{"id":392143,"date":"2024-05-09T04:23:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T04:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=392143"},"modified":"2024-05-09T05:04:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T05:04:46","slug":"individual-sport-kevvies-pointed-response-to-pangai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=392143","title":{"rendered":"'Individual sport': Kevvie's pointed response to Pangai"},"content":{"rendered":"

B\ufeffrisbane<\/a> coach Kevin Walters<\/a> hasn't ruled out the possibility of handing Tevita Pangai Jr<\/a> an NRL<\/a> lifeline later this season.<\/p>\n

Pangai sensationally quit rugby league last year to take up boxing full-time, having struggled for form and motivation at the Bulldogs<\/a> and following a lacklustre State of Origin<\/a> debut.<\/p>\n

\ufeffBut he reappeared this season at Broncos training sessions, before making a quiet return to football with Souths Logan in the Queensland Cup.<\/p>\n

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On Wednesday the 28-year-old revealed on radio he was interested in pursuing an opportunity with Melbourne<\/a> if it came up.<\/p>\n

The following day, Walters was quizzed as to why Brisbane has not offered Pangai a deal.<\/p>\n

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"I don't want to talk about Tevita too much, but we obviously know where he is," Walters said.<\/p>\n

"He's obviously still got his boxing career happening at the moment, and also our salary cap… we can't afford him right now. We have to wait for a few more weeks.<\/p>\n

"We'll wait and see, we are always open here for players coming in that can add value to our group.<\/p>\n

"If we believe at the right time that Tevita can do that, we will certainly look at it.\ufeff"<\/p>\n

NRL clubs are able to call on lower-grade players in the second half of the season\ufeff if the need arises.<\/p>\n

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With the Broncos missing several stars already through injury, and with the Origin period to take more players away, Brisbane may need to plug some holes.<\/p>\n

It would also mean the club's salary cap wouldn't be bent out of shape by bringing Pangai back into the fold.<\/p>\n

Pangai began his NRL career at the Broncos and played 96 games before being shown the door.<\/p>\n

\"Pangai<\/p>\n

While he spent a brief period in retirement and has dabbled in boxing, Walters believes the aggressive forward still has plenty to offer in rugby league.<\/p>\n

"We are all aware of his talents, and maybe the boxing career has been good for him," Walters said.<\/p>\n

"It's certainly an individual sport and it makes you realise you're out there by yourself in the ring… whereas rugby league is more a team environment.<\/p>\n

"You've got to do things sometimes that you don't want to do to help your teammate out.<\/p>\n

"Maybe it's opened up some light there for him, but he's certainly got great ability as a footballer.<\/p>\n

"While he's still ready and available, he wants to play in the NRL, so I'm sure there would be plenty of clubs chasing him.\ufeff"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

B\ufeffrisbane coach Kevin Walters hasn't ruled out the possibility of handing Tevita Pangai Jr an NRL lifeline later this season. Pangai sensationally quit rugby league […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":392145,"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\/392143"}],"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=392143"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":392148,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392143\/revisions\/392148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/392145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=392143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=392143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=392143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}