A furious Henjak defended his club's young halfback yesterday as Wallace again played 80 minutes with broken ribs as the Broncos fell to their fourth straight NRL defeat in a 21-14 loss to Parramatta.

Wallace unwittingly carried broken ribs into the 24-14 Origin II defeat but endured a nightmare camp, under pressure immediately after coach Craig Bellamy publicly condemned his Origin I performance.

Henjak was livid that the 23-year-old was not given any support by the Blues and is now being made scapegoat for their woeful performance.

''They were just into him the whole time. He had no support whatsoever come from anyone in that camp,'' Henjak said yesterday.

''He just had to wear it all himself and I just thought it was grossly unfair. He is a tremendous guy, a tremendous player and he tried his heart out out there in that Origin game and he did again today.

''He's not going to whinge and complain about it and make excuses about it.

''He wore it on the chin and gets on with life ... someone needs to stick up for him.''

He said he would have expected other players to support Wallace.

Asked if he was speaking about the NSW coach, Henjak replied, ''I'm not going to name anyone, they all know who they are.''

Meanwhile, Henjak has his own concerns as his NRL club's fourth straight loss has dropped it outside the top eight for the first time this year.

Apart from Wallace's ribs, prop Nick Kenny will miss several weeks with a medial knee ligament strain while fullback Karmichael Hunt sustained an ankle injury which required pain-killing injections at half-time. Already without Test stars Israel Folau (sternum) and Justin Hodges (knee), the Broncos desperately need a swing in fortune to salvage a fading season.

''If we can keep playing like that with that attitude and get some troops back ... if we can get some consistency there we can turn things around,'' Henjak said.

''I thought today was a big leap forward for us from where we've been the last three weeks.'' AAP