Kobe Hetherington

[Kalvin]

Hmm a middle forward hey.... i wonder if that means he'll be playing #9 🤔

 

[Waz13]

This is a solid signing and an upgrade on those that are leaving us.

Funny story, my 15yr old son had him on about coming to Manly when he ran into him on the golf course. Kobe was pretty coy in his response. “You’ll have to wait and see mate….”

Certainly some good news for us.

 

[Wombat64]

The cxnts under the 30? WTF? What happened to plodders only?

 

[Hertera]

They are saying 3 years but end of 29 is that not 4 years?

 

[The '47ers]

Can we please rename the thread to "Kobe Hetherington" and hope not to have 6 more threads with variations on this one? Asking for a friend...

It would be a first on here if that actually happened 😂

 

[Hertera]

Good solid tough player that we need will help usher in some young forwards. Not a champion but way above the plodders we have been buying. Congrats to the recruitment team

 

[mave]

Well done recruitment team and Siebs.

Exactly the type we need , and they went and got him.

 

[Waz13]

Good solid tough player that we need will help usher in some young forwards. Not a champion but way above the plodders we have been buying. Congrats to the recruitment team

I watch all the Broncos games (the other half supports them) and behind Haas, Kobe has been the next most consistent forward this year for them imo.

 

[Brookie1973]

I hope this doesn’t put the klemmer signing in jeopardy.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

@mickqld that Noah Martin from the raiders reserves would be perfect

 

[castle eagle]

That’s 1, I reckon there’s more coming ( zero inside knowledge just a gut feel ) , cannot lose 9 players and not sign anyone

like the rorters, they lose 8 or 9 fringe reserve graders & sign/re-sign 4 or 5 stars

 

[TheEagle]

this'll be the crown jewel - dont get too excited

Do you know someone from the club telling you this?

 

[Hertera]

Did the broncos release him? because on the 23rd July it is in the courier mail that he rejected a two year deal from broncos but extended for 1 more years.

Now normally I would blame the journo (peter badel) but the story quotes his manager

“It’s a great result,” said Hetherington’s manager Chris Haddad.

“Kobe is happy at the Broncos, so we were happy to extend for one year and we’ll see what happens after that.

“The Broncos offered us a two-year deal but we were happy to do another 12 months and Kobe will keep testing and challenging himself.

“He could have left the Broncos. Several Sydney clubs were keen on Kobe, but when we sat down with ‘Madge’ (Maguire), he wanted a chance to work with Kobe and he is enjoying being coached by Madge.

“We’re glad to have his future sorted. Kobe can relax now and focus on playing well for the Broncos in the run to the finals.”

 

[Ben]

Great news! This will add steel defensively. He will tackle all day and a little speed around the ruck.
Good to see us signing a small robust forward. We finally look to be moving with the game.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

I understand Kobe’s younger brother, Osaka, has agreed to a train and trial with the Sea Eagles.

 

[Jimmie]

if hes half as tough and has the same work ethic as his father we will have signed a good young player

 

[The '47ers]

Did the broncos release him? because on the 23rd July it is in the courier mail that he rejected a two year deal from broncos but extended for 1 more years.

Now normally I would blame the journo (peter badel) but the story quotes his manager

“It’s a great result,” said Hetherington’s manager Chris Haddad.

“Kobe is happy at the Broncos, so we were happy to extend for one year and we’ll see what happens after that.

“The Broncos offered us a two-year deal but we were happy to do another 12 months and Kobe will keep testing and challenging himself.

“He could have left the Broncos. Several Sydney clubs were keen on Kobe, but when we sat down with ‘Madge’ (Maguire), he wanted a chance to work with Kobe and he is enjoying being coached by Madge.

“We’re glad to have his future sorted. Kobe can relax now and focus on playing well for the Broncos in the run to the finals.”

As they say "a week is a long time in Rugby League" let alone a few months, and contracts mean nothing when suited.
They've got that Talty to replace him with at a lower cost who goes pretty well.

 

[The '47ers]

I understand Kobe’s younger brother, Osaka, has agreed to a train and trial with the Sea Eagles.

The older twins Hiro and Naga bombed out

 

[Eagles4Life]

Did the broncos release him? because on the 23rd July it is in the courier mail that he rejected a two year deal from broncos but extended for 1 more years.

Now normally I would blame the journo (peter badel) but the story quotes his manager

“It’s a great result,” said Hetherington’s manager Chris Haddad.

“Kobe is happy at the Broncos, so we were happy to extend for one year and we’ll see what happens after that.

“The Broncos offered us a two-year deal but we were happy to do another 12 months and Kobe will keep testing and challenging himself.

“He could have left the Broncos. Several Sydney clubs were keen on Kobe, but when we sat down with ‘Madge’ (Maguire), he wanted a chance to work with Kobe and he is enjoying being coached by Madge.

“We’re glad to have his future sorted. Kobe can relax now and focus on playing well for the Broncos in the run to the finals.”

I don't think it was ever formalised. I think it was also dependent on "promises" from the Bears for 2027.

 

[eaglebuzz]

I guess he is the Aloiai replacement. Remains to be seen who else we get in to replace Tevaga.