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Forward Pat Carrigan says an under-fire Brisbane are ready to ditch their "boring" tag and make a stand against the Warriors in Saturday's NRL clash.

Forward Pat Carrigan says Brisbane have vowed to make a stand against the Warriors in Saturday's NRL clash in Gosford in a last-ditch bid to revitalise their season.

Carrigan said the Broncos were hurting after hitting a new low last round - booed off the field at halftime by their own fans before slumping to their fifth straight loss.

But lock Carrigan said the second-last Brisbane weren't ready to wave the white flag just yet.

"Looking back we were 2-5 last year and we still made the playoffs," he said.

"The white flag is definitely not up and will never go up from this group.

"But we know as a group it is time we make a stand for each other.

"We know the only way to turn your critics away is to start winning and it needs to start this week for us."

Critics including Brisbane greats have been queuing up to take shots at the fallen six-time premiers with coach Anthony Seibold and misfiring playmaker Anthony Milford copping the brunt of the barrage.

Sick of the outside noise, Carrigan said it was time Brisbane ditched their "boring" tag and finally showed what they could do on the field.

"There's no hiding behind it, we are obviously up against it at the moment but it's all of our doing," he said.

"But we have spoken about getting back to playing footy the way we want to do it.

"As a group we concede we have been a bit conservative, just one off-the-ruck boring footy.

"As a team we have plenty of skills and have boys like Milf (Milford) ... who can do things that not many in the game can do.

"We are just looking at playing a bit of footy (against Warriors)."

The home-sick Warriors appear vulnerable after the 14th-placed outfit were thrashed 50-6 by Melbourne last round.

But Carrigan admitted the lowly Broncos couldn't afford to take anyone lightly.

"I think they deserve a lot of credit for what they have done, what they have put themselves and their families through to keep the game afloat," he said.

"They have had a few tough games like us but they are definitely a team ... who turn up for each other.

"We are not taking them or any team lightly because we are down on the bottom."

STATS THAT MATTER

* Since 2019, Brisbane have lost eight of their nine games in NSW

* Since the round-three resumption, Brisbane have the worst completion rate (71.6 per cent) and concede the most penalties (eight per game)

* Brisbane has scored four points and conceded an NRL-worst 70 in the final 20 minutes of games this season