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Kevin Walters will continue as head coach of the Brisbane Broncos until at least the end of next season as the club announced an extension to his contract.
Walters, who took over at the end of the 2020 season, has been backed to continue the rebuild of the club that came off the back of a historic first wooden spoon under Anthony Siebold.
Broncos CEO Dave Donaghy said that the improvement seen towards the end of last season had merited extended the former Catalans Dragons and Queensland coach.
“Extending Kevin out to the end of 2023 now provides the stability we need to continue the improvement shown in the back-half of the 2021 season,” he said.
“It’s been well documented that we initiated a reset during last season and made a range of changes which resulted in better performances. As head coach, Kevin has played a key role in that change process.
“We have added some experienced players to our roster who they will play an important role alongside our emerging talent as we aim to move into a growth phase.
“Providing continuity over the coming two seasons by extending Kevin to the end of 2023 will give our entire football program the stability they need to keep improving and growing as a team and as a club.”
Walters added that he was raring to go for the new season, which begins at home to South Sydney next Friday night.
“I love this club and coaching the Broncos to being a force again in the NRL is a great honour,” he said.
“We built some momentum late last season and we have carried that into what has been a really good preseason in terms of on-field workload and building our culture and connection as a group.
“I’ve been very public in stating that I want to coach the Broncos to a Premiership and that hasn’t changed and this contract extension provides that bit more certainty moving forward.
“We have a massive Round 1 game against the Rabbitohs at Suncorp Stadium next Friday night and the team can’t wait to rip-in in front of our home crowd.”