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At Central Coast Stadium, the New Zealand Warriors defeated the Brisbane Broncos 26-16.
Despite a fast start and a 10-0 lead over the Warriors, the Broncos were unable to hold off a spirited New Zealand outfit, making it six losses in a row.
Today’s loss only adds to the Broncos’ misery as they extend their worst losing streak in eight years.
After the game, halfback Brodie Croft and skipper Alex Glenn were visibly upset, with cameras capturing the moment the pair burst into tears.
Despite the poor performance, Glenn stated that his team has been working hard each week.
The 31-year-old admitted to “tears” as a result of his devotion to the club.
“It’s been a tough couple of weeks, it just hurts because I know the effort we’re putting into training every week,” Glenn was quoted as saying.
“There are just a few areas in our game where we lack discipline.” I just care so much about this club, this team, and that emotion has unfortunately come out.
“I’m not shying away from it, sometimes you shed tears.
“As a captain, it’s easy to lead your team when you’re on the highs. And for myself, I see this as a great opportunity and a challenge for myself to test my character and leadership.
“I’m not shying away from nothing.”
Broncos coach Anthony Seibold admitted he was “sad” when he saw the emotional response from his players after the match.
“It makes me sad,” Seibold said.
“The guys have been heavily criticised and in some ways rightly so for not winning some footy games.
“It means a lot to the group. We work and invest a lot of time in it, but we are just not getting our jobs done at the moment.”
“The pain you saw on the guys faces is how we all feel at the moment. We don’t like getting kicked in the guts and until we start winning some games we are going to be.”
When asked why the club has been struggling, Seibold said his side has been unable to keep the pressure on during the final 20 minutes.
“I’d love to find out to be fair,” he said.
“We are really hurting ourselves with errors and lack of field position and it just seems to be compounding.
“It was really similar to the Manly game a couple of weeks ago where we looked really dominant and energetic, but ultimately in the last 20 minutes at the moment the game gets away from us and it was the same again tonight.”
