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Panthers protect their lead with solid defence
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50 min: Broncos attack the Penrith try line after a Talagi handling error, but the home side’s defence holds firm. No side defends their errors as well as Penrith. Panthers 12-8
Game back on!
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41 min: Brisbane have first use of the ball after the Panthers kick off. Panthers 12-8
Pick of the first-half highlights
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It didn’t result in a try, thanks to desperate Broncos cover defence, but Scott Sorensen charge lit up CommBank Stadium.
Cleary puts Panthers further ahead
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39 min: Haas is penalised for roughing up Henry in a tackle, after which tensions flare between that duo, and a Cleary goal gives the Panthers a four-point lead at half-time. Panthers 12-8
TRY! Lead change No.3
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32 min: Superb ball movement results in a second To’o try and another lead change. Cleary’s conversion attempt is waved away. Panthers 10-8
TRY! Broncos regain the lead
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23 min: Walsh picks up off a difficult loose pass on the run and fires a bullet pass to put Staggs over for the Broncos’ second try. Reynolds again fails to convert. Broncos 8-6
TRY! Panthers hit back, injury blow for Broncos
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13 min: The Panthers strip the Broncos for numbers on Brisbane’s left-hand side and To’o scores in the corner. Cleary is on target with the sideline conversion. Panthers 6-4. Meanwhile, Piakura’s night is over after suffering a category one head knock.
TRY! Broncos strike first
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6 min: A Dylan Edwards handling error gifts the Broncos the first try-scoring opportunity, and the visitors cash in after Jordan Riki wins the race to a Walsh grubber. Reynolds’ kick misses. Broncos 4-0
Game on!
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1 min: The Broncos kick off as the rain continues to bucket down at CommBank. Difficult to see this as being anything other than a grind given the conditions.
Luai knows his place in the big, brutal world of NRL business
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Meanwhile, at a time when rugby league has never been more transactional, PNG Chiefs-via-Parramatta Eels-bound playmaker Jarome Luai has accepted his fate after being shown the door at Wests Tigers, reports Adrian Proszenko. Full story here.
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