{"id":107379,"date":"2025-08-30T20:52:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T20:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/107379\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T20:52:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T20:52:06","slug":"michael-maguire-half-time-spray-ben-hunt-billy-walters-brisbane-broncos-vs-north-queensland-cowboys-round-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/107379\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Maguire half-time spray, Ben Hunt, Billy Walters, Brisbane Broncos vs North Queensland Cowboys, Round 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Hunt and Billy Walters gave an insight into coach Michael Maguire\u2019s fiery half-time spray in their 38-30 win over the Cowboys to move into the top four. <\/p>\n<p>FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=nrl&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Limited-time offer &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Broncos needed to win to jump the Warriors into fourth spot and Maguire was not happy at the major break, launching a heated spray at his players with Brisbane leading 22-18 after a first half shootout. <\/p>\n<p>Hunt was at a loss as to how to water down his coach\u2019s comments for TV, but said the players knew what was coming in the sheds. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/match-centre\/NRL20252607\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbet.com.au\/betting\/rugby-league\/nrl\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjI4IiB3aWR0aD0iOTAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIi8+\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/match-centre\/NRL20252608\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbet.com.au\/betting\/rugby-league\/nrl\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-1wtgx8i-5 gmewyC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjI4IiB3aWR0aD0iOTAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIi8+\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if there is a PG version for what was said at half-time,\u201d Hunt told Fox League. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou would have to put a lot of beeping in there to block it out, but we knew going in he wasn\u2019t going to be happy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has actually been pretty tame this year, but he definitely got worked up on that one.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Broncos hooker Walters admitted he was in close proximity to Maguire during his half-time tirade, but backed his coach\u2019s right to do it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to get the hand towel out and wipe my face down,\u201d Walters said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a bit of water spray there, but he was all right. It wasn\u2019t good enough that first half. We kept them in the game and it probably warranted a spray. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t work as well as we would have liked and we didn\u2019t come out in the second half as we wanted to but we got the job done.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>MORE NRL NEWS<\/p>\n<p>\u2018NOT MEANT TO BE HERE\u2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2025-canberra-raiders-postmatch-press-conference-ricky-stuart-minor-premiership-news-videos-highlights-future-nrl-ladder-cannonball-tackles\/news-story\/33e92dc254fa44b6ca5c47cf1bc3a851\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Why Raiders are only getting started amid \u2018no pressure\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018ALWAYS CONCERNS\u2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2025-shane-flanagan-on-jack-de-belin-on-report-for-hip-drop-tackle-st-george-illawarra-dragons-vs-manly-sea-eagles-press-conference-round-26\/news-story\/418002c02658df4094019089dce17de4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Flanno\u2019s on de Belin tackle that threatens Dragons farewell<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MINOR PREMIERS! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/raiders-can-clinch-droughtbreaking-minor-premiership-with-tigers-win-nrl-live\/news-story\/ad888b708584b715f830590d725a6fc7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ricky\u2019s Raiders break 35-year drought with Tigers victory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Hunt and Michael Maguire.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n<p>Braith Anasta pressed Maguire on his half-time antics post match. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re into the top four although it was a bit of a rollercoaster and we saw you firing up a bit at half-time,\u201d Anasta said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou must be pretty relieved you got the win in that one.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou definitely caught me out there,\u201d Maguire replied. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t do it very often these days, but I thought the way the game was going, we were playing a bit of tit for tat, they score then we score. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously you are working pretty hard at both sides of the ball, but I thought the Cowboys were going to come out and play. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Dangerous Contact?&#8217; De Belin avoids bin | 00:48<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are a team that can score and because it was their last game they were going to throw the ball around.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Anasta persisted as Maguire danced around the repeated line of questioning. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing wrong with a bit of motivation at half-time, can you just give us a little bit of insight into what you said at half-time,\u201d Anasta said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook I was just talking about we have got to play our style,\u201d Maguire said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been working really hard for a couple of months to find how the Broncos want to play and that is using the ball. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you have also got to respect it at times and we probably just pushed it a little bit here and there. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe players were speaking about that, but then we have got to back it up and I thought we were a little bit off there, but they challenged us well.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Hunt and Billy Walters gave an insight into coach Michael Maguire\u2019s fiery half-time spray in their 38-30&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,21686,22325,4428,76943,76944,47018,76947,76946,76945,4746,6407,761,762,764,158,13391,8088,85],"class_list":["post-107379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ben-hunt","tag-billy-walters","tag-brisbane-broncos","tag-broncos-hooker","tag-dangerous-contact","tag-derby-clash","tag-fiery-half-time-spray","tag-half-time-spray","tag-hand-towel","tag-mark-st-john","tag-michael-maguire","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-north-queensland-cowboys","tag-nrl","tag-reece-walsh","tag-sin-bin","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}