The Broncos crashed from a grand final appearance down to 12th this season and the man who kickstarted the NRL franchise has pointed to one key problem.
Broncos founder Barry Maranta says the current squad lacks "hard heads" required to be a premiership contender.Share article
The Broncos in the past have boasted premiership winning hitmen such as Tonie Carroll, Peter Ryan and Trevor Gillmeister and ""hard heads" such as Glenn Lazarus, Shane Webcke, Gorden Tallis and Brad Thorn. "I am hoping to have a coffee with the and find out where we are going to get our hard heads from.The Broncos have a suite of young forwards such as Ben Te Kura , Brendan Piakura , Jordan Riki and Xavier Willison . Test forwards Payne Haas and Pat Carrigan play big minutes and lead the packThe Broncos lack a Victor Radley, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, James Fisher-Harris or Nelson Asofa-Solomona that the premiership heavyweights boast.
Maranta said he believed current Broncos coach Kevin Walters would get the balance of his squad right. That may well require a more aggressive approach to recruitment.
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