Broncos boss Ben Ikin may depart the Red Hill membership inside weeks, leaving the Brisbane membership with out a head of soccer halfway via the 2023 season.
According to The Courier Mail, Ikin will reportedly be interviewed by the Queensland Rugby League on Wednesday to take over the organisation’s chief government function.
Ikin is reportedly the frontrunner for the QRL job after he beforehand dominated himself out of the race.
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“I’m committed to helping ‘Kev’ (coach Walters) get the Broncos firing again,” Ikin stated after Rohan Sawyer left to pursue a brand new profession alternative.
The QRL reportedly had a 70-man shortlist which has been diminished to solely 4, with the remaining candidates interviewing for the function within the coming days.
Ikin is claimed to have had a change of coronary heart that would see him go away his publish on the Broncos unmanned.
Broncos powerbrokers are reportedly conscious of his potential exit after Ikin was appointed head of soccer in June 2021.
Ikin might be introduced because the QRL’s subsequent chief government as quickly as subsequent week and would take over forward of the 2023 Origin sequence.
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“We are looking for a football person,” QRL chairman Bruce Hatcher stated to News Corp.
“Whoever gets the job will have to notify us of their notice period.
“The contingency plan was no rush, no panic. We have Rob Moore as interim CEO and he is a very safe pair of hands. He has done the job before and he is available until the end of August, so the successful candidate would have to give between a month and three months’ notice.
“Our role in the game is from the grassroots to sub-elite, which is the Hostplus Cup, and the contribution those teams make to the NRL is significant.
“We have to do our job in the business of rugby league so there’s no doubt we are after some good football leadership from our new CEO.”
Source: www.foxsports.com.au