Bronco duo on notice

BRONCOS coach Wayne Bennett has turned up the heat on misfiring halves Anthony Milford and Kodi Nikorima by revealing big-money recruit Jack Bird is being considered for a five-eighth role.

Bennett yesterday placed Bird on standby in the halves for Nikorima, who is racing the clock to be fit for Saturday’s Warriors clash in Auckland.

Bird has started his career at Red Hill in the centres but he was pitchforked into a playmaking role at training yesterday, running plays with Milford while Nikorima had treatment on a corked thigh.