Benji tells Tigers \u2018there\u2019s the door\u2019 in brutal NRL ultimatum<\/a><\/p>\nBarnett\u2019s signing is a major win for Broncos Michael Maguire who flew to Sydney earlier this month to meet with the 31-year-old.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a great character and obviously my style of player,\u201d Maguire said last week<\/p>\n
\u201cI talk to a lot of the players that I\u2019ve coached over time, and he\u2019s one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The embattled Broncos coach has come under fire after superstar prop Payne Haas stunned the NRL by signing with the South Sydney Rabbitohs from next season.<\/p>\n
Haas\u2019 move, coupled with an indifferent start to the season, has turned up the heat on Maguire despite winning the NRL premiership last season,<\/p>\n
Barnett played alongside Haas in the Blues\u2019 forward pack in 2024 and 2025, winning an Origin series under Maguire.<\/p>\n
For the Eels, however, it is a mjaor blow.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, missing out on Barnett is a massive blow for the Eels.<\/p>\n
Parramatta are desperate for middle forward help as it\u2019s a position they lack depth while club stalwart Junior Paulo is on the final year of his contract. <\/p>\n
The Warriors have stated that they will require some compensation in order to let Barnett go a season early, however what that is has yet to be reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Broncos have reportedly won the race for Mitch Barnett\u2019s signature, with the Warriors gun set to join…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,689,21683,2105,265433,15695,6407,10750,673,2613,677,13390,30384,85,265434,33868,670,36719],"class_list":["post-534738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-ezra-mam","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-gun-set","tag-jason-mccawley","tag-michael-maguire","tag-mitch-barnett","tag-new-south-wales","tag-new-zealand-warriors","tag-oceania","tag-payne-haas","tag-rugby-league-news","tag-sports","tag-squad-media-opportunity","tag-star-prop","tag-sydney","tag-two-year-deal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534738","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=534738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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