Last year's grand finalists, the Brisbane Broncos, have addressed the disappointing end to this season.
An unfortunate conclusion could raise questions about coach Kevie Walters' future, as the Broncos face the need for a major turnaround to succeed in 2025.
Like many other NRL clubs, the Broncos were hit hard by injuries to key players, which contributed to some of their misfortune on the field.
Broncos captain Adam Reynolds opened up to SEN 1170 Mower's Club about the season ending.
โWe sat down and reviewed the season, we had a questionnaire amongst the whole team about things we want to improve on and get better at as a team,โ Reynolds said on SEN 1170 Mower's Club.
โAs preseason approaches, that's when I'll sit down with a couple of senior boys, we'll get on the same page and move in the same direction.โ
Reynolds acknowledged that injuries were a significant issue throughout the season, with key players, including himself, spending multiple rounds on the sidelines.
โIt's a hard one, a lot of injuries and what now played a part,โ Reynolds added. โWe had a shorter preseason which is not idealโฆ there's a lot of expectations.
โProbably just getting on top of it sooner, recognising that the season wasn't going the way that we liked, just trying to put a stop to it earlier."
Reynolds has signed a one-year extension with the Broncos, keeping him at the club until the end of 2025.
While uncertain about his future beyond that, he remains hopeful that the team will bounce back next season and return to top form.
โObviously pretty disappointed the way it finished, it gives us a great opportunity for a bigger preseason next year and hopefully we'll come back and do something great.โ
Hope you took a huge pay cut because with the way things are going, we will lost players over-over paying players that are at the end of there careers. Oates done it just to stay at the club and over the years bloke like locky and peteo and other old bloke done it 2 keep a good team together. 1 over payed player cant win the comp by himself. I do agree short preseason from going to the us and playing the GF does play a big part in how unfit Brisbane there this year an u could see it in the way we played ever game always behind the 8 ball. If we r fitter less injuries happen the speed of the game really had us on the back foot all year.