Canberra challenging a knock on, with 39 seconds remaining. Challenge fails.
Raiders with another run down the edge, but the Broncos defence shuts it down
Raiders have been much more determined and stubborn in defence especially. Not having much luck in attack though
Stewart failed to convert
Savage shrugs off a defender and dives over to score.
Walsh makes a break, runs 35 m passes inside to Hunt who drops it with nothing but the tryline 10m in front of him.
Walsh converts
Mam holds up a lovely ball for Cobbo, who runs an angled line back infield and he scores.
Stewart converts from in front.
Sasagi ran onto a pass from Papali'i and a gap opened up in front of him and the back rower scores
Set restart Canberra
Lovely cut-out pass puts Staggs into a space. He grubbers ahead for himself and Arthars reaches out to score but the ball appears to have been grounded by his elbow. Now we're going to the bunker, and they immediately say it was a knock on.
SCRUM BRONCOS - Mam very nearly intercepted a dropped Raiders ball but he dropped it in the process, 10m shy of halfway
SCRUM RAIDERS - 10m from their own line
Savage fumbles a Madden grubber in the Raiders ingoal. Raiders drop out
Fogarty is injured and won't return
Stewart caught a bomb. But was then pushed back ingoal. Raiders drop out
Canberra get the second half of their nightmare started
Saulo coming off for an HIA
Stewart just got smashed in a big hit. He is having a night to forget.
Walsh from near the right sideline, just misses the conversion
Walsh out wide on the right side chimes into the backline movement, holds the pass up and then a hole opens up in front of him and strolls in to score.
Savage with a half break down the wing, shbapes to pass inside but he loses the ball forward in a tackle from behind by Arthars
Walsh converts from in front.
Last tackle, Walters at dummy half, grubbers for himself, regathers and scores under the posts.
Raiders get the ball back from the short drop out
Chevy Stewart is being trolled by the Broncos kicking game and bullied by the Broncos defence. He lets this kick bounce, regathers and is then pushed back into his own ingoal
Props catching bombs, getting try assists and kicking now. Who needs halfbacks?
Walsh converts from in front.
And just like that, the Broncos score again. Madden with a great kick results in Stewart dropping the ball cold and Mam gently toes it forward and then plants the rolling ball for a try.
Walsh from almost in front adds the two
Baker catches a cross-field kick from Mam and then passes to Riki who barges over and scores.
SCRUM - BRONCOS - 10m on the Raiders side of halfway
Cobbo very nearly scores. He's about to plant a rolling ball in the Raiders ingoal and just as the ball is about to touch the tallest blade of grass, Schiller boots the ball away.
Going to the Bunker to look at a potential Broncos try
Walsh converts from out wide
On the following set, Brisbane go the length of the field to score. Walsh gets a lovely ball out the back, 40m from the Raiders line, steps Timoko and then races away to score.
Pitiful end to that set by the Raiders, a kick that was taken on the full in the Broncos ingoal by Oates, virtually uncontested
Walsh holds up a pass for too long, runs deep into the Raiders defensive line and then passes to Tapine.
A grubber from dummy half by Levi into the Broncos in-goal looks to produce a try for Young, but a small knock-on has been found by the Bunker. No try.
SCRUM RAIDERS - 35m from the Broncos line
Been a very tough battle thus far, neither side giving an inch, but most of the match has been played in the Broncos half.
Broncos get the main event started
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Chris Butler
Touch Judges: Jon Stone, Jarrod Cole
Video Referee: Kasey Badger
BRISBANE BRONCOS (34)
Tries: Reece Walsh (2), Jordan Riki, Ezra Mam, Billy Walters, Selwyn Cobbo
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Reece Walsh (5/6)
Penalty Goals:
CANBERRA RAIDERS (10)
Tries: Simi Sasagi, Xavier Savage
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Chevy Stewart (1/2)
Penalty Goals: