{"id":440190,"date":"2026-05-22T15:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/440190\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:23:10","slug":"two-contracts-in-12-minutes-broncos-lock-up-another-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/440190\/","title":{"rendered":"Two contracts in 12 minutes: Broncos lock up another forward"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brisbane Broncos<\/a> have added to a busy Friday, confirming the re-signing of Preston Riki<\/a> just 12 minutes after doing the same for Va’a Semu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The pair of forwards will now be part of the Broncos moving forward, with Semu re-signed until the end of 2028 and Riki penning a two-year deal that also keeps him at Red Hill until at least the end of 2028.<\/p>\n

The Semu re-signing was officially announced by the club at 3:20pm (AEST), with Riki’s announcement following just 12 mintues later at 3:32pm (AEST).<\/p>\n

Riki had been able to negotiate with rival clubs since November 1, but opted against moving away from the Broncos where he has had his most successful first-grade season to date, featuring in three matches, including starting in Round 10 and 11 as the Broncos grappled an injury crisis.<\/p>\n

Born in New Zealand<\/a>, the now 28-year-old only took up rugby league in his final year of high school before working his way through the systems at the Penrith Panthers<\/a> and making the switch to be part of coach Michael Maguire’s side this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve loved every minute of being here,\u201d Riki said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m grateful to the playing group and to “Madge” for putting trust in me and giving me the confidence to become the best player I can be.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m thankful he gave me an opportunity to come to the Broncos and spend the next two years here.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope I can repay the club for what they’ve given me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Broncos have a bye this weekend and Riki could well be bumped out of first-grade by returning forwards on the other side of it, but he will be around the fringes of the first-grade squad moving forward, with head of recruitment Simon Scanlan saying Riki has impressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cPreston has had a long journey to get to where he is today, and he’s earned his opportunity through his commitment and willingness to keep improving,\u201d Scanlan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is highly motivated, works incredibly hard and has consistently shown the type of attitude and professionalism we value at the club.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brisbane Broncos have added to a busy Friday, confirming the re-signing of Preston Riki just 12 minutes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-440190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}