WHAT’S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n Despite the return of Payne Haas from injury and Patrick Carrigan backing up from Origin, the Broncos were completely outplayed from the opening kick-off and didn\u2019t manage to get back into the contest until it was too late.<\/p>\n Conceding 30 points against a team that hasn\u2019t beaten another team this year, coach Michael Maguire was left visibly frustrated and even decided to leave the coaches\u2019 box and move to the sidelines – something he confirmed he very rarely does.<\/p>\n \u201cVery disappointing. Missed the start and we weren\u2019t able to build pressure,\u201d Maguire said post-match.<\/p>\n \u201cWe knew exactly what we were walking into. Had a good prep, but we didn\u2019t match their intent, that was the disappointing part.<\/p>\n \u201cThe commitment in areas of our game that we hold pretty high, we didn\u2019t hit the mark today. <\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s something that we as a group, myself, everyone need to find that really quickly because there is a talented team there and we all know that <\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s my role now with the senior leaders and everyone involved to find it.\u201d<\/p>\n Dragons UPSET Bronx! Snap losing streak | 03:58<\/p>\n Concerned with multiple areas of the club\u2019s performance, they now sit in 11th place on the NRL ladder and face the Gold Coast Titans and South Sydney Rabbitohs over the next fortnight.<\/p>\n Their lacklustre start to this year\u2019s campaign saw a journalist compare it to their 2025 campaign, which saw the club rebound from a poor opening half of the season to emerge as the grand final winner.<\/p>\n However, Maguire quickly shut down this suggestion, stressing that you can\u2019t compare one season with another.<\/p>\n \u201cIf we\u2019re relying on past history, we might find ourselves in a bit of bother,\u201d Maguire added.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone can tell you a good story of the past but it\u2019s what you\u2019re doing right now and that\u2019s the disappointing part. <\/p>\n \u201cYou can compare stories but I\u2019ve never seen two years the same. I\u2019ve never seen a group of men do it a way they\u2019ve done in the past. <\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019ve got to make sure that you\u2019re prepared to turn up at the start of the game (and) commit. <\/p>\n \u201cWe knew exactly what was coming but we were more focused around what we needed to and that the point of the game that we missed today. <\/p>\n \u201cIt was good preparation. They showed the right intent of things we\u2019re doing but ultimately we missed something so we need to be hunting for that win.\u201d<\/p>\n Madge left speechless over shock loss | 04:35<\/p>\n To make matters worse for the Broncos, they could be without Queensland Maroons star Patrick Carrigan for next week\u2019s match after he picked up a minor ankle injury, which forced him to depart the field.<\/p>\n \u201cI probably have to chat to the doctors. Some sort of ankle sprain, they\u2019ve got all sorts of names these days with an ankle,\u201d Maguire said.<\/p>\n \u201cI have to go wait and see. Patty felt he was okay to go back out there and they assessed him and strapped him up but you could just sort of sense he was struggling a little bit with us and that\u2019s what this group does for each other.<\/p>\n \u201cI have a lot of belief in this team. That\u2019s why it\u2019s tough to see a performance like that in this group.<\/p>\n \u201cI get to see them do amazing things for each other and the belief around the team is strong but at the end of the day you\u2019ve got to turn up on that 80-minute game and we didn\u2019t find that today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dejected Michael Maguire has challenged his players to begin the match with commitment and urgency after the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-705951","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\/705951","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=705951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779017096_680_poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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