The conflict between the Brisbane Broncos and club legend Gorden Tallis has reached a boiling point.
The club has moved to re-title a conference room in the Broncos' headquarters to honour Ali Brigginshaw and her illustrious NRLW career.
Her accolades include four premiership wins, three World Cup crowns and the title of the longest-serving Australian Jillaroo.
The conference room was originally named after Tallis, with Code Sports reporting that a move has been made to erase him from the club's headquarters.
It comes as Tallis has applied the blow torch heavily on head coach Michael Maguire and skipper Adam Reynolds, criticising them and the club's methods on his television and media platforms.
The timing of the switch suggests the club has had enough of Tallis' criticism and is making moves to rewrite the legacy of the Brisbane-based franchise.
Broncos CEO, Dave Donaghy, advised staff that the change was made to honour Brigginshaw as one of the Broncos' elite legends of the club.
“Brisbane Broncos recognise the positive contributions and ongoing support of a number of club legends by way of naming various meeting rooms within the Clive Berghofer Centre,” Donaghy said.
“The naming of the Ali Brigginshaw meeting room recognises her outstanding contribution to the Broncos club since the inception of the NRLW program, including leading the club to four NRLW Premierships.”
The Broncos announced the change to their $27 million headquarters just hours before their grand final rematch in Melbourne against the Storm.
Tallis played 160 NRL games for the Broncos, as well as winning three premierships and captaining the side for four seasons during his run at the club from 1997 to 2004.
