Adam Reynolds smacks down Tyson Gamble after he said he was the side’s mastermind, not Kevin Walters

Brisbane Broncos skipper Adam Reynolds has personally called out his halves partner Tyson Gamble ahead of Saturday’s must-win NRL match against the Dragons.

With their season on life support, Brisbane coach Kevin Walters has rolled the dice by dumping young half Ezra Mam in favour of Gamble.

However, it has since been revealed that Gamble – who will go to the Newcastle Knights next season – told a podcast that Broncos players were seeking out Reynolds for advice, not their coach.

‘Kev’s the coach but Reyno is the go-to man for everybody,’ said Gamble.

‘If you’ve got a question about footy or the team, you go to him. It’s not a knock on Kev but ‘Reyno’ has been around for so long.

‘Kevvie really understands footy and he’s a good bloke in getting the team up and about but the modern day is so different to the way Kevvie played footy.

‘There are some similarities with how you have to be with attitude and stuff, but Reyno is the mastermind around our attack at the moment.’

The Broncos have lost four of their last five matches to plummet from the NRL top four to outside the top eight and must beat the Dragons on Saturday to have any hope of reaching the finals.

The club will also be relying on Wests Tigers upsetting the Canberra Raiders.

Ahead of the crunch match, Reynolds said he had called Gamble to confront him over his comments.  

‘I rang Tyson to clear the air and he was apologetic to Kevin,’ Reynolds told Triple M radio.

‘He admits he got the words wrong and worded it wrong. 

Reynolds has called teammate Gamble over his comments about coach Kevin Walters

‘Knowing Tyson, he wouldn’t have deliberately gone out to hurt the coach.

‘I just rang Tyson to get his side of the story and he knew straight away he had stuffed up.

‘Tyson is a lovely human being and he is never going out there to hurt anyone’s feelings.

‘He admitted he got it wrong and he is on the front foot correcting things to make it right.’

While Reynolds relishes his role as captain of the Broncos, he asserted that the messages he delivers to the players come from Walters.    

‘I have a lot of respect for Kevvie,’ he said.

‘He makes my role at the club a lot easier and we wouldn’t be in this position without Kevin.

‘Everything I drip-feed to the playing group is through Kev, so those comments are a bit out of line.

Walters is under pressure with the Broncos as the team stares down the barrel of missing the NRL finals after being in the top four just a few weeks ago

‘I haven’t had a chance to speak to Kevvie.

‘No doubt he is feeling it a bit, it’s never easy reading those things about yourself.

‘He is a wonderful coach and human being and he is as passionate as anyone in the club.’

While Gamble has apologised, he also attacked the media, claiming his comments were taken out of context.

He posted an image to Instagram of his comments that had been published by Fox Sports and said: ‘This is a joking [laughing emoji]. Why does the media have to take a comment I made out of context from a month ago and turn it into something it isn’t?’

Gamble has blamed the media for taking his podcast comments out of context on Instagram

Reynolds remains confident the Broncos can get the job done against a Dragons side with little to play for and that Gamble’s comments have not divided the playing group.

‘As a club, we are pretty tight, the boys get on well and there are no fractured relationships,’ he said. 

‘This is not ideal in the circumstance we are in.

‘There is a lot of expectation and media hype around us potentially missing the eight.’