Salford Red Devils have confirmed the signing of Brodie Croft on a two-year deal, with the Brisbane Broncos halfback joining at the end of the 2021 season.
The Australian made his NRL debut for Melbourne Storm back in 2016 and went on to win the World Club Challenge in 2018 as well as being part of the Storm side which progressed to the Grand Final in the same season.
Croft joined Brisbane at the start of the 2020 NRL season and has gone on to make 26 appearances, scoring twice.
On joining Salford, Croft said: “I’m super excited about this opportunity to join the Red Devils. Rich [Richard Marshall] has been very thorough and bold with the ambitions going forward at the club and I cannot wait to get started.
“My partner Safina, son Haris and myself are looking forward to moving at the end of the year to begin this new journey!
“I’m also really looking forward to meeting the Salford faithful next season, who I’ve heard are some of the loudest and most passionate fans in the league. I see the restrictions have just lifted in the UK, which is great news!
“It would be great to see as many people in the stands again as possible, to help the club come out of the pandemic together and finish the year strong both on and off the field.”
Salford boss Richard Marshall added: “We’re delighted to get Brodie over the line as he’s been a player we’ve been working on for a while now.
“Brodie has consistently competed at the top level in the NRL, and he will add further quality in the halves for us. Despite his talent, he is still quite young so he will only develop and improve.
“Having spoken to Brodie at length, he is looking forward to coming over to represent the Red Devils. He will certainly improve our squad and his attention to detail and knowledge of our team is impressive already.”
Director of Rugby and Operations Ian Blease commented: “Brodie coming to the Red Devils is up there with any signing in recent times for this club. It has taken a long period of time to get this deal done but I am so pleased to get a player of Brodie’s quality and class officially across the line.
“Brodie can come to the Red Devils and enjoy his Rugby League again, he is still only a young halfback and after speaking with him over the last few weeks he has the determination to come to the club and push us on with our ambition, it will be tremendous to see him don the Red Devils shirt next season and beyond.”
