{"id":345195,"date":"2026-03-24T11:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/345195\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:01:12","slug":"ben-teo-quits-broncos-after-fiery-exchange-with-maguire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/345195\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Te’o quits Broncos after fiery exchange with Maguire"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brisbane Broncos’ rough start to their title defence season just got a lot worse, with assistant coach Ben Te’o<\/a> quitting the Red Hill-based side.<\/p>\n

It comes after the Broncos coaching pair got into a verbal altercation in the lead up to their grand final rematch with the Melbourne Storm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Brisbane Broncos<\/a> have confirmed\u00a0that Te’o has handed in his resignation after reports surfaced that there was a crisis meeting held on Monday night to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n

The club put out a statement on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

“The Brisbane Broncos<\/a> can confirm that NRL<\/a> Assistant Coach Ben Te’o<\/a> has resigned from his position within the Club’s Football Department.<\/p>\n

“The Club is in ongoing discussions with Ben regarding his future and the timing of his departure.<\/p>\n

“Arrangements have not yet been finalised.<\/p>\n

“First and foremost, the Club is focussed on supporting Ben and his family through this process and prioritising their wellbeing and welfare.”
It is a tough blow for the Broncos, with Te’o playing an instrumental role in their defensive structures, which saw them break their 19-year premiership drought last season.
The verbal stoush that occurred was over defensive tactics in the lead up to their Round 3 clash, and despite coming away with a win in Melbourne, they will have to pay the ultimate price.<\/p>\n

The coaching duo’s relationship spans back to their Rabbitohs days, where Te’o played second row in Maguire’s 2014 premiership-winning side.<\/p>\n

Brisbane officials are hoping Te’o has a change of heart, but it looks like he is on the way out after the Broncos held meetings on Tuesday to discuss severance packages for him.<\/p>\n

The off-field dramas continue to plague the Broncos, as they are currently battling an on-going feud with club legend Gorden Tallis.<\/p>\n

The ‘raging bull’ had his name removed from the club’s conference room at their $27 million headquarters after public criticism of the coach and skipper Adam Reynolds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is unknown if other assistant coaches in Matt Ballin<\/a> and Trent Barrett<\/a>, will take over Te’o’s role at this stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brisbane Broncos’ rough start to their title defence season just got a lot worse, with assistant coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-345195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}