Brisbane Broncos hierarchy have reportedly grown concerned about the likes of Reece Walsh and Patrick Carrigan living 90 minutes away from club headquarters on the Gold Coast, with questions emerging about whether it has affected standards and culture at the club. New coach Michael Maguire has already begun work on instilling a new culture at the NRL club, and there’s now a chain of thought that he could dictate where the players live.
Walsh and Carrigan are among a number of Broncos players who actually live on the Gold Coast rather than in Brisbane, with Walsh recently purchasing a property in the Gold Coast hinterland. It means those players travel 160km to training and back, which takes about 90 minutes each way.
According to the Courier Mail, Broncos officials have held discussions about whether players should be forced to live closer to Brisbane, amid fears the travel is taking too much of a toll. The Broncos are coming off their biggest slide in club history after they finished 12th in 2024, just 12 months after making the grand final in 2023.
According to the report, some players have asked to leave training early in the past in a bid to beat peak-hour traffic while travelling back to the Gold Coast. Payne Haas used to live on the Gold Coast, but moved closer to Red Hill recently due to the travel.
“It was a nightmare,” the Courier Mail quoted a Broncos staffer as saying previosly. “Players would want to finish weights sessions early to beat the peak-hour traffic to the Gold Coast. I never liked the idea of Broncos players living on the Gold Coast.”
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