Full Time
80:00
5:30pm Sat May 27, 2023
Round 13 - McLean Park, Napier / Aotearoa - Crowd: 16195
80min

FULL TIME - A long game and one the Warriors snatched defeat from the jaws of victory with a brain fade from Adam Pompey costing them a try

79min

NO TRY - It's a pretty clear cut call as the Warriors have held back a Broncos defender, an absolutely dumb play by the Warriors

79min

UH OH....

79min

THE SCORES ARE LEVEL - The Warriors crowd goes in celebratory mode as they score in the corner BUT There is a lot to check

78min

Conversion: Warriors
Kicked by Shaun Johnson.

Shaun Johnson converts from out wide to close the gap to 4

Broncos lead Warriors 22 - 26 Broncos
78min

Try: Warriors
Scored by Marcelo Montoya. Kick to come.

Is there another twist? Marcelo Montoya gets on the outside of the Broncos defence then just steamrolls Tristan Sailor to score

Broncos lead Warriors 20 - 26 Broncos
78min

Instead off having someone on on the field it's now something on the field

76min

Conversion: Warriors
Kicked by Shaun Johnson.

Shaun Johnson converts from close range

Broncos lead Warriors 16 - 26 Broncos
75min

Try: Warriors
Scored by Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad. Kick to come.

CNK scores as the Warriors go over in close range

Broncos lead Warriors 14 - 26 Broncos
73min

Conversion: Broncos
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

Adam Reynolds keeps his intact kicking record for the night with his fifth conversion

Broncos lead Warriors 10 - 26 Broncos
72min

Try: Broncos
Scored by Deine Mariner. Kick to come.

Deine Mariner making the most of his appearance tonight as he chases through an Ezra Mam kick to score

Broncos lead Warriors 10 - 24 Broncos
70min

So after a long delay we're back underway and then go 1 tackle before more streakers come on the field

70min

STREAKERS: There's apparently a couple of unwanted visitors to the field of play getting some good love from the crowd

65min

PENALTY WARRIORS: Too slow in the ruck the ruling from Gerard Sutton

64min

Conversion: Warriors
Attempted by Shaun Johnson.

Shaun Johnson can't add the extras from out wide

Broncos lead Warriors 10 - 20 Broncos
62min

Try: Warriors
Scored by Dallin Watene-Zelezniak. Kick to come.

DWZ scores out wide after some good work from Shaun Johnson to bat the ball across after juggling it

Broncos lead Warriors 10 - 20 Broncos
61min

PENALTY WARRIORS: Xavier Willison ON REPORT for dangerous contact on the legs

60min

Broncos make a meal of the kick-off and it goes dead

59min

Penalty Goal: Broncos
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

Adam Reynolds slots the penalty goal from close range to push the lead beyond 2 converted tries

Broncos lead Warriors 6 - 20 Broncos
57min

PENALTY BRONCOS: The dropout doesn't go 10m from the Warriors and the Broncos will go for 2

56min

HELD UP! Corey Paix is held up

55min

PENALTY BRONCOS: High shot from Demitric Sifakula puts the Broncos deep into attack

54min

Conversion: Broncos
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

Adam Reynolds converts from clsoe range

Broncos lead Warriors 6 - 18 Broncos
52min

Try: Broncos
Scored by Ezra Mam. Kick to come.

Ezra Mam goes over as the Broncos just go straight through the middle of the Warriors defence through Adam Reynolds before he gets 1-on-1 with DWZ and Reynolds finds an unmarked Mam to score

Broncos lead Warriors 6 - 16 Broncos
50min

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad has to go off for a HIA much to the anger of the Warriors

47min

That should be a Warriors player...

47min

PENALTY WARRIORS: Martin Taupau penalised for holding a Broncos player off the ball

46min

Concern for Freddy Lussick who bounced off a tackle and doesn't look good

45min

PENALTY WARRIORS: Whilst not running behind the teammate, Adam Reynolds did take advantage of Brendan Piakura denying the Warriors defence of making a tackle

45min

BUNKER: Adam Reynolds goes over but it's pretty quickly sent upstairs on NO TRY

43min

First mistake of the half is a Shaun Johnson kick that goes dead just

40min

SECOND HALF IS GO! The Warriors using the ball first as they trail 12-6

40min

Conversion: Broncos
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

Adam Reynolds converts from close range

Broncos lead Warriors 6 - 12 Broncos
40min

Try: Broncos
Scored by Jordan Riki. Kick to come.

And the error hurts - Jordan Riki goes over the Warriors want a forward pass call but it doesn't come as Walters goes out of dummy half and the angle does look forward

Broncos lead Warriors 6 - 10 Broncos
39min

Tom Ale on tackle one loses the ball and gifts the Broncos posession

38min

Conversion: Warriors
Kicked by Shaun Johnson.

Flags up for SJ as he converts perfectly from the sideline

Tied up at Warriors 6 - 6 Broncos
37min

Try: Warriors
Scored by Dallin Watene-Zelezniak. Kick to come.

FINALLY - It's third time lucky for DWZ and sixth time lucky for the Warriors as the sweep right and some great work Rocco Berry creates the space

Broncos lead Warriors 4 - 6 Broncos
36min

PENALTY WARRIORS: The Warriors get a needed penalty with the Broncos penalised for hand on ball

32min

Jackson Ford loses the ball in a pretty soft effort

30min

Fourth time disallowed for the Warriors as DWZ had his foot on the touch ingoal line as he landed. Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski on the sideline calling it live but the bunker had to be called into action

28min

Freddy Lussick burrows he's way over the line but looks held up which is the call from Gerard Sutton

25min

Conversion: Broncos
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

Adam Reynolds bends the conversion perfectly through the posts

Broncos lead Warriors 0 - 6 Broncos
25min

Try: Broncos
Scored by Deine Mariner. Kick to come.

Deine Mariner is over and it's from one end to the other as a lose ball is lost by Marcelo Montoya and it's scooped up by Deine Mariner who races 90m to score untouched

Broncos lead Warriors 0 - 4 Broncos
23min

PENALTY WARRIORS: A sloppy play the ball but there's enough interference from the Broncos

20min

Still no score in Napier as the Warriors have gone close three times and dropped the ball over the line three times

18min

DWZ loses the ball in-goal and the pressure of the attack from the Broncos is being held off again

13min

PENALTY WARRIORS: Jordan Riki ruled to have played the man not the ball under the high kick

12min

Rocco Berry loses the ball in the in-goal and the live decision is being overturned with an absolute perfect trysaver from Tristan Sailor

12min

TRY TIME MAYBE? Rocco Berry has got the ball down or has he? Gerard Sutton felt that he had grounding and they are going to check it because there's a few things to check

11min

The Broncos outside backs caught infield and Johnson kicks direct across field for DWZ who puts it down

9min

Deine Mariner loses the ball in a weird attempt to try and catch it

8min

Corey Jensen loses the ball short of the line and the Warriors finally get some relief in defence

7min

PENALTY BRONCOS: Warriors penalised for a strip after the held call and it did look an early held call but nothing they can do

5min

Repeat set for the Broncos

4min

Freddy Lussick ruled to have thrown the pass a forward out of dummy half

GAME ON! Gerard Sutton has control of the whistle in Napier, a city that has had the sun prove a major issue in the cricket but there's no problems tonight as the Broncos use the ball on a clear night

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Gerard Sutton

Touch Judges: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski, Michael Wise

Video Referee: Matt Noyen

WARRIORS (22)
Tries: Dallin Watene-Zelezniak (2), Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Marcelo Montoya
Conversions: Shaun Johnson (3/4)

BRISBANE BRONCOS (26)
Tries: Deine Mariner (2), Jordan Riki, Ezra Mam
Conversions: Adam Reynolds (4/4)
Penalty Goals: Adam Reynolds (1/1)