Huge news dropped overnight as the Brisbane Broncos announced the removal of Kevin Walters as head coach.
An end-of-season review ruled that missing the Finals just wasn't good enough and the Broncos legend paid with his job.
Less than 12 months after Walters and his Broncos fell a Nathan Cleary 20-minute masterclass short of a title, they have parted ways.
I feel Brisbane wouldn't have made this decision unless they had at least a name or two in mind to replace the now-departed Walters.
Below are five names I believe will be in those discussions and therefore likely replacements as Brisbane Broncos head coach:
I'm going to say this straight up; I believe Demetriou was extremely harshly dealt with by the Bunnies.
He was made a scapegoat and thrown to the wolves with the plan to ultimately bring back Wayne Bennett.
Demetriou took over the most difficult role in rugby league, following Wayne Bennett.
He excelled, yet under the most ridiculous injury cloud I've seen, Souths fell away at the start of 2024.
Rather than give him any leeway, the Bunnies sacked Demetriou and moved quickly to bring Bennett back to the club.
He showed enough during his time at the Bunnies to suggest there is a brilliant NRL coach there.
Whether or not that comes at the Broncos, I'm not sure, but I would be willing to bet his name will come up. For good reason!
We've seen a list of coaches heading from Souths to the Broncos. Demetriou could very well be the latest.
