Broncos centre Kotoni Staggs has called on the club's leadership group to step up as the embattled team rounds the home turn in what's been a horror season.
Brisbane currently sit 15th, with just three wins from 14 games amid a revolving door of on-field and personnel issues as well as off-field drama.
Speaking on NITV's Over the Black Dot, Staggs said some of his more senior teammates needed to lead the way.
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"There’s some boys there in leadership that are not really doing their job and I think there’s a lot of young boys in there that are getting away with a bit," Staggs said.
"We need some leaders there to step up and to show us young boys what it’s about."
While his on-field form has been solid, Staggs himself has been a stranger to the drama at the club this season.
Between a hamstring injury and a high shot suspension, he's missed six games so for in 2020.
His year had appeared to get back on track as he proved to be a dangerous weapon on the team's left edge, until earlier this month when he was caught up in a revenge porn scandal.
An explicit video featuring the 21-year-old was spread on social media, though he was cleared of any wrongdoing.
Staggs said he was happy to have a strong support network around him.
"I have had a couple hard weeks myself with stuff coming out on social media and that. But I've got a good headspace, I have got good people around me, family included, I have big support from them," he said.
"So at the moment everything is dealt with what happened with myself and I am going good and I just want to finish the season strong."
Brisbane take on the Dragons this Friday.
