{"id":276280,"date":"2025-11-10T22:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T22:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/276280\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T22:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T22:03:09","slug":"michael-maguire-sacked-reece-walshs-brother-at-rabbitohs-brisbane-broncos-kangaroos-ashes-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/276280\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Maguire sacked Reece Walsh\u2019s brother at Rabbitohs, Brisbane Broncos, Kangaroos, Ashes series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kangaroos and Broncos superstar Reece Walsh\u2019s brother Zac was sacked by Brisbane coach Michael Maguire at the Rabbitohs in a full circle moment for the player and coach. <\/p>\n

Jake Duke revealed on Fox League\u2019s Ashes AM, that Walsh\u2019s brother was a talented footballer, but was axed by Maguire for being lazy during his time as South Sydney coach. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was chatting to Reece Walsh\u2019s brother at the Brisbane after-party after the grand final, and his brother was a decent footballer,\u201d Duke said on Fox League\u2019s Ashes AM. <\/p>\n

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\u201cHe actually came down to Souths when Madge was coach, and Madge sacked his brother for being lazy and not having the work ethic. He was a talented footballer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt shows they\u2019ve come full circle. Now he\u2019s working with Reece.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, there are no hard feelings between Zac and Maguire, after he celebrated the Broncos\u2019 grand final win and travelled to England to watch his brother debut for the Kangaroos. <\/p>\n

Zac is the junior president of the Nerang Roosters football club on the Gold Coast, which was Reece\u2019s junior club.<\/p>\n

Matty Johns noted Maguire\u2019s comments that he and Walsh could not be more different, but the star player and coach get on so well through their shared passion for rugby league. <\/p>\n

\u201cMadge has said for all intents and purposes they\u2019re like oil and water. But they get on fantastic because they\u2019re both footy heads,\u201d Johns said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMadge said he\u2019s never worked with a bloke who loves his football and wants to be better, more than Reece.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou look and go, \u2018He\u2019s just a natural footballer\u2019, but he (Maguire) said he works so hard at his game.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Zac and Reece Walsh celebrating.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n

Walsh capped the best season of his career for the Broncos with a premiership and an Australian debut in the 3-0 Ashes series sweep. <\/p>\n

Duke pointed out the crazy numbers Walsh has produced in one of the greatest runs of form in NRL history. <\/p>\n

\u201cReece\u2019s numbers \u2014 11 tries, 100 points, 12 try assists, 24 line break assists \u2014 that\u2019s over his last 10 games (for) club and country,\u201d Duke said.<\/p>\n

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Michael Maguire sacked Reece Walsh\u2019s brother.Source: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n

Apart from his sparkling attack, Johns believes Walsh doesn\u2019t get the credit he deserves for his toughness. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s tough too,\u201d Johns said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe never talk about his toughness. During that finals series, the way he accelerated between defenders \u2026 incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kangaroos skipper Isaah Yeo was excited to play with Walsh in his debut series after the Broncos star knocked his Panthers out of the finals. <\/p>\n

But Yeo has been struck by how much of a family man Walsh is away from the field. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s certainly a pleasure to play with him,\u201d Yeo said of Walsh.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut, first and foremost, getting to know him, he\u2019s just an incredible human. A great father, he\u2019s always on the FaceTime to his daughter back home.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe just cares. So I think that\u2019s a fair rap for a person. I just think he\u2019s really authentic. In behind the scenes, he\u2019s someone who really cares about the group, and I just think he does that really well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kangaroos and Broncos superstar Reece Walsh\u2019s brother Zac was sacked by Brisbane coach Michael Maguire at the Rabbitohs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[11638,160112,64,63,689,4428,160247,145762,116763,1208,2057,160110,111706,13213,1119,160248,763,2485,11288,3230,5094,19968,160109,3194,48254,6407,3583,677,158119,3252,701,13391,130928,58868,4439,85,78878,160108,22317,28790],"class_list":["post-276280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ashes-series","tag-ashes-test-sweep","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-brisbane-broncos","tag-circle-moment","tag-deadline-passes","tag-debut-series","tag-england","tag-europe","tag-face-reality","tag-family-man","tag-finals-series","tag-football-club","tag-footy-heads","tag-fox-league","tag-gold-coast","tag-grand-final","tag-grand-final-win","tag-isaah-yeo","tag-jake-duke","tag-kangaroos-coach","tag-kevin-walters","tag-line-break","tag-michael-maguire","tag-northern-europe","tag-oceania","tag-pacific-championship-final","tag-player-movement","tag-queensland","tag-reece-walsh","tag-rugby-league-ashes-live","tag-series-sweep","tag-south-sydney-rabbitohs","tag-sports","tag-talented-footballer","tag-timebombs-ticking","tag-try-assists","tag-zac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276280","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=276280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}