{"id":936894,"date":"2026-10-22T12:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/936894\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T12:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:36:15","slug":"nrl-2026-bradman-best-hits-out-at-peter-osullivan-over-knights-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/936894\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: Bradman Best hits out at Peter O\u2019Sullivan over Knights contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

Superstar Knights centre Bradman Best has fired a parting shot at the club\u2019s former head of recruitment Peter O\u2019Sullivan over his contract situation, suggesting a deal might get done now that the veteran administrator has left Newcastle.<\/p>\n

Best is set to make his Kangaroos debut this weekend against Fiji at the World Cup, but most of the interest was on his future.<\/p>\n

The strike centre still has a year to run on his deal but confirmed he will head to free agency on November 1 to test his value, with rival clubs led by the Eels to go hard at the rep star.<\/p>\n

Best, 25, is one of the best centres in the NRL and is fresh from a grand final appearance with the Knights. <\/p>\n

The club is building something special, but Best has a young family now and needs to make sure they are financially secure going forward. <\/p>\n

Best has played his entire eight-year career at the Knights and indicated that O\u2019Sullivan \u2013 who made great moves at the Knights but is now off to the Broncos \u2013 may have held him back from re-signing. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy family (is what drives me) and making sure that we\u2019re settled and happy. I\u2019m a father now so I\u2019ve got to make sure we\u2019re happy and healthy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I also want to win games. Money isn\u2019t the be all and end all, but it goes a long way. I want to make sure that I\u2019m winning games. I\u2019ve just come off a grand final loss, and I want to chase that premiership.<\/p>\n

\u201cWalking away (from Newcastle) would be hard. I\u2019ve been through the struggles for a long time, so to see where we\u2019ve come now and what we were able to achieve was special. I know the club is heading in the right direction.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know there are a few of us lads at Newcastle coming off contract. I know the person that was handing out the contracts, a few people were upset (with him). But now he\u2019s gone, so hopefully we can get something done.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a Newcastle junior, I love it there and I\u2019ve been there since I was a young kid. But I\u2019m a father now and I\u2019ve got to do what\u2019s best for me. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m here in camp and I\u2019m worrying about this. I know that November is around the corner, so I\u2019ve put it all on hold, so obviously I\u2019ll be going to November 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the media talk and contract stuff will sort itself out. I\u2019m in no rush (to sign). I think half the boys here are off contract so all the boys are talking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Best is one of several fresh faces in the Aussie side to face Fiji, with the big-game hero set to live out a childhood dream that he told a teacher when he was at school.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means everything,\u201d he said, with Best looking up to his father and legendary centre Greg Inglis as his footy heroes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s actually a photo going around at the moment when I was in year six. The teacher asked us what we wanted to do and what we wanted to be and to write down your dream.<\/p>\n

\u201c(For me) it was to play rugby league for Australia, so ever since I was a little kid I\u2019ve been dreaming of this. It\u2019s pretty special and it\u2019s surreal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI truly believed it as a young kid and that\u2019s why I wrote it down because that\u2019s what I wanted to do. As I got older, I kept on working towards it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hated school and put all my eggs into one basket which was rugby league. So for all the young kids coming through, I tell them to dream big and aspire to be whatever you want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

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