Alex Glenn

“I know they’re a very physical team. I’ve played against the PNG national team and a lot of them are in the Hunters, they have a lot of skill, they play very hard and play to their best ability until the final whistle. They never give up and always want to do their families proud.”

It’s no secret many of the SP Hunters are Broncos fans themselves.

“A lot of them are big Brisbane Broncos fans and will be playing against their idols, so I know they’ll want to test themselves and see where their abilities are at against NRL players,” Glenn said.

The Kiwi international will be a Bronco until at least the end of the 2019 season after inking a new deal this week.

After making his NRL debut in 2009, the 28-year-old father of two young children has now played over 200 games for the Broncos and 12 Tests for the Kiwis.

Broncos' chief executive Paul White send the retention of Glenn was something the Broncos had been working hard on.

But Broncos back-rower Alex Glenn is no guarantee of playing in it.

Glenn and Brisbane and Kiwi teammate Jordan Kahu came up with the Broncos' Maori-inspired, mint-coloured look for the 2017 Nines.

Glenn has played at the first three tournaments but is not taking Nines No.4 for granted as he returns from off-season shoulder surgery.

He is two weeks into his rehabilitation from a shoulder reconstruction that forced him to miss New Zealand's end of season Four Nations campaign.

"I'd love to go," Glenn told the Broncos website.