{"id":546084,"date":"2026-03-17T11:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/546084\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:28:14","slug":"michael-maguire-face-to-face-appearance-with-yvonne-sampson-how-to-watch-time-brisbane-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/546084\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Maguire Face to Face appearance with Yvonne Sampson, how to watch, time, Brisbane Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watch Yvonne Sampson go Face to Face with Broncos coach Michael Maguire on Fox League at 7:30pm AEDT on Tuesday!<\/p>\n

\u201cJust go out and have a crack.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Maguire\u2019s final instructions to his Broncos in their breakthrough 2025 premiership win against Melbourne will carry a similar meaning on Friday night when the two sides meet in a highly touted grand final rematch.<\/p>\n

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The Broncos\u2019 title defence has been shaky through the opening rounds of 2026, with two consecutive losses, and the announcement that Payne Haas will depart the outfit at season\u2019s end. <\/p>\n

But in a new Face to Face interview with Fox League\u2019s Yvonne Sampson that will air on Tuesday night, Maguire reveals the mindset that guided Brisbane to a premiership last season. <\/p>\n

The insight will give Broncos fans some encouragement ahead of Friday\u2019s pivotal rematch, where Brisbane are once again going in as underdogs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t so much about who we were playing, it was about what we wanted to set out as a group,\u201d Maguire said of his preparation against Melbourne in the 2025 grand final. \u201cWe\u2019ve got the talent, we\u2019ve got this group of men. I said \u2018just go out and have a crack\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven at halftime (where the Broncos were down by 10 points), the belief that the group have of each other \u2013 that they built way back in December, January and February, throughout the preseason \u2013 that to me is where I saw the group really evolve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brisbane have started the 2026 season on the back foot, first suffering a clinical 26-nil drubbing at the hands of Penrith, before a topsy-turvy 40-32 loss against a fast-finishing Parramatta outfit in Round 2.<\/p>\n

It came after the shock news that Haas will depart the club at season\u2019s end, in a surprise defection to Wayne Bennett\u2019s Rabbitohs.<\/p>\n

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For Maguire, the spotlight is nothing new. He was an easy target at Brisbane through the first half of 2025, particularly when the Broncos suffered through six losses in the space of seven games.<\/p>\n

The two-time premiership winner told Sampson there is no harsher critic than himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m extremely hard on myself,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s probably the part of the coaching side that I don\u2019t know whether I\u2019ll ever master. You\u2019re chasing success with your players and there\u2019s always something that you could have possibly done.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the evolution of what I\u2019ve gone through as a coach is definitely changed. I have learned to get out of the way at times now. As much as I want to be involved, you allow your players to express parts of what they\u2019re developing and I really enjoy that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s growing players. When I say stepping away, it\u2019s allowing them to find their feet. I\u2019m a bit of a carer so I like to try and help.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think [empathy] is the number one thing you need. It\u2019s the stuff that\u2019s away from the footy field that\u2019s actually the most enjoyable part. It\u2019s families, it\u2019s the kids, it\u2019s helping someone develop outside of footy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like any successful modern day NRL coach, Maguire has ridden his share of highs and lows, but his resume is resounding: NRL premierships at Brisbane and Souths (2014), a Pacific Championships crown as New Zealand coach (2023) and a Super League premiership with Wigan (2010).<\/p>\n

Asked how he wanted to be defined, outside of the titles and statistics, the 52-year-old offered a surprising response.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s probably how I\u2019ve made players feel. You have special moments with players and staff; highs and lows, and challenges. But they\u2019re the things that bring people together and they\u2019re the things that I enjoy remembering with the people that I get to work with,\u201d he told Sampson.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was hungry to achieve a (NRL) premiership and to do it at two special clubs. It has been a special ride,\u201d Maguire added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m on the journey here at the Broncos, obviously on the back of various things that I have done. I tend to look forward in what I want to achieve, it\u2019s a very special club and they\u2019ve given me an unbelievable 12 months.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be able to chase that again, the group is probably at the start of the journey of what we\u2019re setting out to try and achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maguire\u2019s arduous training regime has been a hot topic in recent seasons \u2013 with some arguing it has attracted unwarranted attention. <\/p>\n

He revealed it was the additional work by star players including fullback Reece Walsh that helped give the Broncos an edge in 2025. Likewise, Maguire credits the grit and determination of lesser-heralded players like Kobe Hetherington behind Brisbane\u2019s 2025 successes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPeople talk about the zone or the flow that you have as a player. A player at their best doesn\u2019t tend to do a lot of thinking. They\u2019re just out there playing and feeling and enjoying what they\u2019re doing,\u201d Maguire explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be able to get players into that \u2013that\u2019s through the simplicity of how you go about what you do each day. Reecey is a great example of that, being able to get out and just enjoy doing what he\u2019s doing without having to do a lot of thinking.<\/p>\n

\u201cWatching him do that, it was all hours and moments out on the training park. Watching video with my staff, with Trent (Barrett), with Benny Teo getting his defence right. Those are the reasons why a player can go out and perform the way he did.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s probably known a lot for his attack, but he saved quite a number of tries that put us in to the position continually to keep going in that game.\u201d<\/p>\n

After delivering Brisbane\u2019s first premiership in 19 years, Maguire clearly isn\u2019t intending to be a one-hit wonder. If anything, he believes this is just the beginning of a Brisbane dynasty.<\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely credit what we\u2019ve built in the last 12 months, this has been a work in progress and there has been plenty of people involved. Previous coaches and all those sorts of things,\u201d Maguire said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel that the group now understands the opportunity that they have to be able to continually build and chase the success.\u201d<\/p>\n

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