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Courier Mail: Storm star Shawn Blore tours Brisbane Broncos facilities as club attempts to fill backrow void

The Broncos have ramped-up their aggressive recruitment drive with Brisbane targeting Storm grand final back-rower Shawn Blore.

This masthead can reveal Brisbane bosses have met with the Melbourne forward, who toured the Broncos’ facilities on Wednesday in the lead-up to Saturday night’s blockbuster against the Cowboys in Townsville.

The off-contract 25-year-old is without a deal for next season and has been in talks with Melbourne about extending.

Blore played against Brisbane in last year’s NRL decider but the Samoa international could find himself in Broncos colours next season as the defending premiers look to bolster their back-row stocks.

Strike back-rower Brendan Piakura has been stood down indefinitely due to a series of head knocks and Broncos coach Michael Maguire confirmed his interest in Blore.

“Yes, ‘Blorey’ is a player of interest,” Maguire said.

“We have to look at building our depth in the back row so we’re looking across the competition at a number of options.

“We haven’t made an offer to Shawn as yet, but we’re talking to him and we’ll see where it goes.
Let him go there that means we pick up a Ray Stone and Leon Spinks so be it.
 
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