{"id":179340,"date":"2025-09-30T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/179340\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T06:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:00:08","slug":"how-brisbane-broncos-star-reece-walsh-is-mastering-his-enigmatic-ways-with-help-from-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/179340\/","title":{"rendered":"How Brisbane Broncos star Reece Walsh is mastering his enigmatic ways with help from Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI was just lucky enough that we came away with the win.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s someone that I talk to a lot that helps with the mental side and some little tips where I can be better in those moments \u2026 I\u2019m not the sharpest tool in the shed, I need all the help I can get.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t give it all away but just the way she speaks \u2013 she clears my mind and helps a lot with my mindset, how to approach certain things if I\u2019m feeling down, or I\u2019m feeling not quite [at] my best. [There are] some small tools that she can help with to overcome those challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see where her loyalties are this week, if she\u2019s in a Melbourne or a Broncos jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walsh still plays on the edge. The emotions that boiled over when Brisbane trailed in Canberra were evidence enough of a 23-year-old who still grapples with keeping his cool.<\/p>\n

The match-winning, playmaking blitz that followed his semi-final sin-binning are proof the headaches Walsh can cause are more than worth it, in the very same vein as Munster.<\/p>\n

In Sunday\u2019s showstopping comeback against four-time premiers Penrith<\/a>, Walsh threatened to win and lose the contest on his lonesome once more. His rushed 70th-minute shot at goal rattling the posts and bouncing away could have been the difference.<\/p>\n

\"Reece<\/p>\n

Reece Walsh on the fly against Penrith.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Instead, it was his bouncing, struggling and shrugging effort through Penrith\u2019s defence, and subsequent basketball pass to Deine Mariner that set up the match-winning try.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s my personality and the way I was brought up … to have those little demons in my head where I try and make it better. But that\u2019s not all of it,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of my job for the team is chasing the game and chasing those moments, trying to put myself in a position to make a play.\u201d<\/p>\n

And for all of Walsh\u2019s status as a human highlights reel, he is growing proudest of where he is working hardest.<\/p>\n

The effort areas, defensive communication and bail-out plays that are the making of truly elite NRL fullbacks – which were all neatly encompassed in a first-half scramble to cover a Nathan Cleary grubber, shrug off Liam Martin and somehow make the field of play, when Brisbane really couldn\u2019t afford to defend yet another repeat set.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEver since I was a kid, I never really had to rely on the hard-working sort of stuff,\u201d Walsh says.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut coming in the NRL, you\u2019re always going up against awesome opponents.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor myself, I do a lot of video on other people and where I can exploit their weaknesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy weakness probably still is now is those small little effort areas. I feel like for myself to grow, I\u2019ve got to recognise where I need to get better and I want to be the best player can be, the best person I can be.\u201d<\/p>\n

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