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8.10pm
Souths are doing pretty well so far but their injury toll might have gone from disastrous to worse with hooker Ryan Gray seeming to be struggling with a shoulder problem after making a tackle in the early minutes. He’s nursing his right arm and has signalled to the bench, and after attempting to play on for a couple of minutes he’s now come off the field with Siliva Havili replacing him.
0-0 after 10 minutes
8.04pm
Not a great start from Souths with a Tallis Duncan knock-on coming out of his own end giving Brisbane possession in attacking territory three minutes into the contest. But the injury-ravaged Rabbitohs defensive line holds firm, and Jye Gray is on the spot to swoop on Ezra Mam’s last-play grubber kick.
Broncos 0, Rabbitohs 0 after four minutes
8.00pm
Incredible injury situation at South Sydney who have lost half Jamie Humphreys before kick-off, meaning they only have 17 players available from their squad tonight. With Cody Walker already sidelined and Jack Wighton suspended, young halfback Ashton Ward will now join Lewis Dodd in the halves for Wayne Bennett’s side.
They are massive underdogs tonight, but they have first touch of the football as the Broncos kick off. Let’s see how it pans out.
7.56pm
The Warriors and Dolphins are playing out a thriller in Auckland – the Warriors holding an 18-16 lead in the dying moments with the Dolphins on the attack, and turning down a long-range shot at goal after being given a penalty.
Jamayne Isaako.Credit: Getty Images
Instead, they go for the try, and pull off a last-minute match-winner, Jeremy Marshall-King’s looping cutout pass giving Jamayne Isaako enough space to score a stunning try down the right flank.
Heartbreak for the hosts but another great result for a Dolphins side that was playing short after losing star centre Herbie Farnworth to a hamstring injury.
7.51pm
7.45pm
Controversial Brisbane five-eighth Ezra Mam has been encouraged not dial down his aggression after standing over the top of Parramatta winger Zac Lomax and shouting at him last Friday.
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Mam helped drive Lomax into touch in the opening minutes of the loss to Parramatta, and quickly made sure he let the NSW Origin winger know what he thought of him.
Footage of the tackle – and Mam’s reaction – drew differing opinions over the weekend.
Rather than see Mam dial it down a notch, Brisbane skipper Adam Reynolds was happy for the No.6 to keep trying to inspire his teammates with big plays – and react accordingly.
“That was a bit of emotion coming out, it was a big defensive play, he dragged him over the sideline and was fired up at the time – there was nothing more in it,” Reynolds said.
“You can see how much the game means to him when he comes up with a play.
“He tries to do it more than once a game. You love those blokes who go out there and play that style of footy – they’re winners, and they’re trying to get a result for your team.
“It’s great to see. I love it when your teammates do that. You can try and get under the skin of other players and put them off their game a bit.
“It was all in the spirit of the game. There was no malice.”
7.39pm
NRL player agents Chris Orr and Nash Dawson have been issued prospective six and nine month bans over an after-hours altercation at a schoolboy rugby league carnival.
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The pair are alleged to have taken an argument outside a Port Macquarie pub last year while they were in town for the under 15 national titles.
Dawson – whose company manages Reece Walsh, Ezra Mam and Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow – is facing a nine-month suspension and $15,000 fine.
Orr – the veteran agent who acts for Dylan Brown, Jahrome Hughes and Kevin Walters among Pacific Sports Management’s lengthy list of NRL clients – has been issued a six-month ban and a proposed $10,000 fine.
7.33pm
1. Reece Walsh 2. Selwyn Cobbo 3. Kotoni Staggs 4. Gehamat Shibasaki 5. Deine Mariner 6. Ezra Mam 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Xavier Willison 9. Ben Hunt 16. Corey Jensen 17. Jack Gosiewski 12. Jordan Riki 13. Patrick Carrigan
Bench: 14. Billy Walters 15. Kobe Hetherington 18. Tyson Smoothy 20. Ben Talty
1. Jye Gray 2. Alex Johnston 3. Isaiah Tass 4. Tallis Duncan 5. Bayleigh Bentley-Hape 19. Lewis Dodd 17. Ashton Ward 8. Jai Arrow 9. Ryan Gray 10. Sean Keppie 11. Euan Aitken 12. Jacob Host 13. Lachlan Hubner.
Bench: 14. Siliva Havili 15. Liam Le Blanc 16. Thomas Fletcher 20. Tyrone Munro
7.29pm
Big news out of the early game tonight, with the Dolphins losing superstar centre Herbie Farnworth to a hamstring injury that could potentially rule him out for the rest of the season. It’s early days but it didn’t look good when Farnworth dropped to the turf after making a line break from inside his own half, having opened the scoring for the Dolphins against the Warriors.
Farnworth has been not just a try-scoring machine this season but also arguably the best centre in the league, and his absence is the latest blow for a Dolphins side that has been exceeding expectations despite losing a group of forwards to injury this year.
Herbie Farnworth pulls up injured on Friday night.Credit: Getty Images
7.26pm
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