If new Brisbane Broncos coach Anthony Seibold is planning to offload enigmatic half-back Kodi Nikorima before the start of the 2019 NRL campaign he’ll need to find a suitor other than the New Zealand Warriors.

Nikorima has two seasons to run on his contract at Red Hill but according to The Courier Mail the Broncos recently made attempts to offload the incumbent Kiwi half-back to the Auckland club.

The 24-year-old appears a decent fit for the Warriors on paper but the Kiwi club’s general manager of football Brian Smith looked to put an end to the speculation on Tuesday.

"I'm not ruling anybody out of anything but he's (Nikorima) not on our board (of potential Johnson replacements)," Smith told The New Zealand Herald.

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"He's not someone we've made a target."

The Warriors are on the hunt for a long-term replacement for Shaun Johnson following their shock decision to grant the 28-year-old star a release from the final season of his contract last week.

Johnson signed a three-year deal with Cronulla on Saturday.

The Warriors have been linked with several established NRL halves including Eels duo Mitchell Moses and Corey Norman, North Queensland’s Te Maire Martin and Luke Brooks, who this week signed a four-year extension with Wests Tigers.

It appears for now the Warriors will give youngsters Chanel Harris-Tavita, Hayze Perham and recruit Adam Keighran a chance to claim the vacant No.7 jumper.

Seibold took over the reins from Wayne Bennett on Monday after the Broncos finally ended months of uncertainty by sacking the veteran coach on Sunday.

The reigning Dally M coach of the year will now turn his attention to fine-tuning the Broncos’ roster, with winger Corey Oates signing a one-year deal on Tuesday.

He was coy on Monday when asked about Nikorima’s future at the club, saying both he and halves partner Anthony Milford have shown ‘glimpses of outstanding attacking football’ before adding he’ll build a game plan around his new squad in the coming weeks.

Nikorima played 24 games for the Broncos under Bennett in 2018, including 21 starts at half-back and three appearances off the bench.

He has amassed 79 NRL games since making his debut for the Broncos in Round 2 of the 2015 season against the Sharks.