{"id":543626,"date":"2026-03-16T07:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T07:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/543626\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T07:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T07:56:09","slug":"queenslands-rugby-league-crisis-is-the-sunshine-state-sinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/543626\/","title":{"rendered":"Queensland\u2019s Rugby League crisis: Is the Sunshine State sinking?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 NRL season has started with a whimper for Queensland\u2019s elite clubs, leaving fans and pundits wondering where the \u201cgrit\u201d has gone. <\/p>\n<p>Veteran scribe Robert \u201cCrash\u201d Craddock joined Gary Hardgrave to dissect the disappointing form of the Broncos, Cowboys, and Titans, while offering a glimmer of hope for a Dolphins resurgence.<\/p>\n<p>Hear more highlights from Afternoons below and download the 4BC App on <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/au\/app\/4bc\/id443066964\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iOS<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.thisisaim.radio4bc&amp;hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Android<\/a> to ensure you don\u2019t miss a thing!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Image: Getty \/ Albert Perez<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-broncos-getty-Albert-Perez-600x400.png\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Download this podcast<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/omnystudio.com\/d\/clips\/88b564ea-a9a6-4751-910a-a5d800019396\/6feb29a1-beaf-4f1b-8ed3-abc8017ed137\/d262ebb1-fd3e-4449-abe5-b40f006b76bf\/audio.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 NRL season has started with a whimper for Queensland\u2019s elite clubs, leaving fans and pundits wondering&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-543626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543626","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=543626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}