Coach Kevin Walters would have been left pulling his hair out, as his undermanned side came up with a glut of errors in a 32-16 defeat to the Warriors in New Zealand.
Dropped balls from both Mariner and Selwyn Cobbo could have proven more costly, if not for jolting tackles from Brendan Piakura and Jesse Arthars. Even after an Ezra Mam 40/20 eight minutes into the second half, and they were unable to offer any threat – every play was a forward taking a hit up, before Madden forced a dropout.
Mam will need to replicate the form he showed earlier in the year to salvage this attack – his lone line-break assist the only moments he looked to conquer the Warriors’ defence.Plenty was made of the off season exits of Thomas Flegler and Keenan Palasia, with pundits voicing concern the Broncos would lack the same punch through the middle as last year’s grand final quest.
Willison managed six tackle busts, but was unable to drive forward from them, and the rest of the pack managed just four busts between them. By full-time, the Broncos had run for almost 600 metres less than their rivals.In contrast, Addin Fonua-Blake, Mitch Barnett and Dylan Walker made metres with relative ease, with capable support from Marata Niokure before he left the field for a head injury assessment.
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