FULL TIME at AAMI Park and the Brisbane Broncos have dominated in Melbourne with a 32-10 victory over the NZ Warriors
NO TRY stays the call with Henry Perenara ruling an obstruction when Va'anessa Molia-fraser stopped in the line and held up the Broncos defence
BUNKER: The Warriors have crossed for a try but Peter Gough rules NO TRY live on field due to an obstruction
House drops the ball and the Warriors are back on the attack again
Not happy with it as soon as it left her boot, Baker sprays the conversion
Kimiora Nati throws a lovely cut out pass to Julia Robinson who puts a superman dive in and grounds the ball
More pressure on the Warriors as the Broncos force a repeat set
Chelsea Baker adds the conversion
Well there was a try in the after all and even Henry Perenara in the bunker sounded surprised that House grounded the ball despite look 1000-1 to have scored
BUNKER: There's no try but Peter Gough wants to make sure that there is no illegal contact by the Warriors defender on Kody House
PENALTY WARRIORS: "Gotta be quicker" the words of Peter Gough as the Broncos slow the ruck
Kody House loses the ball in a strong tackle and the Warriors are back in attack over halfway
Chelsea Baker adds another conversion from wide out
Straight out of dummy half 55m from her own line, Breayley darts through the middle of the defence and then gets away from Nicholls at the back to score and extend the Broncos gap
Peter Gough calls time on and Apii Nicholls kicks us off for the second half; Broncos using the ball
A meek end to the half for the Warriors but they go into half time knowing they are still a strong chance of winning this despite trailing 16-10 at the break.
Another handover after the Warriors tackled on the last although they did get a kick away this time.
Nearly again... Apii Nicholls gets the ball and tries to shoot through a gap but Feterika gets a hand on her and takes her down
CHARGE DOWN - Krystal Rota charges the ball down and regathers and the Warriors are back on the attack.
An ankle tap after the in and away from Nicholls saves the Broncos but both sides looking very likely
From the sideline the ball stayed low as it hooked back towards the crossbar but the touch judges put the flags up
A sweet set play from the Broncos as the Warriors defence get interested in by the decoy of Fotu-Moala which allows Baker to get in behind and sweep the ball out to Te Kawa in the corner
PENALTY BRONCOS: The Warriors put themselves under pressure again with a penalty for a flop
A tough set with some big tackles from the Broncos halting any momentum the Warriors could get after points
Apii Nicholls takes her time on the conversion but can't get it through from touch
The Warriors keeping the ball alive and as they look to sin the ball with a loose pass Karley Te Kawa tries an intercept and couldn't take it, ball bounces perfect for the Warriors and Georgia Hale gets a try in the corner.
PENALTY WARRIORS: Brittany Breayley penalised for being in front of the kicker after Brigginshaw's kick took a deflection but ruled to have not been played at by Peter Gough
Baker hits the conversion well but it's across the face of the posts
A lovely little scrum play from the Broncos - Breayley picks the ball up at lock as Brigginshaw darts left getting a 3 on 1 and Robinson crosses in the corner
A poor play the ball on tackle 1 from Hilda Mariu and the Broncos get a scrum on the Warriors try
Chelsea Baker converts from close range and locks the scores up
Quick play the ball and a beautiful little short ball from Breayley out of dummy half puts Rona Peters through to score
PENALTY BRONCOS: Krystal Rota gets locked in under the arm of the Broncos attacker and can't get away and Peter Gough rules penalty
Apii Nicholls puts the conversion through from close range
Laura Mariu puts a deft little kick in behind the line and Baker gets to it but she loses it picking it up and it sits perfect for Smalley who scores
Heather Ballinger drops the ball on her own 10m line and the Warriors will attack again
The Warriors ask the question of the Broncos as they swing wide and Langi Veainu goes down the sideline before being put into touch just short of the line.
PENALTY WARRIORS: The Warriors get the first penalty with the Broncos slow around the ruck according to referee Peter Gough
Game underway with the Warriors using the ball first
Final round of the inaugural NRLW and the Broncos take on the Warriors with the former already qualified for the Grand Final whilst a win for the latter
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Peter Gough, Jake Sutherland
Touch Judges: Wyatt Raymond, Daniel Schwass
Video Referee: Henry Perenara, Bryan Norrie
BRISBANE BRONCOS (32)
Tries: Rona Peters, Julia Robinson (2), Karley Te Kawa, Brittany Breayley, Kody House
Field Goals:
Conversions: Chelsea Baker (4/6)
Penalty Goals:
WARRIORS (10)
Tries: Aieshaleigh Smalley, Georgia Hale
Field Goals:
Conversions: Apii Nicholls-pualau (1/2)
Penalty Goals: