Adam Reynolds reveals why he made incredible $1m sacrifice

Adam Reynolds has foregone $1m to remain in Brisbane, but the halfback says the decision wasn’t due to his loyalty to his club but rather to his family.

Broncos veteran Adam Reynolds revealed he was tempted to join the Wests Tigers but ultimately decided to sacrifice $1m to do what is best for his family.

The 34-year-old is set to sign a one-year extension to remain in Red Hill in 2026 worth around $500,000 a year, with a plan in place for the experienced halfback to then join the club’s coaching ranks.

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But the star could have instead opted to head back to Sydney, where Benji Marshall’s Tigers tabled a monster two-year deal worth around $750,000 a season.

Explaining his decision to turn his back on the more lucrative offer, Reynolds said he couldn’t have asked his young family to pack up and move again and also couldn’t stomach leaving them for several months of the year to live in Sydney.

“Yes, I was seriously tempted,” Reynolds told SMH speaking of his decision to remain in Brisbane with his wife Tallara and their four kids – aged 15, 14, 10 and 7.

Adam Reynolds says he rejected the Tigers to do right by his family. Image: Getty

“Benji is a great coach, I’ve always had a lot of time for him – I idolised him as a player when I was growing up.

“But at the end of the day, family is the most important thing, and if I did leave for Sydney, it would have been without the family, and that was going to be too hard.

“The Tigers have a great spine, and I spoke to Benji about how me and Jarome (Luai) could have worked.

“He’s an instinctive player who brings a lot of energy and plays off the cuff, while I’m that organising half. The biggest thing for me was I believed I could have added a lot to that team.”

Reynolds said ultimately “no amount of money could have changed my mind” when it came to separating from his family.

The halfback admitted earlier this year that his family initially struggled with the move from Sydney to Brisbane when he joined from the Rabbitohs in 2022, but says they have since become settled.

“We wanted a lifestyle change,” Reynolds told the Courier Mail in February.

“We wanted a big house with a big yard for the kids and the dogs, somewhere they could run around.

Adam Reynolds is set to sign a one-year extension with the Broncos. Picture: Tara Croser.

“To be honest, it was tough at first to leave all we had known, all our Sydney friends and family, and the kids were a bit nervous about leaving old friends at school, not knowing anyone. But from the moment we announced we were coming up, everyone just took us in.

“It’s been a great move, we have felt very welcomed here, the people we’ve met and the relationships we’ve made, and the kids absolutely love it here.

“They don’t want to go back to Sydney. They call Brisbane home now and so do we. We feel very happy with the call we made.”

Originally published as Adam Reynolds reveals why he made incredible $1m sacrifice