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WAYNE Bennett does not have the NRL premiership race right where he wants it, but he will like aspects of where the sixth-placed Broncos sit this week.
The Broncos have long operated well with an “us against the world’’ mentality.
Some at Red Hill feel centre James Roberts paid a heavy price for being at their high-profile club when news of his misbehaviour at least two nights on the drink this month was exposed by last week.
Bennett and some of his players convinced themselves that a lot of media pundits had publicly written them off for the season during their run of seven losses from nine matches between rounds 11-21.
Those of us with feet on Planet Earth were looking at that stage to see how well, if at all, they would emerge, with the finals fast approaching, from one of the inevitable ups and downs of an NRL season experienced by most teams.
The way Bennett and the Broncos have publicly played the appearances of Joe Wehbe is also so very like the Broncos, who do things their own way, regardless of what anyone else wants to know.
Wehbe has knocked back interview requests during his three weeks working with the Broncos which have identified him as someone who very definitely does not craves a public spotlight.
His appearances have coincided with Brisbane’s three-game winning streak. He’s been referred to as a coaching consultant and a performance manager.
Bennett said a couple of weeks ago he does not want to talk about what Wehbe does for his team until he is good and ready. So here’s a little for the time being about the man who has been in camp with Stephen Kearney’s New Zealand Test team.
Wehbe had worked with players from at least two other NRL clubs, the Storm and the Tigers, without having had the same on-field role at club training he has had with the Broncos.
He has become renowned for his assistance to players with their mental approach to the game.
Another Wehbe’s name appeared on the Twitter accounts last week of players from several clubs, including three Broncos.
Carla Webhe is apparently a 22-year-old singer-songwriter from Sydney and the NRL footballers were keen to enthuse to their own Twitter followers about one of her songs, pointing out where it could be downloaded.
One of them, Andrew McCullough, said with a smile when asked if she was related to Wehbe: “I have no comment about that. No, I don’t know.’’
Cameron Smith, Corey Parker, Matt Gillett, Jarryd Hayne, Aaron Woods, Mitchell Moses, Luke Brooks, Blake Green and Tim Mannah were equally as motivated to tweet their enthusiasm about her music. Retweets of some were made on the Twitter account of ID Elite Sports Management, which is the agency for most of them, not including Hayne.
Smith, McCullough, Parker and Gillett all used the word “excited’’ and said the single was about “to drop’’, so they were getting common words for their tweets from somewhere.
It’s all part of the fun of being in a firing and in-demand football team.
Whatever assistance the one-time “mystery man Joe’’ has provided the Broncos, it has obviously not hurt them one bit on the scoreboard over the past three weeks.
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The Broncos have long operated well with an “us against the world’’ mentality.
Some at Red Hill feel centre James Roberts paid a heavy price for being at their high-profile club when news of his misbehaviour at least two nights on the drink this month was exposed by last week.
Bennett and some of his players convinced themselves that a lot of media pundits had publicly written them off for the season during their run of seven losses from nine matches between rounds 11-21.
Those of us with feet on Planet Earth were looking at that stage to see how well, if at all, they would emerge, with the finals fast approaching, from one of the inevitable ups and downs of an NRL season experienced by most teams.
The way Bennett and the Broncos have publicly played the appearances of Joe Wehbe is also so very like the Broncos, who do things their own way, regardless of what anyone else wants to know.
Wehbe has knocked back interview requests during his three weeks working with the Broncos which have identified him as someone who very definitely does not craves a public spotlight.
His appearances have coincided with Brisbane’s three-game winning streak. He’s been referred to as a coaching consultant and a performance manager.
Bennett said a couple of weeks ago he does not want to talk about what Wehbe does for his team until he is good and ready. So here’s a little for the time being about the man who has been in camp with Stephen Kearney’s New Zealand Test team.
Wehbe had worked with players from at least two other NRL clubs, the Storm and the Tigers, without having had the same on-field role at club training he has had with the Broncos.
He has become renowned for his assistance to players with their mental approach to the game.
Another Wehbe’s name appeared on the Twitter accounts last week of players from several clubs, including three Broncos.
Carla Webhe is apparently a 22-year-old singer-songwriter from Sydney and the NRL footballers were keen to enthuse to their own Twitter followers about one of her songs, pointing out where it could be downloaded.
One of them, Andrew McCullough, said with a smile when asked if she was related to Wehbe: “I have no comment about that. No, I don’t know.’’
Cameron Smith, Corey Parker, Matt Gillett, Jarryd Hayne, Aaron Woods, Mitchell Moses, Luke Brooks, Blake Green and Tim Mannah were equally as motivated to tweet their enthusiasm about her music. Retweets of some were made on the Twitter account of ID Elite Sports Management, which is the agency for most of them, not including Hayne.
Smith, McCullough, Parker and Gillett all used the word “excited’’ and said the single was about “to drop’’, so they were getting common words for their tweets from somewhere.
It’s all part of the fun of being in a firing and in-demand football team.
Whatever assistance the one-time “mystery man Joe’’ has provided the Broncos, it has obviously not hurt them one bit on the scoreboard over the past three weeks.
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