Brisbane Broncos great Ben Te’o is expected to resign from his post as the club’s defensive coach, amid a falling out with head coach Michael Maguire.
When the club trains at 4pm on Tuesday it was expected Te’o would not be there, and the Broncos would confirm their position on the situation.
Te’o, who played 96 NRL games for the side, had been lauded for injecting a hard-edge into the defending champions since arriving at Red Hill.
The pair won a title together when Te’o played under Maguire at South Sydney.
However, they were involved in a heated verbal altercation in the lead-up to the Broncos’ weekend triumph over the Melbourne Storm.
Brisbane’s general manager of football operations Troy Thomson held a meeting between the two yesterday in an attempt to restore peace.
At a pre-scheduled media conference, Brisbane forward Ben Talty told reporters he had only just heard the speculation this morning.
“I saw it on Instagram this morning, I haven’t read too much into it. I don’t know what’s coming or how true the situation is, but I can’t really comment on it,” Talty said.
“Benny’s a fantastic coach, he’s our defence coach, and we try to pride ourselves on our defence as well as a team.”
More to come.
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