{"id":463407,"date":"2026-02-07T01:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T01:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/463407\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T01:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T01:24:09","slug":"broncos-put-timeline-on-haas-negotiations-as-new-threat-emerges-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/463407\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos put timeline on Haas negotiations as new threat emerges – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Payne Haas<\/a> is reportedly open to joining the PNG Chiefs<\/a> in 2028, with the Brisbane Broncos<\/a> struggle to retain their star prop taking another twist.<\/p>\n

Haas is off-contract at the end of 2026, and while fears of him leaving for 2027 were dismissed when R360 fell apart, it’s understood Haas will only sign a one-year extension with Brisbane at this stage.<\/p>\n

It has often been suggested Haas wouldn’t play for another NRL<\/a> club, and his only way out of Brisbane would be to join a rival code offering a figure well into the millions.<\/p>\n

That is exactly what R360 were throwing at him before it was postponed from a 2026 start date out to 2028.<\/p>\n

News Corp are reporting Haas will finally sign the floated one-year extension once he returns with the club from the World Club Challenge against Hull KR<\/a>, but it may not be just rugby on the mind for Haas.<\/p>\n

The publication are reporting he is open to joining expansion outfit the PNG Chiefs<\/a> as their marquee player when they enter the league in 2028.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs, who will be based in Port Moresby, are currently in the process of preparing to welcome their inaugural playing group, who they can begin signing from November 1.<\/p>\n

They would throw untold amounts of money at Haas if he was available, and from the prop’s point of view, that money would be tax free.<\/p>\n

While playing for a winner, and finding a premiership, has been Haas’ public interest for some time, he and his teammates lifted the Provan-Summons Trophy in 2025.<\/p>\n

Haas, who at one point requeasted a release from the Broncos over a lack of success, could now look to do the other thing he has talked about for much of his career – take care of his family.<\/p>\n

In the same way the Perth Bears<\/a> were preparing to throw $1.5 million per year at their top names – Cameron Munster<\/a> and Tino Fa’asuamaleaui<\/a> who have now both recommitted to their current outfits – the Chiefs, with a likely increasing salary cap, could top that figure for Haas in a tax free environment.<\/p>\n

It’s understood the Broncos offered Haas a three-year deal originally which was declined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Payne Haas is reportedly open to joining the PNG Chiefs in 2028, with the Brisbane Broncos struggle to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-463407","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\/463407","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=463407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}