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Goodwin and Koloamatangi were trimmed 24 hours before the game. Dargan and Sironen were 18th men.
LOSS 18-22
The Broncos lost halfback Brodie Croft with an AC joint injury but a Kotoni Staggs hat-trick sealed a deserved 22-18 win over the Rabbitohs on Friday night at an empty Suncorp Stadium. Wayne Bennett sat in the southern stand of Suncorp Stadium right behind the goalposts and wouldn’t have been impressed with what he saw for the majority of the first half. South Sydney nearly got off to a perfect start after a great backline move saw Campbell Graham denied a try in corner. But after a few errors and penalties saw Brisbane dominate field position. A classic halfback’s pass by Croft put Staggs on the outside of Braidon Burns and the Tongan international’s brute strength and late feet did the rest to give the Broncos a 4-0 lead. The Broncos were all over the Rabbitohs early with David Fifita, Patrick Carrigan and Tom Flegler on fire. Croft followed a Jake Turpin kick and landed awkwardly on the point of his shoulder. He battled on for several minutes before leaving the field in the 14th minute. That didn’t stop Brisbane and it was then that Milford scored a superb try to take the lead to 8 nil. Jamayne Isaako broke free from 60 metres out with a show-and-go and found Milford, who zig-zagged to beat seven defenders in a dazzling 40m run. Isaako landed a 24th minute penalty to take a 10-nil lead. Brisbane had dominated possession and field position now for over 20 minutes of the game. The Broncos' first error came in the 29th minute when Andrew McCullough, who came off the bench at halfback, dropped the ball. Souths made them pay with Walker throwing a perfect cutout ball for Campbell Grahamwho made no mistake this time to score in the corner, with the score now 4-10. Another uncharastic error from Brisbane saw a mid-field scrum, which saw Mitchell chimed in to the back-line and with a magical piece of sleight of hand put James Roberts into space. Roberts found Walker and the Rabbitohs had somehow made it 10-all. Then a Adam Reynolds penalty on the cusp of half-time gave them an unlikely two-point lead. The Broncos led every statistic convincingly by half-time but Souths went into the break with a 12-10 lead. The Broncos moved Staggs into the halves after half-time, Jesse Arthars into the centres and brought Herbie Farnworth onto the wing. However the error rate by South Sydney after halftime allowed Brisbane back into the game. A Payne Haas offload in the 50th minute to Staggs was slick. Staggs, from a standing start, put the afterburners on to beat four Rabbitohs and gave Brisbane a 16-12 lead. The Rabbitohs continued to squander possession in the second half and it played into the Broncos' hands. In the 59th minute Burns left the field and Johnston came on at fullback with Mitchell moving into left centre. A Milford bomb was brilliantly snared by Farnworth who flipped a pass out the back for Jamil Hopoate. Hopoate tapped it on to Staggs who rampaged his way over for try number three under the sticks. But just like in the first half South Sydney rallied late in the half. In the 74th minute Alex Johnston kicked close to the line and it rebounded off the legs of Arthars and straight back into Johnston’s arms for a try which cut Brisbane’s lead to four. A scything kick by Reynolds and a great chase by the Rabbitohs kept Corey Oates in the in-goal with four minutes to go but the Brisbane defence held firm and denied South Sydney a win.
