BRISBANE, Australia — Kotoni Staggs, the powerful centre for the Brisbane Broncos, has become one of the NRL’s most reliable and dynamic players. At 27, the dual-heritage star — of Wiradjuri Indigenous Australian and Tongan descent — helped lead the Broncos to the 2025 NRL Grand Final victory and continues to shine in the early rounds of 2026. Known for his barnstorming runs, try-scoring prowess and off-field resilience, Staggs has overcome a challenging upbringing to establish himself as a fan favorite and representative talent.
Kotoni Staggs
Here are five fun and fascinating facts about Kotoni Staggs that highlight his background, career highlights and personality:
Born in a Small Country Town with Big Dreams Staggs hails from Wellington, New South Wales — a quiet regional town of about 4,000 people in the state’s central west. Growing up on Wiradjuri land, he played his junior rugby league for the local Wellington Cowboys club. Scouts from the Brisbane Broncos spotted his talent early, leading him to join the club’s academy pathways. This small-town start contrasts with his current status as a big-city NRL star, but Staggs often credits his roots for instilling hard work and humility.
A Dramatic NRL Debut with Instant Impact Staggs made his first-grade debut for the Broncos in Round 11 of the 2018 NRL season against the Sydney Roosters on May 18, 2018. Coming off the bench at just 19 years old to replace an injured player, he scored a try and assisted another in a thrilling 28-22 win. The explosive performance announced his arrival, showcasing the power and skill that would define his career. Since then, he has amassed over 147 NRL appearances (as of March 2026), scoring 66 tries and contributing significantly to Brisbane’s resurgence.
Overcame Personal Challenges and Family Hardships Staggs’ early life included significant hurdles. Raised mostly by his grandmother because his mother was in and out of jail, he navigated a tough environment while staying focused on rugby league. He met his Tongan father — also named Kotoni and living in the US — for the first time in 2019, and has since connected with additional siblings. His sister Kaneesha plays rugby union for the Queensland Reds, and brother Gordon pursues gridiron football in the United States. These family ties and his Indigenous Wiradjuri heritage fuel his pride and motivation on the field.
Multi-Nation Representative with Indigenous Pride Staggs’ heritage allows him to represent multiple teams. He has played for the Indigenous All Stars, Tonga (Mate Ma’a Tonga), New South Wales Origin and Australia (Kangaroos). His international debut came with Tonga in 2019, and he earned Kangaroos caps starting in 2023. Representing his Wiradjuri roots through the Indigenous All Stars holds special meaning, as he often speaks about cultural pride and giving back to Indigenous communities. His versatility has seen him play centre, five-eighth and even second-row in various representative and club games.
Key Role in Broncos’ 2025 Premiership and 2026 Form Staggs played a major part in Brisbane’s 2025 NRL Grand Final triumph, finishing the season with 12 tries, six try assists, 26 line breaks and strong averages in metres and tackle busts. Highlights reels from that year showcase his physical, hard-working style — fans often note that “every Staggs try is physical.” In 2026, he remains a standout, scoring tries in early matches like the Round 2 clash against Parramatta Eels, where commentators called him “unstoppable at times.” Despite occasional on-report incidents (like a lifting tackle in March 2026 that drew no further sanction), Staggs’ consistency and leadership help drive the Broncos’ title defense.
Beyond these facts, Staggs has faced off-field scrutiny, including a 2020 revenge porn incident where he was the victim, and a viral “Run It Straight” tackle challenge video in January 2026 that saw him flatten a participant (with the club issuing a statement). He has handled such moments with maturity, focusing on his game and community work.
Nicknamed “Tones,” the 185cm, 95kg centre boasts an Instagram following of over 187,000 (@kotonistaggs1), where he shares family moments and training insights. His story resonates as one of perseverance, cultural pride and elite performance in the NRL.
As the 2026 season unfolds, Staggs remains central to Brisbane’s ambitions, proving that talent from small towns can reach the biggest stages.
The next leg of our corporate series here. We’re really excited to have Lucid here with us today. Lucid is an auto tech company that IPOed in 2021 and is focused on the design, development, customer experience, sale and service of premium electric vehicles, primarily, at least currently targeting the luxury consumer market. Its flagship consumer vehicles include the Lucid Air Sedan, Lucid Gravity three-row SUV and currently actively developing its Midsized platform, which I think we’re going to talk a lot about. So really, really excited to have Lucid here with us today.
Today, we have Marc Winterhoff, Lucid’s Interim Chief Executive Officer; as well as Taoufiq Boussaid, Chief Financial Officer. So thank you both for being here. We appreciate it.
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So I guess maybe just to start, you just hosted your Investor Day. So I think timing is really good here. And you shared a number of updates. For investors who may have not been able to see the full presentation, can you maybe just walk us through what the most important takeaways you want sort of investors to focus on, on the back of your Investor Day that you hosted?
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Taoufiq Boussaid Chief Financial Officer
Yes. I think that there are a couple of key messages. The first one and probably in my mind, the most important one is that we are at a pivotal time, a pivotal time where we’re transitioning from a period of heavy investment because we needed to establish our manufacturing system. We have 2026 being the last year of this heavy investment cycle and then we’re moving to
Good afternoon. This is the Chorus Call conference operator. Welcome, and thank you for joining the DiaSorin Full Year 2025 Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]
At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Mr. Carlo Rosa, CEO of DiaSorin. Please go ahead, sir.
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Carlo Rosa CEO, GM & Executive Director
Thank you, operator. Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon, and welcome to the DiaSorin full year results.
Today, we have a busy agenda. I’m going to make some business remarks. Then our current CFO, Mr. Pedron is going to take us through the 2025 financials, our future CFO, Mr. Alberto is going to discuss about guidance 2026, and then collectively, we’re going to take questions.
So let me start from 2025 business comments. 2025, I think, marked a year of good achievement for our company with success for our strategy in the different technologies with Immuno delivering 7% growth, Molecular Diagnostics year-on-year flat and we’ll see later primarily related to the fact that the flu season this year is — has been very weak. And then LTG delivering to expectation flattish compared to previous year. And again, we will discuss later, primarily due to the fact that on the Life Science segment, as I think is very well known by everybody, 2025 has not been an exciting year.
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Good morning, and welcome to the SigmaRoc plc investor presentation. [Operator Instructions] The company may not be in a position to answer every question it received during the meeting itself. However, the company can review all questions submitted today and publish responses where it’s appropriate to do so. Before we begin, I’d like to submit the following poll.
And I’d now like to hand you over to the management team. Max, good afternoon, sir.
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Maximilian Alphonos Vermorken CEO & Executive Director
Welcome, everyone, to the 2025 SigmaRoc results presentation. We have a slide deck for you, which will run in 4 sections. We’ll give you an update on the group’s performance, operationally focused. Jan will take over for the financial section. I’ll take over again after that for strategic delivery and outlook. The slide presentation was fundamentally run in 2 main themes: theme on the left, integration completed, theme on the right, ready to scale.
What do these mean? Integration completed, we are one group, one culture with, of course, local specificities with 3,000 people strong who have contributed materially to the results we post for 2025. The results of 2025 show us that this group can perform, is resilient with whichever market conditions are in front of us. We have delivered synergies, 2 years ahead of plan with more to come on that front. We’ve optimized our portfolio by selling several assets to owners better placed to make those assets work for them. And we innovate, we invest, we decarbonize, we find further potential through those levers.
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