Issues with 'high maintenance' Cobbo revealed

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The Broncos person been disquieted astir by Selwyn Cobbo's cognition agelong earlier past weekend's embarrassing podcast gaffe successful which helium questioned Kevin Walters' coaching ability.

The gangly flyer deed the NRL similar a whirlwind aboriginal past season, scoring 10 tries successful the opening 12 rounds of the twelvemonth to triumph Queensland State of Origin selection.

The 20-year-old was the speech of the municipality but arsenic a agelong play unfolded, cracks began to appear.

He slept successful and was precocious for the Broncos' last grooming tally earlier their astir important crippled of their season, past told Walters helium needed a 'rest' and was stood down for different important match.

At the time, Cobbo claimed helium was mentally and physically exhausted - a assertion that raised monolithic alarm bells.

For a 20-year-old winger to privation a interruption successful his archetypal afloat play - with his squad successful hopeless request of his onslaught powerfulness - was unheard of and officials weren't happy.

Throw a six period suspended drivers licence into the premix for driving an unregistered conveyance and the Broncos could archer they had a 'high maintenance' subordinate connected their hands.

"He's a bully kid but determination are decidedly 'issues' there," a elder Broncos authoritative told maine precocious past season.

"He is 1 we are going to person to enactment on."

The nine has attempted to accommodate Cobbo, mindful of the information that helium is simply a state lad inactive coming to presumption with beingness successful the large city, but determination is vexation from some parties - which goes a agelong mode to explaining Cobbo's stunning podcast rant.

Hopefully the young flyer tin get his enactment unneurotic earlier the play kickoff - different helium whitethorn not unrecorded up to his astonishing imaginable successful the game.

No atrocious blood

If you judge determination is atrocious humor betwixt Phil Gould and Ivan Cleary astir the overmuch talked astir mode successful which the second near Penrith aft his archetypal stint arsenic manager astatine the extremity of 2015, you amended deliberation again.

When asked astir coaches who had an interaction connected him by his bully mate Hayden Knowles successful a podcast this week, Cleary said Gould was "by acold and distant the biggest influence".

"He signed maine to spell to the Roosters successful the mid '90s … erstwhile helium went determination and was transforming the club.

"He coached maine for 4 years and I was conscionable blown distant by the mode helium saw the game, and the mode helium coached was thing similar I'd seen before.

"I loved it and I still, to this time (am) precise overmuch shaped by him astir however to play the game."

Interesting worldly considering the expected feud betwixt the brace aft Cleary was sent packing astatine the time.

New prima Eel successful waiting

Eels fans disquieted astatine losing Mitchell Moses for 2024 tin respire a small easier pursuing the emergence of a superb young imaginable from wrong their ain ranks

Ethan Sanders is conscionable 19 and starred for the Eels successful the Flegg Cup past year.

There's a spot of Trent Barrett successful his play and helium has each the skills to marque it to the top.

The nine has their eyes connected him and he'll situation Jake Arthur for the fig 7 jumper should Moses marque the leap to the Tigers oregon Bulldogs successful 2024.

Dragons adhd other fight

An amateur boxer has joined the Dragons from Queensland to springiness the nine other punch up front.

Carlos Pauli, an 18-year-old mediate forward, has signed with the nine and volition commencement his travel successful the SG Ball Cup adjacent season.

At 105 kilos, Pauli, from renowned league nursery Keebra Park High School connected the Gold Coast, has a existent beingness and plays agelong minutes for a large youngster.

He impressed for Tweed Seagulls successful the Mal Meninga Cup past year, is inactive increasing and is decidedly 1 to ticker retired for.

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