2026 Knights Coaching and Football Staff

[Junior]

Yeah I'm assuming if he is wanting to travel with the family around Europe that his intentions will be to do it May-August next year... Its starting to become an awfully cold and dark few months ahead for us on this side of the world

 

[Macca89]

Yeah i can understand the need to travel now.

Once kids get in school, school owns them until the graduate.

I’ve taken mine out of school to go travelling a few times. They don’t mind as long as they’re reading books

 

[Kurriboy]

I’ve taken mine out of school to go travelling a few times. They don’t mind as long as they’re reading books

Likely depends on the school, schools can say no to the request. I've seen it.

His kids are probably private schooled so not sure how they are with travel. Probably fine with it.

 

[HarVeeGee13]

So we may be looking at, so far:

Head coach: Justin Holbrook
Assistant coach (attack): Steven Hales
Assistant coach (defence): Brett White
Specialist coach (kicking & catching): Nick Davis
Consultant coach (halves/attack): Luke Keary
Head of recruitment: Peter O'Sullivan
Head of high performance: Unknown

I rate it. Man there is sincerely some chance of the Storm winning the comp purely on the back of Xavier Coates kick contest tries so the ex-AFL guy as a full time staff member is starting to feel essential if we're going to catch up.

So a few years back it looked like the Knights were becoming a bit of a cucking house for Isaac Moses. Done a bit of digging (hard to find this out with assistant coaches), but I can't really see a "player agents are telling us who to sign/appoint" pattern for next year.

Orr Bros/PSM: Holbrook
Mario Tartak: Steven Hales
Paul Sutton/SFX Sports: Luke Keary

Brett White, as far as I can tell, represents himself.

No idea about Nick Davis.

Sandon and Dylan Brown share an agent with Holbrook, Kepaoa and Saulo have the same agent as each other, but as far as I can tell there isn't a clear pattern where it looks like one agent is funneling a lot of guys to us and telling us who to sign. Trey Mooney is an Ayoub client. Etc.

 

[frankLauda]

So it’s true the Roosters don’t have any of Moses clients? Any other clubs that avoid using his cleints?

 

[jamesgould]

So it’s true the Roosters don’t have any of Moses clients? Any other clubs that avoid using his cleints?

Warriors very deliberately got rid of all his clients.

 

[mudmarn]

So a few years back it looked like the Knights were becoming a bit of a cucking house for Isaac Moses. Done a bit of digging (hard to find this out with assistant coaches), but I can't really see a "player agents are telling us who to sign/appoint" pattern for next year.

Orr Bros/PSM: Holbrook
Mario Tartak: Steven Hales
Paul Sutton/SFX Sports: Luke Keary

Brett White, as far as I can tell, represents himself.

No idea about Nick Davis.

Sandon and Dylan Brown share an agent with Holbrook, Kepaoa and Saulo have the same agent as each other, but as far as I can tell there isn't a clear pattern where it looks like one agent is funneling a lot of guys to us and telling us who to sign. Trey Mooney is an Ayoub client. Etc.

Yes. Its a lot better now. The whole Issac Moses thing was really getting under my skin.
Parr/Pos were getting rid of the players last year the put the broom thru coachs this year.
The club is in a much better position now not having that grub lurking in the background.

 

[HarVeeGee13]

Wouldn't want to underplay how good the Orr Bros and Ayoub are at squeezing every last cent out of the clubs their clients go to, very very experienced operators, very powerful agents. But yeah... that's their job. The best interests of their clients. You know how they're going to try to **** you. Dealing with agents is part of the business & every club has preferred agents to deal with.

But yeah definitely feels like there's a real difference between other agents and Isaac Moses who always seems to be on some weird power trip, and Braith seems committed to identifying himself as one of the biggest scumbags in that game with his "all conflict of interests, all the time" approach. It feels to me like with those guys it's all about them. Honestly seems like they chase the feeling of pulling a fast one.

 

[mudmarn]

I was surprised that Moses couldnt sell off Lodge to us when we had 5 or 6 props a few years ago.
I dont understand how when he gets these bans that his company is still allowed to operate?....He must think its the biggest joke.

 

[mullenmagic]

Few nuggets in the article about Green joining the Cowboys.

- Says the Knights sounded out Roosters NRLW coach John Strange for a role at the club (unclear if that's an ongoing discussion or already put to bed).
- Mentions Brett White & Steve Hales likely joining as we already know.
- Says former Swans player Nick Davis is "among those linked" with the kicking & catching specialist role but there are other candidates, too (Toohey's wording on this was pretty certain so I'd say he has the job already).
- Most interestingly says the Knights are still among the teams keeping an eye on the Jonah Pezet situation.

 

[Battler]

1. Ponga / Sharpe
6. Brown
7. Pezet
9. Smith

Certainly more interesting than the Miller, Ponga, Hastings, Brailey spine that we ran out round one 2023.

 

[HarVeeGee13]

Baz has pretty consistently insisted that the Pezet door is now closed permanently and yeah also he’s pretty certain Nick Davis is getting that kicking coach job. Guess we’ll see.

 

[mullenmagic]

To be fair Barry was also saying Knights wouldn’t be interested in Sandon Smith until it turned out they were.

 

[Battler]

POS has shown that prior rejection won't deter him. I wonder if the roster changes and (probably more importantly) coaching changes could change Pezet's mind. I don't really care, just positing.

 

[Billy]

A loan deal for Pezet for 1 year would be too cruel to imagine.
I'd burn the grandstand down if we got a great year from Pezet and had to send him back to Melbourne and start again.
If we could sign him to a real deal, he is the young playmaker we need.

 

[Newygirl]

To be fair Barry was also saying Knights wouldn’t be interested in Sandon Smith until it turned out they were.

And that the Knights were pretty confident of getting a deal done with Jesse Southwell

 

[HarVeeGee13]

The Knights landing Sandon, to likely to play halfback, but still “monitoring” Jonah, would be like when your ****head mate who’s a huge loser just got himself a very cute, nice girlfriend who’s out of his league but for some reason really likes him… but he’s still on the dating apps on the sly because he doesn’t think the chick he’s with is hot enough for him.

 

[Battler]

And that the Knights were pretty confident of getting a deal done with Jesse Southwell

If she does leave, as has been widely suggested, I don't know that I'll have much interest in the women's game anymore, which is sad.

 

[Newygirl]

POS has shown that prior rejection won't deter him. I wonder if the roster changes and (probably more importantly) coaching changes could change Pezet's mind. I don't really care, just positing.

Yeah but POS chased Brown as different clubs. The Pezet rejection seems like a pretty clear rejection of the Knights.

Knights would be crazy not to try but Anasta seems to have made his thoughts on the Knights pretty clear. Unless Holbrook significantly changes things

 

[Newygirl]

If she does leave, as has been widely suggested, I don't know that I'll have much interest in the women's game anymore, which is sad.

You and everyone else I think. Hard to care when seasons will be foregone conclusions for at least a couple more years. Not the best way to grow a sport