3 coaches tipped to replace Madge at Broncos

Three coaches have been floated as potential successors to Michael Maguire at the Brisbane Broncos.

Maguire has survived an internal review of the 2026 season, as the Broncos sit 15th on the NRL ladder heading into their final game of the year against the Bulldogs.

Brisbane won the Premiership for the first time in 19 years in 2025, but have fallen apart this season.

Journalists on NRL 360 have been discussing how long Madge has to prove himself as the club’s long-term coach next year before he is potentially replaced, while three names to succeed him were floated.

“They’re an absolute debacle on and off the field,” Dean Ritchie said.

“The issues are so deep at Brisbane, and they’re so hostile. I’m a Madge fan, but I wonder how the hell he’s going to pull this group together during the summer and somehow get the best out of them.

“They’re fractured. They’re unhappy. They’re unsettled.

“It looks like a club that isn’t going to somehow find a spark over December and January and come out of the fire.”

Brent Read added: “It’s the Broncos. Every coach in the game would want to coach the Broncos.

“There’s no candidate that stands out to me. There’s obviously guys on the staff like (assistant coach) Trent Barrett or (ex-assistant) Ben Te’o, who was on the staff.

“The left-field one is Wayne (Bennett), but there would need to be significant changes (at the club) for Wayne to go back there.”