{"id":213931,"date":"2025-10-15T00:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/213931\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T00:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:16:08","slug":"broncos-confirm-signing-of-dolphins-forward-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/213931\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos confirm signing of Dolphins forward for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

After only weeks ago celebrating their first premiership in 19 years, the Brisbane Broncos<\/a> have moved fast to ensure they can compete again in 2026, snatching the signature of one of the Dolphins<\/a>\u2019 most promising up and coming forwards.<\/p>\n

The Broncos have confirmed the signing of Aublix Tawha on a two-year contract starting in 2026, with Broncos GM of Recruitment and Pathways Simon Scanlan speaking glowingly of his rise.<\/p>\n

\u201cAublix had a breakout season and established himself as a regular first-grader. His rise is a testament to his hunger and competitiveness,\u201d Scanlan said.<\/p>\n

Tawha debuted for the Dolphins in Round 16 and played in all but one of the remaining matches of the season, cementing his place in the Dolphins\u2019 forward rotation.<\/p>\n

MORE: Panthers looking to pounce on NSW Cup player of the year<\/a><\/p>\n

Often listed as a centre, where he has occasionally filled in, the bulk of his rugby league has been played as a front-row or second-row forward \u2014 and that\u2019s where coach Michael Maguire will be hoping he can add some much-needed punch to the Broncos pack.<\/p>\n

With the departures of forwards such as Kobe Hetherington and other depth options, the reigning premiers will be hoping Tawha continues to develop into a quality first-grader.<\/p>\n

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Tawha himself has already displayed remarkable work ethic and resilience, rising from scaffolding jobs in New Zealand to playing NRL within just a few years.<\/p>\n

He moved to Australia in 2023 and played in the Canberra region competition for Yass, where he began to make a name for himself and was spotted by then-Dolphins Hostplus Cup assistant coach Ben Te\u2019o.<\/p>\n

The rest is history, as Te\u2019o moved quickly to get Tawha to the Dolphins, and within half a season he had broken into the first-grade side off the back of blistering performances.<\/p>\n

One of the catalysts for his NRL debut came in a Hostplus Cup performance in June, when the tearaway scored two tries, made two line breaks, and ran for nearly 200 metres in a 56-minute stint in the middle of the park.<\/p>\n

The Hamilton, New Zealand-born 26-year-old is now suddenly bidding for a place in the defending premiers\u2019 best 17 for Round 1 of next season.<\/p>\n

Based on his incredible rise and determination, it would be a brave call to bet against him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After only weeks ago celebrating their first premiership in 19 years, the Brisbane Broncos have moved fast to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-213931","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\/213931","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=213931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}