SEIBOLD MUST STOP ROT ON DISCIPLINE

BRISBANE’S board has quizzed coach Anthony Seibold on his squad’s slack discipline following revelations the Broncos are the worst behaved team in the NRL.

The Broncos have conceded a record 54 penalties in seven games and are the only NRL team to have been pinged more than 50 times this season heading into Saturday night’s clash against the Warriors in Gosford.

The NRL’S match-review committee has hammered the Broncos this season, with Joe Ofahengaue, Tevita Pangai Jr, Pat Carrigan and Tom Flegler having served suspensions for foul play.

The raft of penalties has gone down like a lead balloon with Broncos bosses, who have asked Seibold for a “please explain” on the illdiscipline that has sent Brisbane crashing to 15th spot following five straight losses.

Seibold is equally baffled by Brisbane’s inability to stay out of trouble and tabled a plan to the board to address their dismal form over the next four-week block, starting against the Warriors.

Broncos halfback Brodie Croft said Brisbane’s poor attitude with NRL referees threatened to derail their finals hopes.

“Our discipline is hurting us,” Croft said.

“We can do all we want and try to get the ball to the other end of the field, but if we keep giving away penalties and set restarts, our opposition will march down the other end and that puts pressure back on us.

“Once we have teams on the ropes, we need to hold that pressure on them and make them crack instead of us being the ones to crack.” really