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Message: [QUOTE="Nightwatchman, post: 2795420, member: 9057"] Interesting article. On the discussion of Kane Elegey and Ash Taylor the media have really only been speculating this. There has been no sources from the Broncos that they are actively looking to recruit either player and nor should there be as their both contracted for another two years. Broncos best option is too make good with what they have or look at other options. To actively wait two years is crazy and I doubt its in the Broncos plans. [I]“ The Broncos and Titans have both made use of geographical proximity in recruiting from each other in recent years, but Gold Coast CEO Graham Annesley said neither Taylor nor Elgey would be an option for the Broncos in 2018. Ben Hunt is none of our business — that’s a Broncos issue, but both of our halves are contracted to the end of 2018,’’ Annesley said. “They are both very happy at the Titans. “Ash Taylor had his contract extended (in September) to the end of 2018. Kane Elgey was extended around this time last year until the end of 2018 as well.’’ Under NRL rules, players can only be approached when they start the final year of their contracts, from November 1 of the previous year. Taylor joined Gold Coast after one first-grade appearance for Brisbane in 2015 and was named the 2016 NRL rookie of the year for his 22-match tour of duty for the Titans. Contacted by The Courier-Mail yesterday, Bennett declined to comment on the status of Hunt, who is reported to have been offered an eye-watering $6 million over five years. Once a player on his last year with a club signs a contract with another outfit, his existing club has a 10-day period in which to make a counter offer and prevent his departure. Hunt has been able to capitalise on being an outstanding off-contract playmaker at a time when a desperate St George Illawarra are cashed up due to the NRL’s guarantee of club grants amounting to 130 per cent of the salary cap from 2018. On 2016 form, the Broncos would be expected by most observers to prioritise the retention of Milford for 2018 ahead of Hunt. This is despite the club’s sentimental ties to Hunt, who joined the club from Central Queensland out of high school and became an international. Chief among Bennett’s internal options for a halfback in 2108 would be Kodi Nikorima, who has been mostly used as a dummy-half in first grade but does have experience of playing Test football for New Zealand at halfback. Among Queensland’s junior representative teams, the Queensland under-18 five-eighth last year was Gerome Burns, a Broncos contracted player placed at Norths Devils. Rooster Lachlan Lam was his halfback in that team, with Cowboy Cooper Bambling the state under-20s halfback." [URL]http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/titans/titans-arent-concerned-about-broncos-poaching-ashley-taylor-kane-elgey/news-story/8255a9af16096621dd9fff4eb6de5f3e[/URL] [/I] [/QUOTE]

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