Broncos playmaker Peter Wallace labels reports of Broncos exit "unfair"

PETER Wallace has labelled "unfair" the stream of reports linking him to an early exit from the Broncos.

Peter Wallace

PETER Wallace has labelled "unfair" the stream of reports linking him to an early exit from the Broncos.

Speaking for the first time since his manager asked the Broncos if they were interested in releasing Wallace to take up a potentially lucrative deal at the Panthers, the 27-year-old halfback told The Courier-Mail he had been disappointed by the timing of the reports.

"It annoys me a fair bit actually when stuff gets put in the paper like that when it was out of my control," Wallace said.

"It was all talk. Before anything has even happened you don't get a chance to tell anyone about it.

"It is all out there in the public domain."

It is believed Brisbane recruitment chief Andrew Gee was last month contacted by Wallace's manager Allan Gainey, who intimated Wallace's ex-club Penrith were interested in snaring the former NSW half for 2014.

Wallace's contract does not expire for another 18 months and when asked about the reports by coach Anthony Griffin, he told the club he wanted to stay at Red Hill.

Wallace said he wished the news had not come out before he could even inform those close to him what the truth was.

Wallace, a regular halfback, played hooker in Brisbane's "embarrassing" 56-18 home thrashing at the hands of a dazzling New Zealand Warriors team last Monday night.

He said he backed the call of coach Anthony Griffin to switch the team positionally.

"I have played there before and it was not that foreign to me," he said. "I used to come off the bench and play hooker and I have started there before (for Penrith Panthers).

"I don't mind it. If 'Hook' wants me there, I'll play there."

Wallace will return to five-eighth on Monday night, when the 11th-placed Broncos face a tough away match against the Canberra Raiders in round 13.