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Message: [QUOTE="Foordy, post: 3285068, member: 1769"] [HEADING=2]Broncos bring in Ikin to help turn last-placed club's fortunes around[/HEADING] [URL='https://www.nrl.com/news/author/dan-walsh/']Dan Walsh[/URL] NRL.com Reporter Mon 21 Jun 2021, 04:38 PM Former premiership-winning five-eighth Ben Ikin has been appointed Broncos' head of football as part of the sweeping changes at the club in the wake of their second successive struggling season. He will replace recruitment chief Peter Nolan, who was told by Brisbane last week his services would no longer be required. Ikin played alongside current coach Kevin Walters in the halves when Brisbane won the 2000 grand final. Ikin, who played two Tests for the Kangaroos and 17 Origins for Queensland, suited up 55 times for Brisbane during his 150-game NRL career from 1995-2004 which also included stints at the Gold Coast and North Sydney before knee injuries brought his playing days to a premature end. He has been a host on Fox Sports NRL 360 for a decade and will leave that role to focus on the Broncos' job. The Broncos are yet to officially announce his appointment but are expected to do so later on Monday. Walters signalled after last Thursday's 46-0 trouncing at the hands of South Sydney that the club needed to make significant changes on and off the field to avoid a second straight wooden spoon. High-profile forwards Tevita Pangai jnr and Matt Lodge have been told they are free to leave despite being under contract beyond this season. Walters was defending his coaching style in the wake of [URL='https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/broncos/nrl-2021-brisbane-broncos-coach-kevin-walters-under-fire-for-confusing-coaching-methods/news-story/f80053c57ab02ce275a2ab2ba8d37953']a NewsCorp report[/URL] which suggested players were upset with his methods, particularly his communication to them. "It's a tough gig coaching in the NRL, particularly here at the Broncos. There's no revolt,” he said. "Communication is one of my great assets as a person and as a rugby league coach. It's one of the key assets. It's a group of people - the players, performance staff, Dave [Donaghy] ... we need the whole club involved. From the 2015 grand final moving forward this club has been on the slide." [I]More to come[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/06/21/broncos-bring-in-ikin-to-help-turn-last-placed-clubs-fortunes-around/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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