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PNG Chiefs target Australian rugby’s hottest teenage star

The Sydney Morning Herald·Iain Payten·20 days ago
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Australian rugby is in danger of losing its hottest rising star to the PNG Chiefs, with teenage sensation Treyvon Pritchard a priority target for the NRL’s cashed-up new club. And the expansion franchise won’t be stopping at poaching the hugely talented Reds rookie – the Chiefs are looking to make it a family package by also signing his older brother, rising Brumbies centre Kadin Pritchard. Treyvon Pritchard scores his first Super Rugby try for Queensland. Getty Images This masthead can reveal the Pritchard brothers met with PNG Chiefs officials in Brisbane on Tuesday, where the new league club laid out its pitch for Treyvon, 19, and Kadin, 21, to join the inaugural Chiefs roster in 2028. With much of the NRL player pool off-limits to the PNG club until November 1, when players coming off contract in 2027 are free to negotiate with rival clubs, the Chiefs are looking at rugby targets, where no such restrictions exist.…

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