Broncos

The Broncos' late-season implosion came to an end on Saturday with coach Kevin Walters conceding “the season is over” after their 22-12 loss to the Dragons.

it was just a waste in the end there,” Reynolds said. “We lacked the effort and discipline in the last five weeks that’s required. Five weeks ago we were scoring from 90-100 metres,” Walters said. “Adam (Reynolds) and Kurt (Capewell) have obviously played finals footy but a lot of our guys haven’t got a lot of experience at the back end of the season and we didn’t get it right so that’s what we’ve got to fix.” “We brought players through this year that weren’t even in our side last year so there’s some positives around the club and the team but we just couldn’t finish the season off the way we wanted to.” Brisbane needed to win to keep their season alive. “But if I sit back in a couple of days and have a good look, 13 wins is certainly a lot more than what we had last year (seven). [Burgess’ journey from top of NRL to wilderness and back](https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2022-sam-burgess-orara-valley-axemen-south-sydney-rabbitohs-russell-crowe-wayne-bennett-dolphins/news-story/f519ba6194f917800d316c192fdcf6a3) “The season’s over so words don’t mean too much now, we’ve got to have a good look at ourselves — staff and players — over the next couple of weeks and look forward to next season, that’s all we can do.” Walters believes there were “a few things” that “derailed” the Broncos’ season and Saturday’s “disappointing” performance summed up their last five weeks. Walters admitted after the game that he’s “hurting just like the rest of us” and both the players and staff “need to have a good look at ourselves” after such a rapid decline. “I was animated (in the sheds) because I’m passionate about these guys and our footy club,” he said.