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Message: [QUOTE="kimlo_, post: 2084146, member: 1959"] Australian Test centre Israel Folau will reunite with his family and join Brisbane next year, posing the big question: who will follow him? The dominant empire being built down in Melbourne is showing its first signs of weakness with Folau deciding to leave next year and the Storm on the end of a two-game losing sequence ahead of a clash with the undefeated Broncos at Olympic Park on Friday. Coach Craig Bellamy is also being heavily courted by the Broncos - he is Brisbane's prime pick to replace outgoing boss Wayne Bennett next season but can only do so if he is granted a release from his contract at the Storm or an interim coach is appointed until Bellamy is free to return to his family in 2010. If Bellamy does end up in Brisbane it could spark an avalanche of departures from the Victorian capital with Queenslanders Cameron Smith and Greg Inglis believed to have get-out clauses in their contracts if the current coach leaves. Folau ended the standoff on his future on Sunday with a statement confirming he had opted to join the Broncos, believed to be on a four-year deal. The 18-year-old said he chose to leave Melbourne to return home to family, but given his close affinity with Bellamy it could also be seen as Folau making the first step to maintaining a relationship with his mentor. "It was a very tough decision, the hardest of my life, to leave the Melbourne Storm and sign for the Broncos," Folau said. Source : [url]http://nrl.com/News/Latest/tabid/10244/default.aspx?id=50313[/url] Very interesting i know aeetee said there were going to be 4 big signings hmm...... You said there was 4 Coach was 1: Looking at this could very well be bellamy 2: Folau we have got him now 3: Cameron Smith 4: Greg inglis ........ well if that was to all come together i couldn't see any team but the broncos winning the premiership in 09 WOW, makes me very excited [/QUOTE]

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