{"id":527407,"date":"2026-07-15T14:15:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/527407\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T14:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:15:18","slug":"broncos-offer-3-million-extension-to-promising-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/527407\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos offer $3 million extension to promising star"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brisbane Broncos<\/a> are set to extend their front rower Xavier Willison<\/a> on a bigger deal than was initially reported.<\/p>\n

The Mole had reported before the Origin decider that Willison was offered a three-year deal until the end of 2030, worth 950k per season.<\/p>\n

New details have since surfaced, with The Courier Mail reporting that Willison is set to sign a $3 million extension three-year deal, worth more than $900k per season<\/p>\n

Brisbane was surprised when they heard Willison might not sign an extension, as speculation grew that he had concerns about the Broncos’ vision under coach Michael Maguire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Willison was set to be available from November 1 for teams to offer him a deal.<\/p>\n

Brisbane Broncos<\/a> CEO Dave Donaghy revealed the club envisions a future with the Kiwi representative.<\/p>\n

“We’d love Xavier to stay, and we’ll work through that in the background,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Xavier knows the future we see for him at the Broncos.<\/p>\n

“The great thing about Xavier is that he loves the footy club. He’s always wanted to play in the Broncos jersey, and he’s living out that dream.<\/p>\n

“He’s really growing and developing as a footballer and as a leader. I’m really excited about his future and our future with him.”<\/p>\n

It has not been an easy journey for the 23-year-old to become a mainstay in the NRL<\/a> side.<\/p>\n

With multiple injury-riddled seasons and two knee reconstructions, he managed to play 21 games in 2025 and played a role in his side holding up the premiership trophy last year.<\/p>\n

In 2026, Willison has shown his versatility whilst Payne Haas<\/a> and Patrick Carrigan<\/a> have sustained injuries this season.<\/p>\n

He has played every position in the forward pack except dummy half.<\/p>\n

The extension is set to run through to the end of 2030 and would become the second-highest paid player at the club behind fullback Reece Walsh<\/a>, who is reportedly being paid around $1.25 million per season.<\/p>\n

Broncos with the Willison extension become the first player for the club signed into the new decade.<\/p>\n

If the Broncos want to play finals, they need to win every game for the rest of the season, starting with the Penrith Panthers<\/a> on Thursday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brisbane Broncos are set to extend their front rower Xavier Willison on a bigger deal than was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-527407","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\/527407","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=527407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}