Kevin Walters opens up about his meeting with 'old friend' Ange Postecoglou after Brisbane's shattering grand final loss

Broncos coach Kevin Walters has revealed he has enlisted the help of Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou as he looks to rebound from his painful grand final loss to the Panthers.

Brisbane fell agonisingly short of a drought-breaking premiership 2023 after Walters' side surrendered the biggest lead in grand final history.

While in the UK last week on a working holiday, Walters decided to pick the brain of his old friend Postecoglou who has won over many critics with his fearless style of play.

'He's been very successful in his early days at Tottenham so it was just nice to link back up with him again and just have a good conversation about not only footy, but just life in general,' Walters told 9News Queensland.

'He's a great fella and obviously a very good coach as well.

'When I was at the Storm working there as an assistant and he was coaching the [Melbourne] Victory and they were quite successful there.

'We were just re-linking old friendships.'

Walters doesn't think the Broncos need to make any huge changes after their heartbreaking 2023 grand final loss. 

'We just want to get better as a club and certainly myself as a coach as well.

'If I can get better that means the club will get better and our players will keep improving, which is what we need to do.'

Postecoglou's Spurs snatched a late draw at the Etihad in enthralling clash with Manchester City over the weekend.

Dejan Kulusevski's late header earned Spurs a point from a thrilling match in which they trailed 2-1 at the interval.

Postecoglou told Sky Sports: 'It was an entertaining game. We were lucky to be in it at half-time to be fair, City could have blown us away during that period, similar to us last week against Aston Villa.

'We hung in there second half a lot better, a lot more control, a lot more belief in the team, and we get our reward for that which is great for the lads.'

Asked about what he had said to his team at the break, Postecoglou said: 'There's probably only three words I could actually say.

'It's not easy - I'm always mindful that on the touchline, everything looks very simple, but out there when you're facing an unbelievable football team, it's difficult.

'It was just a message to them that, whatever happens, I'll take responsibility for, particularly if it doesn't go well, but go out there and just believe in ourselves, and I think they did that second half.'

The single league point pulled Spurs to within a point of the Premier League's top four and ending their run of three consecutive defeats.

Next up for Spurs is a London derby against West Ham before hosting Eddie Howe's high-flying Newcastle at the weekend.