Broncos coach Anthiny Griffin says club has resolved morale and attitude issues Broncos coach Anthony Griffin is confident his team is now a "harder" side. BRISBANE Broncos coach Anthony Griffin has conceded his side had problems with morale and attitude during their drastic fadeout in the closing rounds last season. But he insists players have learnt from their mistakes. Griffin is confident his team is now a "harder" side and will be better for the hollow experience of winning just one of their final eight games in 2012, before being quickly bumped out of the finals by the North Queensland Cowboys. Speaking at a season preview lunch at Broncos Leagues Club yesterday, Griffin was asked about the Broncos' tepid finish to 2012. "We did have problems with morale and attitude," Griffin said. Last year was a lesson we had to learn. We were bubbling along quite nicely . . . we thought we were going very well without probably our greatest-ever player Darren Lockyer. But we weren't working as hard as we thought. We have learnt that success is something you have got to continue to work hard for. Griffin insists the Broncos are far better placed this season and is cherishing Brisbane's tough start to the season, which includes bumper matches against Manly, their opponent tomorrow night at Suncorp Stadium, Melbourne and the Cowboys in the first six weeks. Penrith supremo Phil Gould, guest speaker at yesterday's lunch, recently used his Sydney newspaper column to claim the Broncos were at the "crossroads," writing that he doubted their premiership credentials. Gould did not go that far in front of a packed room of Broncos supporters yesterday, but did say senior players needed to "take up the challenge this season." Gould, the most successful NSW Origin coach in history, is the man many Queenslanders love to hate but paid the league-loving state the ultimate compliment. "Queensland really is the rugby league state and it is the state which has really kept our code going," he said. Brisbane is the rugby league capital of the world at the moment. It comes a lot on the back of the Origin success. Queensland is the greatest football side I have ever seen. Gould lashed a previous era of NSW Origin selection, under former coaches Craig Bellamy and Graham Murray, when he said Blues officials did not show enough faith in their players. Injured Brisbane star Jharal Yow Yeh did a skills training session with the Broncos this week but is still heavily restricted in his movement after major ankle surgery. There remains no timeline for when he could return to the Broncos side.