Kevin Walters insists Adam Reynolds will stay captain of Brisbane for the remainder of his profession and has lifted the lid on an honesty session that may get the facet firing for the remainder of the season.
Forward of the away conflict with Gold Coast on Saturday afternoon, the Broncos coach answered questions on Reynolds after former captain Gorden Tallis questioned his management credentials.
Broncos coach Kevin Walters. (Photograph by Mark Kolbe/Getty Pictures)
The outspoken Tallis mentioned on NRL 360 “the workforce is missing management” and highlighted how Reynolds was unable to get the facet residence in final yr’s grand ultimate or carry the workforce in final week’s dismal 41-16 loss to Canterbury, which left the Broncos 4 factors adrift of the highest eight.
“If he’s the captain and he’s not doing it, there could be an opportunity to place Pat Carrigan there,” Tallis mentioned.
“Perhaps there needs to be a change with who will get the ‘C’ subsequent to their identify.”
Such a kerfuffle did the Reynolds saga trigger, together with again web page headlines within the native each day newspaper, Walters assured the 34-year-old Reynolds his place as skipper was not in query. Reynolds is contracted to Brisbane till the tip of 2025.
“I discussed to him by means of the week that when (CEO) Dave Donaghy and I went all the way down to signal him in Sydney that he was our captain. So long as he’s nonetheless taking part in, he shall be our captain,” Walters mentioned.
“(The criticism) was a tricky factor for him to learn however he’s a tricky fella and he has been across the sport lengthy sufficient to grasp how essential his captaincy is to our membership.
“When he’s taking part in properly and will get his personal sport shifting properly he has an enormous affect over our workforce. We noticed that towards Newcastle (within the 30-14 win in spherical 20) and we are going to see that once more tomorrow towards the Titans.”
Reynolds mentioned on Triple M the facet had an honesty session on Monday about their kind, which incorporates shedding seven of the final eight video games.
“We had a soul-searching assembly and obtained loads out of it. The response is what we’re on the lookout for now,” he mentioned.
“We’ve educated extraordinarily properly and had the sincere conversations behind closed doorways.”
Walters mentioned he was assured a response can be forthcoming because of this.
“We’ve spoken about some good honesty this week in our workforce conferences and in our workforce overview,” he mentioned.
“The gamers are taking possession of what occurred final week and are ensuring it doesn’t occur once more this week.
“We’ve obtained the whole lot to play for. We had the whole lot to play for final week. We’ve had preparation and there’s vitality amongst the group.”
Brisbane supporters and pundits have questioned Walters’ incapacity to get the facet firing in 2024 after reaching the grand ultimate final yr. If the Broncos fail to play finals once more this yr will probably be three seasons out of 4 underneath Walters that they might have failed to complete within the prime eight.
Walters was blunt when requested whether or not he was the best man to teach the membership into the longer term.
“I’m not even going to reply that. That’s ridiculous,” Walters bristled.
“Who has been vital? They haven’t been in right here and checked out what we’re doing. That may be a foolish query.”
