The Warriors are the feelgood story who gave a once-in-a-generation talent his top grade debut. But they knew they couldn’t stand in Reece Walsh’s way when it came to the Broncos.
Of all the mind-numbing Zoom calls which littered the NRL world during the early pandemic days, one sticks out most: a hastily arranged Sunday conference when the boss of a struggling club made his star teenager squirm, only hours after he had rolled out of the Gold Coast nightclubs.
Before the next time they properly sat down as a trio, George headed to a meeting at a Brisbane cafe dreading what was about to happen, maybe as much as Walsh’s confession in late 2021.What was coming would be a once-in-a-generation talent telling George he didn’t want to play for the Warriors any longer, asking to be released from his contract so he could stay in Brisbane with his daughter Leila.
Within a couple of days, the Warriors had identified former Canberra star Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad as wishing to return to New Zealand to be closer to his own kids. It was a perfect fit. “We could have made him come back to New Zealand, but he couldn’t have been a father to his daughter,” George says. “We’re a family club and we understand it.
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