14-0 down at half-time, the Broncos were massively behind the 8 ball against this crazy efficient Panthers outfit. The first half had been completed set after completed set from the Panthers, barely a squeak from the Broncos attack.
Then a beautiful grubber from Reynolds to enable the monster that is Kotoni Staggs to open the Broncos scoring seven minutes after half-time, converted with the worst kick of Reece Walsh’s season(a red flag for what was to come).
Increased pressure by the Broncos then became handbags between Cleary and Mam, with Liam Martin coming in with a swinging arm on Ezra — extraordinarily no sin bin!
52,491 inside Suncorp that Locky said was the best atmosphere of any game he has seen there. That’s a fairly big call from Mr Lockyer!
Then chaos ensued like a pin ball machine with a Cleary knock down and Xavier Willison steamed over with 10 minutes to go.
Walsh hit the post with the conversion, one he would kick 9 out of 10 on, to make it 14-10 with 10 minutes left.
One converted try boys!
Smoothy’s punt almost caused a Panthers disaster but they worked the ball out.
Then a knock down by the Panthers as Walsh would have been in, and from the scrum, Walsh on the wing throws a hail mary backwards whilst being tackled, and the ball ends up with Deine Mariner who powered through traffic to dive over when he had no right to.
Hysteria at Suncorp, Walshy tells Reyno to take the kick. Why? The bloke had barely got back into training, nevermind practised his touchline goal kicks, but the class of Adam Reynolds when the big moments come, was the point.
With 3 minutes 40 left. On the right touchline.
Reyno you beauuuuty!
16-14 to the Broncos
Terrible penalty call on Staggs let the Panthers in for one more set but the boys held out.
Grand Final, here we come!
