{"id":349461,"date":"2023-11-26T18:48:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T19:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=349461"},"modified":"2023-11-26T21:03:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T21:03:13","slug":"arch-rivals-double-blow-could-hurt-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=349461","title":{"rendered":"Arch rival's double blow 'could hurt' Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Broncos<\/a> have been relatively quiet in the off-season, but the loss of two key players from their grand final team could hurt them next year.<\/p>\n

Herbie Farnworth<\/a> was as good as any centre in the NRL last season, scoring and setting up a host of tries as well as defending solidly.<\/p>\n

And Tom Flegler<\/a> was a tower of strength in the middle, making the hard yards and stopping rival forwards dead in their tracks with brutal tackles.<\/p>\n

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Both have gone to cross-town rivals the Dolphins and will be missed by Kevin Walters<\/a>' team.<\/p>\n

The club has made just one significant signing – Fletcher Baker from the Roosters – to replace Flegler but he is not quite in the Flegler league\u2026 yet.<\/p>\n

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Last season's late grand final capitulation will haunt the Broncos all summer and a sports psychologist may be needed to get the players' heads back into a good space.<\/p>\n

Brisbane looked to be in an unbeatable position when Ezra Mam scored his lightning hat-trick, only to fall to pieces as Nathan Cleary came to life in the final 20 minutes of the biggest game of the year.<\/p>\n

The club has other issues to work on as well – with their tremendous fire power they made the most line breaks in the NRL in 2023 (160), but also made the most errors (293).<\/p>\n

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For all his brilliance, Reece Walsh made the most individual errors in the competition (53) and Walters will doubtless be working on his decision-making in pressure situations in the off season.<\/p>\n

In defence, the Broncos conceded the most run metres in the NRL (38,829) so plugging the leaks in the line is another job for the coaching staff over the off-season.<\/p>\n

Potential finish:<\/strong> 1st to 4th<\/p>\n

2024 gains:<\/strong> Fletcher Baker (Roosters).<\/p>\n

2024 losses:<\/strong> Herbie Farnworth (Dolphins), Keenan Palasia (Titans), Tom Flegler (Dolphins).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Broncos have been relatively quiet in the off-season, but the loss of two key players from their grand final team could hurt them next […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":349465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349461"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=349461"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":349468,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349461\/revisions\/349468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/349465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=349461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=349461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=349461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}