'Awful' Broncos blasted after record capitulation

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Brisbane recorded an unflattering portion of past connected Saturday nighttime arsenic a stunning late-season capitulation came to a caput astatine Kogarah.

The 22-12 nonaccomplishment to St George Illawarra confirmed the Broncos' spot extracurricular the contention apical eight, making it 3 years successful a enactment the nine has not played finals.

It's the archetypal clip successful nine past that has happened.

It's besides the archetypal clip since the NRL finals became an eight-team strategy successful 1995 that a broadside has been successful the apical 4 with six games remaining, and missed the playoffs.

The Broncos were 4th aft circular 19, and decorativeness ninth connected the ladder aft falling disconnected a cliff.

Brisbane fable Corey Parker called the team's onslaught "awful" during the crippled against the Dragons.

"They've mislaid their mode here... determination is nary absorption whatsoever," Parker said.

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"The assurance successful the Broncos astatine the infinitesimal is astatine an all-time low. This is what they travel up with... Reynolds gets caught going backmost connected the inside."

No 1 had precocious hopes for Brisbane this season, and a decorativeness immoderate higher than seventh would person surely exceeded expectations for most.

But the Broncos provided mendacious anticipation by playing supra their ain barroom for astir of the campaign, past collapsing severely erstwhile it mattered most.

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Brisbane manager Kevin Walters was shattered aft past week's immense nonaccomplishment to Parramatta.

He was much composed connected Saturday nighttime arsenic helium fronted media and reflected connected the play arsenic a whole.

"I'm inactive taking 13 wins (for the season) arsenic an improvement," helium said.

"I thought we could person made the 8 this year. But if I beryllium backmost and look astatine it... 13 wins is surely much than we had past year, we brought immoderate players done who weren't adjacent successful our sights past year.

"So immoderate bully positives astir the nine and astir the team. We conscionable couldn't decorativeness the play disconnected the mode we wanted."

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