{"id":535680,"date":"2026-03-12T14:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/535680\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:16:10","slug":"michael-maguire-press-conference-after-brisbane-broncos-loss-to-parramatta-eels-video-premiership-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/535680\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Maguire press conference after Brisbane Broncos loss to Parramatta Eels, video, premiership defence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Maguire has put Brisbane\u2019s playing group on notice, telling reporters he will be \u201chaving a look at each player in the squad\u201d after a shocking 40-32 loss to Parramatta<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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The Broncos looked to be cruising at 20-6 midway through the first half before conceding three tries in five minutes to trail at halftime, and despite having multiple opportunities they were unable to ice the game in the second half.<\/p>\n

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While it is still far from panic stations only being round two, Brisbane\u2019s defence in particular has left a lot to be desired with the Broncos conceding the most points (66) through two games by a defending premier in history.<\/p>\n

It will force the Broncos to ask tough questions at training this week, with coach Maguire refusing to guarantee anyone\u2019s place in the team is safe ahead of next Friday\u2019s grand final rematch against Melbourne. <\/p>\n

Maguire was asked at the end of Thursday night\u2019s press conference if he would \u201cback the boys in\u201d or if there were some players who would \u201cbe on notice\u201d and for a coach that has such high standards of his players and isn\u2019t afraid to make big calls, his response was telling.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll have a look at the performance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what you do as a coach. I\u2019ll go back and watch the tape. We performed for 20 minutes, we performed pretty well, but it takes 80 minutes to win a game of footy. So I\u2019ll be having a look at each player in the squad.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A \u201cdisappointed\u201d Maguire said he knows his playing group has the talent to turn the results around, but challenged them to find the same kind of resilience that saw them overturn so many slow starts last season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re up 20 points, and for whatever reason, we softened and teams find you,\u201d Maguire said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an 80-minute game. We talked a lot about that over our journey over the last 12 months. We\u2019ve got to find that again. Everyone owns that together.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a similar message from Maguire on Brisbane\u2019s defence after the left edge in particular was found wanting on Thursday. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes a team to have a strong defensive line,\u201d the Broncos coach said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s all little things that go on within. Whether you win on the ruck. Whether you get your third man back. We\u2019re definitely going to have to have a look at that on both sides. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a few issues there on the left, but as a group and as a team, they all help each other and that\u2019s what a defensive line is. We\u2019re just not hitting the mark there.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the Panthers defied history to win four-straight premierships, the biggest stumbling block to champions going back-to-back has often been desire. <\/p>\n

Do they still have it in them to do the one per centers? To chase that little bit harder in defence? It is a question Michael Ennis had for the Broncos on Fox League\u2019s pre-game coverage, and it won\u2019t be going away after Thursday\u2019s result.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHas that desire wavered at all? Does it just drop fractionally because you\u2019ve won a competition?\u201d Ennis asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause Maguire\u2019s training ethics aren\u2019t going to deteriorate… he knows the standard it takes to win a competition… have the players got that same desire?<\/p>\n

\u201cAll it takes in this competition is five or 10 per cent to be off and be the hunter and the other sides get on top of you… Brisbane have to respond tonight otherwise the noise, regardless of whether they like it, they\u2019re a big club with big expectations with a roster filled with superstars.\u201d<\/p>\n

That noise certainly won\u2019t be going away after the loss to the Eels and when asked if he thinks his side still has the hunger to go all the way again, Maguire replied: \u201cIt\u2019s a question you can ask but what they\u2019re doing and what I\u2019m seeing (is) they\u2019re a hungry group but the competition demands you to be hungry every single day\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Part of re-discovering that hunger will be finding the urgency that saw the Broncos fight back against the Raiders, Panthers and then Storm in last year\u2019s incredible finals run. <\/p>\n

Echoing his coach, Broncos skipper Adam Reynolds said they have the team capable of turning it around, but that will start by putting in an 80-minute performance on a weekly basis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got to find that (resilience), haven\u2019t we? That\u2019s part of what we\u2019ll go to training for,\u201d Maguire said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe one thing I do know about the team is they can do it. They\u2019ve got the same talent, it\u2019s just a matter of being prepared to work hard enough to be able to play the 80-minute game.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Maguire has put Brisbane\u2019s playing group on notice, telling reporters he will be \u201chaving a look at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-535680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535680","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=535680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}