With Sam Walker looking more and more likely to re-sign with the Roosters, the Broncos are set to move their sights to a different playmaker – Sharks’ man of the moment Braydon Trindall.
Trindall, who produced the game of his life in last weekend’s defeat of the Cowboys, comes off contract at the end of 2025 – the same time Broncos general Adam Reynolds is set to retire.
The Broncos’ number one target has been local boy Walker, but they know the Roosters lose very few players they want to keep and the promising halfback has been made a priority to stay at Bondi Junction.
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Trindall has a connection with the Broncos – he became best mates with Brisbane centre Kotoni Staggs during the Indigenous All Stars game at the start of the year.
That game, co-incidentally, propelled the 25-year-old Trindall to his breakout season – he set up two tries and led the Indigenous side to a win over the Maoris.
The Sharks will push hard to keep the in-form playmaker – who has stated he is likely to go to the open market on November 1 – in a worrying sign for the club.
FLANNO FURIOUS AT BOSS’ AXING
Times are a bit testy at the Dragons, with coach Shane Flanagan far from happy with the club’s decision to part ways with chief executive Ryan Webb last week.
Webb was a big supporter of Flanagan and helped him get the head coach job this year in the face of opposition from some board members due to Flanagan’s history at the Sharks.
The coach was keen to repay that loyalty and has told anyone who wants to listen that he is fuming with the Dragons’ move to cut ties with Webb.
TIGERS BOARD EMBARRASSED OVER LEGEND’S COMMENTS
There were some red faces at a Tigers lunch last week when the microphone was handed to club legend Chris Lawrence to talk about his career.
Lawrence spent much of his time lavishing praise on Tim Sheens, the man who handed him his debut while still a schoolboy just days before a famous win over the Broncos in Brisbane in which the teenager scored a try.
The former Test centre couldn’t speak highly enough of Sheens, who won the Tigers the unwinnable premiership in 2005.
Sitting in the crowd, not knowing which way to look, were several red-faced board members – the men who sacked Sheens and blamed him for the debacle the club has become.
FAMILY AFFAIR AT THE KNIGHTS
The Knights have a wonderful young family coming through the ranks – and they’ve just had a week of which dreams are made.
Evah McEwen, a classy 18-year-old back-rower who played for the NSW State of Origin under 19 women’s team earlier in the season, made her NRLW debut for the club last weekend.
Big brother Jermaine, 19, who also played for the Blues in the back row at under 19 level this season, just signed a three-year deal with the club that will see him move up to the NRL in the next couple of seasons.
And a third sibling, Matty, played for NSW CHS this year. A 17-year-old hooker, he is in the Knights pathways system.
Parents, Matt and Deb McEwen have lived and breathed footy all their lives and now get the joy of watching their three kids shine every weekend throughout the footy season.