Maybe it is because Broncos coach Ivan Henjak has had the weekend to calm down.

But the Brisbane mentor claims he did not punish his troops for their bad Good Friday performance, saying it is "business as usual" ahead of Friday night's NRL clash at Penrith.

Well, maybe not for off-season signing Lagi Setu.

The forward paid the price for the Broncos' late lapse in their 28-24 win over Sydney Roosters, making way for Fijian international Ashton Sims for the Penrith showdown.

Henjak appeared to put his team through the wringer at Monday training after their last round fadeout against the Roosters.

However, Henjak said reports of his harsh handling of his troops were a "beat up".

"I don't know where all that came from," he said at Brisbane on Tuesday.

"Yesterday's session wasn't any harder than any session we have had on a Monday - it might have gone a little bit longer.

"Look, we have spoken about the disappointment of the way we let that game almost get away from us.

"But in terms of punishment or letting my feelings known, it wasn't any different to any other review we have had.

"We talked about some things that we needed to improve on, we were disappointed in the last 10 minutes of our game but other than that it was business as usual."

Despite the late team lapse, Setu was the only change to the Broncos line-up with Sims named in the starting backrow.

"Certainly a lot of players were guilty of some defensive lapses towards the end of the game but he was involved in that as well," Henjak said of Setu.

"Lagi's got to go back to Queensland Cup and work on some parts of his game and try and get a bit of confidence back."

There will be no let up for the Broncos on Friday night after Henjak claimed Penrith provides a litmus test for his pack.

Certainly it provides a timely gauge for form Broncos prop Joel Clinton.

The former Panthers forward hopes to thrust his name in front of NSW Origin selectors by holding his own against Penrith veteran Petero Civoniceva.

"He (Clinton) has got a real challenge ahead of him considering how the Penrith pack have performed," Henjak said.

"They have held their own in every game, and I thought they were quite dominant against Melbourne (last round).

"They are a physical pack who won't easily be intimidated.

"With Petero, Franky Pritchard and Trent Waterhouse, there is a lot of experience in that side - it will be a real challenge for our newer guys."

Henjak was also wary of a Panthers backline, namely centre Michael Jennings.

"They are most dangerous when they start playing a bit of ad lib free flowing football," Henjak said.

"They don't rely a hell of a lot on structure - I am sure they are working on that.

"But certainly they have the ability to hurt you once they start offloading the footy."

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