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.
This entire “Broncos Old Boys Club” attack on Michael Maguire is pointless…mainly because the Broncos WON THE COMP LAST YEAR!
Every decision the Club made paid off by winning the top prize in the NRL so any complaints or harsh opinions may as well be Farts in the Wind for all the weight they carry.
Well done 👏 Good work BRONCOS So sick of hearing tallis talking smack about the coach its not good for the team or the fans. As a Fan im really over it, as a kid i love watching him play but the way he’s talking crap He’s the one who’s gone on to far, yea kevvys his mate but come on get over it. I really think kevvys a better Australian or origin coach then with the clubs i got sick of the know answer press conferences everyweek. Ali’s has been great for the girls and the NRLW and she has 4 GF Rings.