2026 NRL General Discussion Thread

Sproj said:
- Great junior pathway system
- Proactive signings
- Player depth
- Succession plans
- Advertising at grass roots levels
- Re-signing key players before October 1
- Signing players under the age of 35
- Promoting themselves at schools
- Openly stating they want to be number 1 long term
- Clear structures in place
- Having hookers that actually run
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even with all that ... they still haven't made the finals in their existence

hell even as bad as we're going this year, even we haven't been beaten by 66 points.

but I'm they'll happily take you as a fan ... they need all the fans they can get, and we've got plenty to spare 😉
 
Foordy said:
even with all that ... they still haven't made the finals in their existence

hell even as bad as we're going this year, even we haven't been beaten by 66 points.

but I'm they'll happily take you as a fan ... they need all the fans they can get, and we've got plenty to spare 😉
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I'm never going to jump ship obviously and like come on man, this is the whole point. The Broncs take everything for granted. We shouldn't be wanting to lose one fan, all of them should be valued.

And yeah, they haven't made finals in their existence but how long is that? They are unlikely to miss this year anyway. Every club has to start somewhere and they are doing pretty well.

I'm not worried for the next year or the one after, I'm worried for the next generation of fan. Those growing up with the Dolphins in their entire existence. These growing up to be Broncos fans should not be taken for granted.
 
Sproj said:
And yeah, they haven't made finals in their existence but how long is that? They are unlikely to miss this year anyway. Every club has to start somewhere and they are doing pretty well.
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they're currently sitting in 7th.

if the Cowboys beat them this week and the Sea Eagles beat the Titans they will be out of the 8
 
The Dolphins are in a better position to win a premiership but we all know about premiership windows.

Brisbane went all-in for 2025 and now they're feeling the ramifications of that decision.

The club is going through a transitional period but I don't think it's always going to be as bleak as what they're going through now.
 
tommy said:
It took broncos 4 years to make finals.
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Not quite.
We finished seventh in our first year (1988) and equal 5th in our second year (but lost a playoff for 5th place in the finals).
In both those years we would have played finals if there had been an 8 team finals system (which there should have been in what was then a 16 team comp).
In 1990 we finished equal first with Penrith (second on points differential).
So we were competitive from the start.

It will be interesting to see if the Dolphins can match our record and make the finals in their 3rd year.
Don't think they will be first or equal first on the ladder though.
 
Sproj said:
Credit where its due, they are proactively playing the long game trying to be number 1. We just sit on our hands and say, but we're the Broncos.
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I & we’ll understand the pain and frustration about our performances & recruitment this year. No matter whatever that bozo blabbers, they can never reach the shadows of Broncos. Hence, they’ll always be “The Rejects”. Period!

Cheer up, mate.
 
I think all these doom and gloomers about the club this year need to decide if they would prefer to be near the top each year and win nothing or would they prefer to win a premiership? Like we just won the premiership FFS.
 
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