August 16, 2026 — 12:22pm
It took 24 weeks and three minutes, but Michael Maguire had finally had enough. This may have just been the eeriest press conference of the two-time premiership coach’s tenure at the Broncos.
And after what his side dished out in their 40-6 humbling at the Warriors’ hands on Saturday night, he could not be blamed.
Even as the losses piled up in 2026 to leave the defending champions languishing in second-last place with a 6-15 record, Maguire had publicly been a staunch advocate for his squad.
Michael Maguire’s usually calm countenance cracked after Brisbane’s latest Suncorp Stadium implosion. Getty Throughout an injury crisis that at one stage had their casualty ward overflowing with 15 players, he constantly backed his troops to turn the tide and bleed for the jersey.
He responded calmly to journalists’ questions, and pleaded for fans to feel assured the work on the training paddock would eventually reap rewards.
That all changed after Brisbane’s latest Suncorp Stadium implosion.
“It’s not good enough. We won’t want to do that next weekend,” Maguire said.
“We’re not playing the style we know and we practised, and if we don’t do it, w
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