{"id":211147,"date":"2025-10-13T21:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T21:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/211147\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T21:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T21:35:09","slug":"nz-rugby-league-legend-graham-lowe-urges-all-blacks-to-sign-reece-walsh-5-million-deal-brisbane-broncos-rugby-league-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/211147\/","title":{"rendered":"NZ rugby league legend Graham Lowe urges All Blacks to sign Reece Walsh, $5 million deal, Brisbane Broncos. rugby league news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A New Zealand rugby league legend has called on the All Blacks to try and sway Broncos superstar Reece Walsh to rugby union with a massive $5 million offer.<\/p>\n<p>Former Kiwis, Maroons, Cowboys and Sea Eagles coach Graham Lowe says that New Zealand Rugby can make a huge splash by signing Walsh, who he called \u201cthe best young player I\u2019ve ever seen\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>While Walsh represents Queensland and Australia at rep level, he\u2019s eligible for the All Blacks as his birth mother is from New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Every game LIVE on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">| New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Warriors won\u2019t be able to get him over here because of the salary cap in the NRL, but I think there\u2019s an opportunity for the New Zealand Rugby Union,\u201d Lowe told Herald NOW.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe going rate for the stars is a million-plus. Pay this guy $5 million a year. Anywhere else in the world, it\u2019s chicken feed. Make a big statement about him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the best young player I\u2019ve ever seen, he\u2019s something special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fullback started his NRL career with the Warriors, debuting in 2021 and playing 38 games for the club before signing with the Broncos for 2023 onwards. <\/p>\n<p>He signed a contract extension last year which will keep him at the club until the end of 2029.<\/p>\n<p>Walsh was the best player during the recent NRL finals series and won the Clive Churchill Medal after leading Brisbane to a 26-22 grand final win over the Storm.<\/p>\n<p>Graham Lowe.Source: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n<p>His performances to quite literally lift Brisbane to victory in all three of their finals wins have many debating whether he\u2019s the best player in the game. <\/p>\n<p>Lowe believes he is, going onto say Walsh is a marketer\u2019s dream<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe excitement he brings is fantastic, I reckon get him over here, he\u2019ll bring 10,000 people on his own,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetween where I live and the local coffee shop, I\u2019ve been asked at least 20 times by old ladies about who\u2019s this young fella who paints his fingernails and plays for the Broncos.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A New Zealand rugby league legend has called on the All Blacks to try and sway Broncos superstar&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-211147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211147","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=211147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}