Patrick Carrigan Signing Rumours: Expansion Clubs Monitoring Brisbane Broncos Forward

Patrick Carrigan | Brisbane Broncos → Unspecified expansion club/s

Early mail, treat it gently — but the name worth watching here is Carrigan.

Zero Tackle reports that Brisbane have made moves to lock the forward in long-term, which in itself tells you something: if there wasn’t genuine heat from elsewhere, you don’t rush to the table. The same report flags expansion teams as the interested parties, which tracks neatly with the logic — new clubs need marquee forward stocks, and Carrigan is exactly the kind of player that shifts a roster’s credibility overnight.

No destination named, no contract figures on the table publicly, and the probability here sits firmly in single digits. This is not a done deal — it’s not even close to one.

Why it stacks up (barely): Expansion clubs have cap flexibility and roster gaps that make a play for an elite Broncos forward entirely rational. Brisbane holding him is the more likely outcome, but the interest being reported isn’t surprising.

Why it probably doesn’t happen: Brisbane won’t let Carrigan walk without a fight, and if the club has already moved to extend him — as Zero Tackle suggests — the window for a rival to get a run at him is narrowing.

Denny’s lean: Broncos keep him. Stranger things have happened than a big-name forward chasing an expansion payday, but the early mail points to retention, not departure.