BREAKING: Brisbane Broncos New Appointee” Ben Te’o has finally send words to the fans about what to be expecting from him as the assistant head” ahead of his official arrival base on his newest interview…
In 2025, Ben Te’o, a former forward for Brisbane, will rejoin the team as an assistant coach as part of a coaching staff overhaul. The 37-year-old South Sydney premiership winner from 2014 will join head coach Kevin Walters at Redcliffe Dolphins for a two-year contract after coaching the Queensland Cup team and serving as an NRL assistant for the previous two seasons. Next season, the Broncos will say goodbye to at least two assistant coaches as Lee Briers will be joining St Helens and John Cartwright will be taking a head coaching position at Hull FC.
After heeding the guidance of legendary coaches like Wayne Bennett regarding his conduct during his trip, Te’o is now considered a coach on the rise. The former Queensland Maroons player’s plans to serve as a consultant forwards coach for the Broncos during the preseason in 2022 were altered after he met with Bennett on the Gold Coast. “I was going to do that Broncos role, but I’d asked a lot of people like Michael Maguire and (former Wallabies coach) Michael Cheika for advice about coaching and I kept hearing ‘do it the right way’,” Te’o stated at the time.
Then I met Wayne and he gave me the same advice. He kept saying ‘get your own team and learn your lessons’.
“He said the easy path is to be one of these consultants, which a lot of ex-players do, but the key is to get your own team and manage the drills, the training, the selection and the personalities.
“When I think about league and union there is one coaching name that is head and shoulders above the rest and that is him, so I would be mad to not get exposed to his wisdom.”
Te’o has done exactly that and will link again with Walters, whom he played under in his final season in 2021. Both men have gleaned plenty from Bennett but have also forged their own path in coaching.
Te’o, who also played 16 rugby union Tests for England as well as seven Origin matches for Queensland, will have the opportunity to mentor the Broncos forwards after watching Bennett build the Dolphins from the ground up and Walters rejuvenate Brisbane.
He has learned plenty about managing a group and getting everyone on the same page, which he has also done with his own teams.
A biceps injury for the Broncos in the last of his 173 NRL games was followed by Te’o dipping his toe in the post-footballing waters.
“Then I asked Kevvie Walters if I could do some one-on-one stuff with the young guys and got going with them doing some video, and I just loved it. That is when I realised I had more to offer,” he said.
