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Message: [QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3222157, member: 9853"] [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)][I]Tigers' backup playmaker, [B]Billy Walters[/B] has been hoping his old man Kevin will bring him back to Brisbane this year. Despite being owned by the Wests Tigers for the rest of 2021 and still recovering from a serious knee injury, unsubstantiated rumours insist it still might happen after round one. And[/I][B][I] Billy[/I][/B][I] certainly isn't talking them down:[/I] “There is definitely an option to go back to Brisbane. And I would love to go. While I didn’t go looking for a release - and I am happy here at Wests Tigers - an opportunity has come up that I’ve spoken with the club about. And they have seen it from my point of view. But they’ve also said that (right now) they want me here. So I just want to make sure everyone is happy and that the Tigers get whatever they need. If there is an opportunity to go, I don’t want to leave on bad terms. But if they want me to stay, I’ll stay.” [ATTACH type="full" alt="HScreenshot_2021-03-03 Queensland's first family The Walters clan.jpg's first family The Walters clan.jpg"]11631[/ATTACH] [I]Rugby league royalty: Virl, Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Donnie and Jimmy Walters [B]Billy [/B]shrugs off potential conflict:[/I] “I could be Johnathan Thurston and some people would still say he’s only picking me because I’m his son. Because there will always be outside noise. I just don’t listen to it. When the talk first started about dad coaching in the NRL, I had wanted to establish myself a little more (as a first grader) and then play under him. But that hasn’t been the case, because of injuries and so on. But still, this is an opportunity I’ve spoken about. Brisbane is one of my juniors club - a club I loved to watch growing up - and now dad is there coaching too, it’s something even more special.” “I think it would be good because we’re both fairly casual people. We aren’t too serious. Can have a laugh. So there wouldn’t be too much pressure. Dad was obviously in the halves too as a player, so I think the opportunity would be there to learn even more off him being there full-time.” “He coached my older brother but never me. As a parent, dad would always give tips here and there when we wanted them - and obviously I asked a lot - but he never forced football onto us. First and foremost, he was dad. I’ve got younger brothers who don’t take footy as seriously as I did and he is supportive of that too. He’s always been really good.” “I’ve been away from Brisbane three-and-a-half years now. My family is all up there, my partner’s family is there, so (the opportunity) is definitely something that excites me. But what excites me more is playing NRL ... and if that opportunity were here at the Tigers, then I think I would stay and take it.” McHunt[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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