Broncos coach Michael Maguire said his players need to “have a look in the mirror” after their fourth loss in five games on Friday night.
Brisbane were cruising at 14-0 at halftime but capitulated in the second half as they succumbed to a Latrell Mitchell masterclass to lose 22-14.
Maguire was brought to the club to win a title but it’s been a tumultuous opening 10 weeks for the 5-5 Broncos who are playing nowhere near consistent enough to break their 19-year premiership drought.
“As a group we have to learn how to (play consistently) or we’ll keep bumbling the same way we have been. It’s not good enough, simple as that,” Maguire said.
“It’s the want to do it for 80 minutes. We’re chasing 80-minute games every week and we’ve seen signs but we’ve also seen the other side, so as a group we have to make sure that they take ownership and we take ownership of what needs to happen.
“It was there for us so it’s very disappointing and not good enough.
“We need to have a look in the mirror and have a look at ourselves and say ‘well what do you need to do, what do I need to do to make sure that we get it done’.
“There’s moments where we show signs of what we can do but that’s irrelevant if you don’t do it for 80 minutes.”
Brisbane captain Adam Reynolds was just as downcast following the match where he lost his halves partner Ben Hunt to what appeared a serious hamstring injury.
“It’s extremely frustrating because we know what sort of team we’ve got and we’re just not doing it at the moment,” Reynolds said.
Hunt’s likely absence means Ezra Mam will almost certainly come back into the side for next week’s clash against the Dragons.
Maguire said he didn’t know the severity of Hunt’s injury and the veteran coach wouldn’t be drawn on whether he’d pick Mam.
“I’ll go through this game first then think about that,” Maguire said.
