{"id":449958,"date":"2026-01-31T17:31:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T17:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/449958\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T17:31:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T17:31:29","slug":"grant-anderson-brisbane-broncos-world-club-challenge-nrl-pre-season-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/449958\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant Anderson, Brisbane Broncos, World Club Challenge, NRL pre-season 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Broncos recruit Grant Anderson knows he has a challenge on his hands to break into Brisbane\u2019s stacked backline, but he\u2019s no stranger to working hard for every opportunity.<\/p>\n

His first goal will be to earn a ticket on the plane to England as part of Brisbane\u2019s World Club Challenge squad, with the side to take on Hull KR in the February 19 match.<\/p>\n

Signed from the Storm last season, Anderson gained a reputation as being a reliable performer no matter what position he played in, even being named their most improved player at the club\u2019s end of season awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He scored 11 tries in 24 matches but could not force his way into Melbourne\u2019s grand final side, watching on from the sidelines as his new teammates ran down his old ones in an epic decider.<\/p>\n


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\n Grant Anderson and Harry Grant celebrate a Storm victory in 2025.
\n \u00a9Anthony Kourambanas \/ NRL Images
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\u201cIt is not just the back five but the boys sitting on the sideline as well,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a lot of talent there and that’s just the luxury we have. We want to win (the comp) again and we are all going to be needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201c(Coming to the Broncos was) just the opportunity to grow my game and play with the calibre of players here (which) really excites me.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the chance to learn in another system and hopefully my game can go to another level.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t think I have to change too much (to earn a place in the side), just be yourself and try your best.<\/p>\n


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\n Grant Anderson at Broncos training.
\n \u00a9Zak Simmonds \/ Brisbane Broncos
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\u201cIf it falls in line for you and you put your best foot forward, you might get rewarded.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s just about keeping your head down and keep working hard to try to play in the NRL. That is what I will keep doing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a whole new vibe for me. My time in Melbourne I was grateful for, but here in Brisbane I am loving life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Equally adept at centre or wing and also capable of playing in the halves, Anderson is counting on his utility value to earn him a spot\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a question for the coaches, wherever they say they need me to go I will do my best,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n

\u201c(My preferred position is) in the 13 somewhere.<\/p>\n

\u201c(I am not here to play reserve grade). You are not training every day if you want to play reserve grade. That is not just me.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is all the other boys here as well. I am not the only one in that boat. We all want to play NRL and put that Broncos jersey on.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brisbane\u2019s squad for the World Club Challenge are set to depart in early February to ensure they are well settled before the \u2018world title\u2019 match, but players still remain in the dark on who has secured their ticket to ride.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have got no idea who is on the plane yet,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n

\u201c(But) we are not going over there to fill numbers with whoever makes that flight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the boys going over there have a job to do and hopefully we can get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broncos recruit Grant Anderson knows he has a challenge on his hands to break into Brisbane\u2019s stacked backline,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-449958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449958","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=449958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}