With one budding star safely in their clutches, the Brisbane Broncos have told circling vultures to keep their claws off star fullback Karmichael Hunt.

Brisbane has laid one of the foundations stones for life beyond Wayne Bennett and Darren Lockyer, signing flame-haired halfback Peter Wallace until 2012, adding three years to his existing contract.

Wallace, 22, has been little short of a revelation since joining Brisbane from Penrith at the start of the season, coming from the clouds to be selected as the NSW halfback for the opening Origin games, only to have injury see his spot filled by Rooster Mitchell Pearce for the series decider.

Brisbane have embarked on a mid-year signing spree, locking in Wallace, beating out the Gold Coast Titans to injured centre Steve Michaels (two years) and also luring home Brisbane-bred Wests Tigers backrower Ben Te'o on a one-year contract.

Te'o is a product of noted league nursery Keebra Park and the club sees the powerful forward as a straight swap for veteran lock Tonie Carroll, who retires at the end of the season.

The club also retained a swag of their impressive under-20 crop, including Josh Hoffman, Gerard Beale and Andrew McCullough.

"It's a very exciting time for the Broncos, particularly with the changes that are happening with the coaching staff at the end of the year and going forward under Ivan (Henjak) as new coach in 2009," said Brisbane chief executive Bruno Cullen.

There may be more new faces in Brisbane's 25-man top grade roster next season given David Stagg and Darius Boyd may be departing to free up room in a bursting salary cap with the addition of Melbourne Storm winger Israel Folau.

"There has been some talk about players coming or going, particularly Darius boyd and David Stagg. That's between them and their managers so I can't comment on that but at this stage, our roster's full," Cullen said.

But as one star in Wallace mapped out his future, Cullen issued a clear warning to clubs sniffing around for the signature of Origin fullback Hunt, who is off contract at the end of 2009.

Already rumours are circulating that a number of feelers have been sent out to the former teen prodigy, while Hunt has made it clear he would consider any offer that comes his way.

With Bennett heading to a Dragons side with cash to spare, it would seem the prospect of Hunt turning out in the red and white in 2010 isn't beyond the realms of possibility.

Cullen said the club had yet to begin negotiations with Hunt before telling potential suitors to keep their distance before the November 30 deadline.

"I'm confident (we can keep Hunt). It's not as though we've dismissed Karmichael. We've got Karmichael next year. We know legally, no one can talk to him until the end of this year," Cullen said. "If we start negotiations with him in the very near future, he and his manager, we know we've got three or four months before anyone can start talking to him.

"Do we want to keep him? Yes. Do we think we can? Yes. Will we? Lord knows. Isn't (Mark) Gasnier going somewhere next year? That sort of thing happens."

When asked about approaches to Hunt, Cullen said: "I'd be disappointed if that's the case. That's highly illegal. If that's the case and I found out about it and reported it, those clubs would certainly be attended to by the NRL."

Cullen said he wasn't dreading a rugby raid on Hunt, like the multi-million-dollar deal dangled in front of French-bound Gasnier, but said if the cash was presented, the club would have little option but to bid him au revoir.

He also warned that two new UK Super League franchises to be announced next week, likely to be the Salford Reds and the Celtic Crusaders, would put more stress on NRL playing stocks.

"I don't know if fearful is the right word. You have to think of those guys too. It's all fair in love and war and you want players to play for you because number one, they want to play for the club but they want to play rugby league.

"But if those sorts of offers are around and young guys get them, it's an extremely difficult decision for them to make.

"Am I fearful? Not really. Life goes on I suppose. But I guess what the league should be more fearful of is that this time next week, the Super League in England will announce two new clubs. And there will be a rush on Australian players to fill those rosters.

"That won't be big money but it will be money. And an opportunity for a lot of guys in Australia to move over to England and help those two clubs."