{"id":954204,"date":"2026-11-06T02:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T02:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/954204\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T02:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T02:18:23","slug":"nrl-2026-bradman-best-reveals-he-felt-disrespected-by-former-recruitment-manager-peter-osullivan-eels-november-1-news-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/954204\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: Bradman Best reveals he felt disrespected by former recruitment manager Peter O\u2019Sullivan, Eels, November 1, news, reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bradman Best reveals he felt a \u201cbit disrespected\u201d by Peter O\u2019Sullivan, leading to his surprise public dig in the media at the Knights\u2019 former recruitment manager.<\/p>\n<p>Answering questions about his future in Kangaroos camp two weeks ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-bradman-best-fires-parting-shot-at-former-newcastle-knights-recruitment-head-peter-osullivan-contract-status-november-1\/news-story\/02387160164bdfae355578f7b2fe56f6\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Best says that he\u2019s hoping to get a deal done with the Knights now that \u201che\u2019s (O\u2019Sullivan) gone\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gallen v Asofa-Solomona | Friday November 6 from 7pm AEDT | Australian sporting icon and crossover boxing king returns to the ring to face his biggest opponent yet, Nelson \u2018Big Nasty\u2019 Asofa-Solomona. | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Order now on Kayo Sports.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the person that was handling the contracts, a few people were upset. Now he\u2019s gone so hopefully we can get something done there,\u201d Best said.<\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Sullivan left Newcastle to join the Brisbane Broncos. <\/p>\n<p>Best expressed there\u2019s no hard feelings but explained why he said what he did about O\u2019Sullivan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand it\u2019s a business, he was trying to do the best thing for the club, and my manager is trying to do what\u2019s best for me,\u201d the Kangaroos centre told the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%E2%80%9CIf+I+see+him+on+the+street%2C+I%E2%80%99d+shake+his+hand.+But+there%E2%80%99s+a+way+to+go+about+things&amp;rlz=1C1GCCB_en&amp;oq=%E2%80%9CIf+I+see+him+on+the+street%2C+I%E2%80%99d+shake+his+hand.+But+there%E2%80%99s+a+way+to+go+about+things&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBBzE2MGowajSoAgCwAgE&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;source=chrome.ob&amp;ie=UTF-8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> SMH<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I see him on the street, I\u2019d shake his hand. But there\u2019s a way to go about things. In some way, shape or form, we felt a bit disrespected with how he went about things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d ring him, then he wouldn\u2019t answer. He\u2019d tell us, \u2018Can we catch up?\u2019, then we tried to catch up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt probably went both ways, but like I said, I felt a bit disrespected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish him all the best now he\u2019s gone to the Broncos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walsh still keen to learn from Tedesco | 00:54<\/p>\n<p>Best is in the middle of a tug of war between the Knights and the Eels, who have the centre as their primary recruitment target since the free agency window opened on November 1.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest that Best is favouring a move to Parramatta, but the 25-year-old says no decision has been made.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve made no decision as of yet. I\u2019ve still got plenty of things to think about, and what\u2019s going to benefit me and my family,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to sit down with Newcastle and discuss everything, my loyalties are with them, and I\u2019ve got every reason to stay. I\u2019m a Newy junior and I can see we\u2019re on the up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bradman Best reveals he felt a \u201cbit disrespected\u201d by Peter O\u2019Sullivan, leading to his surprise public dig in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":954205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-954204","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\/954204","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=954204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/954205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}