6 min 0-4
18 min 0-8
24 min 0-10
30 min 4-10 Graham try Reynolds miss
34 min 10-10 Walker try Reynolds goal
39 min 12-10 Reynolds goal
HT 12-10
49 min 12-16
57 min 12-22
73 min 18-22 Johnston try Reynolds goal
Graham, Walker, Johnston tries
Reynolds 3 from 4 goals
Referee G.Atkins/P.Gough
Crowd 0 (Match played behind closed doors due to COVID-19)
Scrums 7-7 (1H 3-3 )
Penalities 10-5 (1H 4-4 )
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - 1 - Mitchell, Latrell 80 6 - 4 - 10 - 102 2 - - - - - -
RWng - 2 - Gagai, Dane 80 8 - 1 - 12 - 91 1 - - - - - -
RCnt - 3 - Roberts, James 80 20 - 3 1 7 - 92 1 1 1 1 - - -
LCnt - 4 - Burns, Braidon 58 5 - 1 - 8 1 80 2 - 1 - - - - [0-58]
LWng - 5 - Graham, Campbell 80 1 - 3 1 14 - 149 3 - - - 1 - -
5/8 - 6 - Walker, Cody 80 18 - 4 - 10 - 84 1 - 2 1 1 - -
Half - 7 - Reynolds, Adam 80 14 1 5 - 5 - 26 - - 6 - - 3/4 - (c)
Prop - 8 - Tatola, Junior 35 27 1 1 - 5 - 38 - - - - - - - [0-25,58-68]
Hook - 9 - Cook, Damien 80 43 - 3 - 7 6 57 - - - - - - -
Prop - 10 - Burgess, Tom 45 24 1 4 - 11 - 113 - 1 1 - - - - [0-25,60-80]
SRow - 11 - Su'A, Jaydn 80 40 - 4 - 12 - 98 - - - - - - -
SRow - 12 - Murray, Cameron 72 34 - 2 - 13 - 113 1 1 - - - - - [0-60,68-80]
Lock - 13 - Knight, Liam 47 27 1 4 - 11 - 86 - 1 - - - - - [0-25,58-80]
Int - 14 - Nicholls, Mark 33 20 - - - 8 - 90 - - - - - - - [25-58]
Int - 15 - Lowe, Ethan 55 24 - 4 - 7 - 72 1 1 - - - - - [25-80]
Int - 16 - Sele, Hame 33 20 1 1 - 9 - 86 - - - - - - - [25-58]
Int - 17 - Johnston, Alex 22 - - 1 - 8 1 59 - 1 1 - 1 - - [58-80]
331 5 45 2 1442 12 6 12 2 3 3/4 -
Completion Rate - 24/34 71%
Opposition Offloads - 10
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 22m Reynolds kick
3 min 92m P / SS NO TRY SS Err(Graham) 35m / SS P(Reynolds)
5 min 96m SS Err(Graham) SCR / (BB TRY)
8 min 40m KO 14m SS P(Knight)
10 min 64m DO
12 min 66m DO
14 min 9m Reynolds kick ChDn Burgess kick Burns kick
17 min 14m SCR Reynolds kick SS NO TRY(Murray) SCR / (BB TRY)
20 min 86m KO 18m / SS P(Burgess)
22 min 100m DO 65m / SS P(Tatola) (BB GOAL)
25 min 11m KO
27 min 38m SS Err(Graham) SCR
28 min 13m Roberts kick
30 min 0m BB Err SCR / P / TRY
32 min 47m Walker kick SS Err(Burns) SCR
34 min 0m BB Err SCR TRY
38 min 0m P / P GOAL
half time
40 min 18m KO
41 min 20m Reynolds kick
43 min 2m SS Err(Mitchell) (BB NO TRY)
47 min 69m BB Err SCR / BB 6TG SCR-P / P / SS Err(Roberts) SCR 21m / SS P(Nicholls) 69m / (BB TRY)
51 min 17m KO
54 min 15m P / SS NO TRY SS Err(Burns)
56 min 36m SCR / SS Err(Lowe) SCR / (BB TRY)
58 min 19m KO
60 min 21m Reynolds kick COF
62 min 16m SS Err(Walker)
64 min 52m SS Err(Mitchell) SCR
66 min 9m Walker kick COF
71 min 14m BB Err SCR / P / P / P / SS Err(DGagai) SCR
73 min 0m Johnston kick TRY
75 min 0m Reynolds kick CIG
77 min 18m ChOv
79 min 45m ChOv
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 33.0m - for the whole match
- 42.9m - 1st half
- 22.3m - 2nd half
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W D L B Diff PT
PARRAMATTA 2 - - - +46 4
NEWCASTLE 2 - - - +38 4
CANBERRA 2 - - - +32 4
MELBOURNE 2 - - - +16 4
BRISBANE 2 - - - +11 4
PENRITH 2 - - - +10 4
NTH QLD 1 - 1 - +1 2
SOUTHS 1 - 1 - - 2
Wests-Tig 1 - 1 - -8 2
Manly 1 - 1 - -13 2
Cronulla - - 2 - -6 -
Syd Rstrs - - 2 - -7 -
St Geo-Ill - - 2 - -14 -
Canterbury - - 2 - -14 -
Warriors - - 2 - -34 -
Gold Coast - - 2 - -58 -
Judiciary News
No one has been charged from the match.
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