{"id":211334,"date":"2025-10-13T23:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T23:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/211334\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T23:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T23:20:09","slug":"five-november-1-targets-brisbane-broncos-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/211334\/","title":{"rendered":"FIVE November 1 targets: Brisbane Broncos – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A stronger than expected season in 2025 will have the Brisbane Broncos<\/a> primed to continue their build in the coming years under new coach Michael Maguire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Arriving at Red Hill ahead of 2025, Maguire was under plenty of pressure following the axing of Kevin Walters<\/a>, but found immediate success, guiding the club without a premiership in almost two decades into the top four.<\/p>\n

2027 will be moving time for the Broncos though, with the likelihood that both Adam Reynolds<\/a> and Ben Hunt<\/a> will hang up the boots at the end of the campaign.<\/p>\n

That means it’ll be over to the next generation of stars in Brisbane, and while the likes of Reece Walsh<\/a>, Ezra Mam<\/a> and Patrick Carrigan<\/a> are all locked in for at least that long, forward pack leader Payne Haas<\/a> is not.<\/p>\n

He is the key man to lock up on a new deal before November 1, while the likes of Blake Mozer<\/a> and Benjamin Te Kura<\/a> are also likely to be firing in first-grade by the time 2027 rolls around.<\/p>\n

But that doesn’t mean Maguire won’t be looking externally with whatever limited salary cap he has to bring re-enforcements into the squad at the Queensland club.<\/p>\n

Current Brisbane Broncos 2027 squad
Grant Anderson<\/a>, Patrick Carrigan<\/a>, Corey Jensen<\/a>, Josiah Karapani<\/a>, Ezra Mam<\/a>, Deine Mariner<\/a>, Blake Mozer<\/a>, Brendan Piakura<\/a>, Jordan Riki<\/a>, Va’a Semu<\/a>, Kotoni Staggs<\/a>, Ben Talty<\/a>, Benjamin Te Kura<\/a>, Reece Walsh<\/a>, Xavier Willison<\/a><\/p>\n

Off-contract at the end of 2026
Jesse Arthars<\/a>, Coby Black<\/a>, Tom Duffy<\/a>, Payne Haas<\/a>, Ben Hunt<\/a>, Cory Paix<\/a>, Adam Reynolds<\/a>, Josh Rogers<\/a>, Gehamat Shibasaki<\/a>, Billy Walters<\/a><\/p>\n

Current best 17 for 2027
1. Reece Walsh<\/a>
2. Grant Anderson<\/a>
3. Josiah Karapani<\/a>
4. Kotoni Staggs<\/a>
5. Deine Mariner<\/a>
6. Ezra Mam<\/a>
7. No player signed.
8. Corey Jensen<\/a>
9. Blake Mozer<\/a>
10. Xavier Willison<\/a>
11. Brendan Piakura<\/a>
12. Jordan Riki<\/a>
13. Patrick Carrigan<\/a><\/p>\n

Interchange
14. Va’a Semu<\/a>
15. Benjamin Te Kura<\/a>
16. Ben Talty<\/a>
17. No player signed.<\/p>\n

\"2025<\/p>\n

The Broncos look relatively stable heading towards November 1, but much of their recruitment strategy could be dictated by whether they are able to re-sign talented young half Coby Black<\/a>, or forward pack leader Payne Haas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Black is rated as one of the best young halves in the game, but it would be a risk for Brisbane to put all their eggs in a singular basket once Hunt and Reynolds do hang up the boots.<\/p>\n

For that reason, either way, a halfback, even if not a marquee one, is likely to be on the shopping list.<\/p>\n

Even if Haas does re-sign, the Broncos will likely be looking for further re-enforcements in the forward pack, both in the middle and on the edge.<\/p>\n

Mozer is clearly the future of the club’s number nine, but a back-up option could also be on the agenda with none of Cory Paix<\/a> or Billy Walters<\/a> currently signed beyond the end of 2026, while options in the back five look solid.<\/p>\n

Salary cap is realistically going to be the biggest issue for the Broncos though, so keeping that in mind, here are the five realistic targets they could chase from November 1 to add to their 2027 squad.<\/p>\n

1. Option 1: Jake Clifford (North Queensland Cowboys)<\/p>\n

The Broncos may well be looking at a halfback with experience, but not someone who is totally untouchable in the side.<\/p>\n

Coby Black<\/a> is on the way through and by 2027, the feeling is that he will be ready to play first-grade. He of course has to re-sign with the Broncos for any of that to matter in this instance.<\/p>\n

If that does come to fruition, then a player like Clifford could be what the Broncos are after.<\/p>\n

Experienced, able to play the six or seven, and will ensure that Black doesn’t simply have a clear runway to the top grade with no competition. You could even argue Clifford would start the year with Black tasked to put the pressure on for a spot.<\/p>\n

The fact Clifford can play the five-eighth role too means he becomes a suitable back up for Ezra Mam<\/a>, and while three doesn’t go into two, this is the sort of move that proofs the Broncos without breaking the bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A stronger than expected season in 2025 will have the Brisbane Broncos primed to continue their build in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-211334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211334","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=211334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}