New coach gives blunt appraisal to Broncos

WINGER Corey Oates says Anthony Seibold will take Brisbane’s stars to another level, claiming playing positions are on the line as the new Broncos coach seeks to instil a harder edge at Red Hill.

A day after signing a new one-year deal with the Broncos, Oates revealed Seibold had delivered a no-nonsense appraisal of Brisbane’s shortcomings in their failed title campaign last season.

Seibold presiding over a Rabbitohs resurgence that saw South Sydney go from 12th place last year to the top four this year with essentially the same roster.

Now Oates believes Seibold can bring a sharper dimension to the Broncos as the NRL’s coach of the year looks to break Brisbane’s premiership drought, dating back to 2006.

“We are just not turning up sometimes,” Oates said.

“Seibs has already notified us where he thinks we need to fix our attack and defence and we’ll be working on that.

“Every coach wants to win and go all the way but the things that Seibs is going to work on are the things that I believe are the reason why we didn’t go all the way last season.

“He has said that we did a fair bit right (last season) but the little areas we got wrong really killed us.”

Brisbane entered the playoffs with the worst defence of the top eight teams, conceding 500 points in the regular season, which preceded a 48-18 home mauling in their finals debacle against the Dragons.