Knights coach blindsided as club meets with rival

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The Newcastle Knights person reportedly made a daze determination to interrogation sacked Gold Coast Titans manager Justin Holbrook arsenic unit mounts connected Adam O'Brien contempt a tally of coagulated form.

After dismantling Canberra connected Saturday with a 28-6 win, the Knights person won 4 successful a enactment with victories implicit the Storm, Tigers, Bulldogs and Raiders.

9news newsman Michael Chammas explained the gathering with Holbrook came astir the aforesaid clip O'Brien's absorption requested an extension.

"There's a large communicative processing retired astatine Newcastle astir the coach, we cognize his caput was connected the chopping artifact six weeks ago, but the Knights person present won 4 successful a enactment and are present connected the borderline of the eight," helium said connected Nine's Sunday day NRL coverage.

Newcastle Knights manager Adam O'Brien. (Getty)

"I've been told Adam O'Brien's been made alert of a gathering betwixt Knights officials and Justin Holbrook ... There's speech astir whether oregon not helium volition spot retired the 2024 play of his contract, his absorption person gone to the nine this week seeking an other twelvemonth oregon seeking hold beyond 2024.

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"The nine astatine the moment, they privation to parkland discussions astir Adam O'Brien and spot however the twelvemonth plays out, but nary uncertainty a batch of speech astir his future."

Knights fable Andrew Johns said O'Brien should beryllium extended.

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"He deserves different year, for a just chunk of the twelvemonth to commencement with Kalyn Ponga was out, since Kalyn's travel backmost and playing fullback it's a antithetic squad ... He's the antheral to fto the nine determination forward," helium said.

"I deliberation helium should beryllium coach, I deliberation they should widen him, springiness him different twelvemonth and get it done the adjacent mates of weeks."

O'Brien's accomplishment astatine the Knights came successful akin circumstances erstwhile erstwhile manager Nathan Brown learned of a gathering betwixt him and erstwhile recruitment manager Troy Pezet.

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