Two premiership fancies will be looking to bounce back from first-up losses in Las Vegas as round two kicks off north of the Tweed. Join us for all the action.
Adam Reynolds left the field for the Brisbane Broncos late in the contest against the South Sydney Rabbitohs.Game winding down now, Souths just don’t have it in them. But Deine Mariner does. Nothing doing from 30 metres out, he gets the ball on the sideline, chips over the top of Alex Johnston, races around him and scores. Absolutely dusted a man on track to become the NRL’s all-time leading tryscorer. Fair effort that.
Issue for Brisbane though, Adam Reynolds is in all sorts with his knee and stays down getting treatment from the medicos. Walsh knocks over the conversion while Reynolds is down, but he stays on the field.Payne Haas milks a penalty out of Sean Keppie as he looks to block for Lachlan Ilias. Keppie is livid. It’s a penalty though, no doubt. Just as there’s no doubt Haas played for it by running straight at him from marker. That’s a debate for another day.
From the repeat set though, Walsh and Cobbo cut them to ribbons. Walsh draws two defenders in as he comes left, skipping across the defence. Fires a cut-out ball and Cobbo just bats it on for Jesse Arthars with a free run to the line.Brisbane back in front. Reynolds again swings the conversion attempt, albeit from the sideline, to the left.Souths start the second stanza in much better shape, in fact the best shape possible. Saliva Havili has scored.