{"id":1207,"date":"2020-11-23T04:46:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T05:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2020-11-23T09:03:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T09:03:18","slug":"surprise-broncos-halfback-contender-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=1207","title":{"rendered":"Surprise Broncos halfback contender emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Cronulla and Gold Coast halfback Albert Kelly could be a shock starter in the number seven jumper for the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/brisbane-broncos\" title=\"Broncos\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Broncos<\/a> next season.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly, a highly talented halfback and match-winner on his day, has spent the past six seasons in Super League with Hull KR and Hull FC.<\/p>\n<p>At 29, he still has plenty to offer and has come back a far more mature player than when he left, earning a train and trial contract with the Broncos.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"2d9a3ac0-b18d-40b2-acee-58df9492e567\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/2d9a3ac0-b18d-40b2-acee-58df9492e567\" alt=\"Albert Kelly runs the ball for Hull FC.\" data-width=\"2072\" data-height=\"1165\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/brisbane-broncos-anthony-milford-future-andrew-johns-darren-lockyer\/4ac449a4-cc85-42f0-8d63-d2b31117dd1c\" title=\"Halfback has been a massive problem for the Broncos\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Halfback has been a massive problem for the Broncos<\/a> over the past two seasons, with no one proving capable of leading the team around the park.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/kevin-walters\" title=\"New Broncos coach Kevin Walters\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Broncos coach Kevin Walters<\/a> is renowned for thinking outside the square and will give Kelly every chance to make the spot his own &#8211; despite the fact he hasn&#x27;t played in the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\" title=\"NRL\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NRL<\/a> since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly was troubled by hamstring problems this year at Hull FC but has had a good break and will be brought back to full fitness slowly and patiently by the Broncos.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6195921648001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2020\/09\/317657\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"Walters emotional after securing dream job\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckfp4hgt4002u0go8l74ee3t7\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Former Cronulla and Gold Coast halfback Albert Kelly could be a shock starter in the number seven jumper for the Broncos next season. Kelly, a <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=1207\" title=\"Surprise Broncos halfback contender emerges\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1207"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1209,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions\/1209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}