{"id":924105,"date":"2026-10-11T09:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/924105\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T09:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:56:09","slug":"knights-break-silence-on-peter-osullivans-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/924105\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights break silence on Peter O’Sullivan’s future"},"content":{"rendered":"

One week after the Newcastle Knights<\/a> made their first Grand Final in 25 years, the club released a statement confirming that their Head of Recruitment, Peter O’Sullivan, will leave the role.<\/p>\n

After helping the Dolphins<\/a> establish their roster for the first two seasons and beyond, O’Sullivan left the club to take up a challenging opportunity with Newcastle.<\/p>\n

He signed with the Knights until the end of the 2029 season on reportedly $350,000 per season.<\/p>\n

The Knights were looking for someone to start a roster overhaul as the club had roster flexibility for the 2026 season and beyond.<\/p>\n

On Friday, News Corp reported that O’Sullivan agreed to a five-year deal with the Brisbane Broncos<\/a> to become their next Head of Recruitment.<\/p>\n

O’Sullivan was also being hunted by the Eels, but instead will take up the opportunity with the Broncos, who won the 2025 Grand Final.<\/p>\n

With two and a half decades of experience, O’Sullivan has a massive challenge ahead with the Broncos, who are desperate for change after failing to make the finals with almost the same roster from their premiership-winning season.<\/p>\n

The Knights released a two-sentence statement, confirming O’Sullivan will leave the club immediately.<\/p>\n

“The nib Newcastle Knights<\/a> have been advised by Head of Recruitment Peter O’Sullivan that he will be departing the Club. The Club thanks Peter for his services.”<\/p>\n

Out of the top eight teams from this past season, O’Sullivan helped the Warriors, Knights, Dolphins<\/a> and Roosters sign over 40 players who featured this season.<\/p>\n

From the Knights, he helped land Dylan Brown<\/a> on the 10-year, $14 million deal, Sandon Smith<\/a>, Francis Manuleleua<\/a>, Cody Hopwood<\/a>, Harrison Graham<\/a>, Lachlan Crouch<\/a>, Pasami Saulo<\/a>, Thomas Cant<\/a>, Fletcher Hunt<\/a>, Toby Winter<\/a>, Dominic Young<\/a>, who was lured back from the Roosters during the 2025 season, and Trey Mooney<\/a>.
From the Roosters, he helped sign Daniel Tupou<\/a>, Lindsay Collins<\/a>, Victor Radley<\/a>, Connor Watson<\/a>, Nat Butcher<\/a>, Egan Butcher<\/a>, and Angus Crichton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When he helped Wayne Bennett<\/a> build the Dolphins<\/a>, they secured Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow<\/a>, Jamayne Isaako<\/a>, Jack Bostock<\/a>, Herbie Farnworth<\/a>, Kodi Nikorima<\/a>, Isaiya Katoa<\/a>, Tom Flegler<\/a>, Jeremy Marshall-King<\/a>, Tom Gilbert<\/a>, Max Plath<\/a>, Kulikefu Finefeuiaki<\/a>, Kurt Donoghoe<\/a>, Ray Stone<\/a>, Connelly Lemuelu<\/a>, and Tevita Naufahu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

O’Sullivan also helped the Warriors sign Ali Leiataua<\/a>, Leka Halasima<\/a>, Wayde Egan<\/a>, Jacob Laban<\/a>, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak<\/a>, Luke Metcalf<\/a>, Demitric Vaimauga<\/a>, and Adam Pompey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When O’Sullivan joins the Broncos, his primary focus will be on the Broncos NRL<\/a> roster and overseeing their top 30 squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One week after the Newcastle Knights made their first Grand Final in 25 years, the club released a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":924106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-924105","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\/924105","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=924105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/924106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}