{"id":498567,"date":"2026-03-27T16:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/498567\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T16:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:32:14","slug":"willie-peters-agent-lifts-lid-on-png-chiefs-job-and-hull-kr-bosss-thought-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/498567\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Peters&#8217; agent lifts lid on PNG Chiefs job and Hull KR boss&#8217;s thought process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AM2_0284.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hull KR\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Hull KR boss Willie Peters had his heart set on joining Papua New Guinea Chiefs, his agent Braith Anasta has revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Peters is expected to leave the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league\/hull-kr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robins<\/a> at the end of the Super League season to take charge of the NRL\u2019s newest club who will enter the competition for the first time in 2028. It\u2019s a role that was highly sought after, with a number of head coaches interviewing for the position.<\/p>\n<p>However, Peters is said to have been the most impressive candidate and according to reports, that deal is now all but done, with the KR boss set to sign a four-year deal to take charge and become the franchise\u2019s first head coach.<\/p>\n<p>And, while Peters is yet to comment on the switch, his agent has been speaking down under about why the Rovers boss felt he was the perfect man to take charge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me that PNG was always his No.1 priority,\u201d Anasta said, per the Daily Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe loved the idea about starting a new franchise and he understands how passionate the people of PNG are about rugby league.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had success building a team at Hull KR and sees a resemblance of that in the PNG team. He was experience in that area and it is perfect for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a man\u2019s man, players love him. The Chiefs are going to be in their own community and spend a lot of time with each other, which is similar to Hull KR. He wanted that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t entertain interest from other clubs as much as I usually would. I didn\u2019t want to stuff any clubs around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wanted the job, and he thinks it suits him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luke Robinson sacked, Hull KR struggling and why it could actually be Warrington Wolves\u2019 year? \u2013 <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ry6l3OSIG0M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">click here to watch the latest episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768085712_213_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hull KR boss Willie Peters had his heart set on joining Papua New Guinea Chiefs, his agent Braith&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-498567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}