{"id":456126,"date":"2026-02-03T17:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/456126\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T17:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:37:12","slug":"every-clubs-best-signing-of-the-nrl-era-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/456126\/","title":{"rendered":"Every club&#8217;s best signing of the NRL era &#8211; NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> era is approaching three decades old, having kicked off in 1998 after the bitter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/super-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super League<\/a> war drew to a close.<\/p>\n<p>In that time, every club bar the two expansion franchises have won a premiership or featured in a grand final, and while some have had more success than others, every club will note some excellent signings over the journey.<\/p>\n<p>Pulling back the curtain on those signings, here are the players we mark as the best for each club.<\/p>\n<p>The Broncos, because they ultimately produce so much home-grown talent, have very few excellent signings who have come in from outside the club.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, only one player who didn&#8217;t debut for the club since 1998 has more than 150 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> appearances, that being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/anthony-milford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Milford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He was under consideration here given his spellbinding 2015 season when Brisbane ultimately came up short in golden point against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/north-queensland-cowboys\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Queensland Cowboys<\/a> during the decider.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/ben-hannant\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Hannant<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/peter-wallace\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Wallace<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/ben-teo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Te&#8217;o<\/a> also had strong stints for the Broncos, but none come close to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/adam-reynolds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Reynolds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His departure from the Rabbitohs was best described as a strange situation, but within two years, he has taken Brisbane to a premiership. His influence over the club is undoubtable, and there is no doubt he is the best signing for Brisbane of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> era.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; The NRL era is approaching three decades old, having kicked off in 1998 after the bitter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-456126","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\/456126","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=456126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}