NRL powerhouse to join Mal Meninga\u2019s coaching staff at the Perth Bears.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t wait to work closely with new people in Western Australia and build a hugely successful team over the next five years as we promote rugby league and grow the game,\u201d Gardiner said at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 NRL season is done and dusted but the rugby league news keeps rolling. Follow all the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[7189,24164,64,128757,63,689,57627,128761,128758,73347,107224,99965,128765,5098,128764,18387,72590,761,762,158,677,128762,128759,4598,128755,120506,128756,128760,85,128763,3439,128754],"class_list":["post-208804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-adam-obrien","tag-assistant-coach","tag-au","tag-aussie-sides-cruise","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-ben-gardiner","tag-ben-harden","tag-brett-white","tag-brian-mcdermott","tag-club-news","tag-danny-buderus","tag-development-role","tag-ivan-cleary","tag-jono-rolfe","tag-josh-hannay","tag-justin-holbrook","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-oceania","tag-outgoing-assistant-coach","tag-panthers-move","tag-penrith-panthers","tag-peter-lang","tag-right-hand-man","tag-side-finish","tag-signs-legend","tag-sports","tag-steve-hales","tag-western-australia","tag-womens-sides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}