'Not just random trolls': Staggering details in Anthony Seibold saga

Brisbane Broncos coach Anthony Seibold is reportedly close to discovering who is allegedly behind a series of rumours and accusations against him.

Seibold took a leave of absence from the club some weeks ago to deal with the matter, commissioning a legal team to get to the bottom of the gossip - which a cybersecurity team is closing in on.

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According to Dave Garratt, the head of Seibold’s legal team, the rumours attached to the Broncos coach are not the work of ‘random trolls’ looking to score cheap shots on the embattled mentor online.

In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Garratt said the online experts were assembling a ‘road map’ that would lead them to the culprits.

“It’s quite unexpected. It’s not just random trolls,” Garratt said.

“(The experts) wouldn’t even know who the Brisbane Broncos are.

“They’re just following this stuff online but it’s quite amazing what they can do. They’re just letting things run at the moment.

“There is a lot of activity online at the moment so the guys are watching that.

“They’re watching people and by this afternoon or early tomorrow we will have a road map as to where we go from here.”

Brisbane Broncos’ NRL season of misery continues

Stand-in Brisbane coach Peter Gentle says the struggling team need to "break some bad habits" if they are to win another NRL match this season.

The Broncos horror show continued in Canberra, giving up a 8-6 lead to crash to a 36-8 defeat, leaving them with just three wins for the season.

The only pain for the Raiders came on the sidelines, with coach Ricky Stuart unable to attend the post-match press conference due to a back problem that also kept him from his usual sideline position.

Gentle has taken over the reins for two weeks while embattled coach Anthony Seibold quarantines after leaving the NRL bubble for family reasons.

The Broncos started strongly, with second-rower Payne Haas leading the charge up the middle as Jesse Arthars and young centre Herbie Farnsworth both scored.

There were no signs of the 30-point blow-out ahead, with Gentle saying he thought his team "were in with a real show".

He said the second-half collapse was a pattern of their season. They fell away similarly in round five against Manly and round eight against the Warriors after leading at half-time while they looked in line for a win over Cronulla two weeks ago before imploding.

"We're all hurting - it's less than ideal what we're going through but unfortunately we've got to break some bad habits there," Gentle said.

With AAP