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Broncos coach Kevin Walters is confident his team can handle the red-hot form of Manly star Tom Trbojevic as stats reveal the Sea Eagles fullback is creating big plays almost every six times he touches the ball. Since returning from a hamstring strain four weeks ago, Trbojevic has racked up incredible numbers ... five tries, eight try assists and seven line break assists from just 130 touches of the ball. Trbojevic’s stunning form to spark a Manly revival prompted former Broncos great Steve Renouf to rate him “the most influential player in the competition” in his NRL.com column on Thur...

With Chanel Harris-Tavita returning from a foot injury last week for the first time since round two, Brown injected Walsh into the game with 26 minutes to play in last Sunday’s disastrous 38-32 loss to Manly. Playing in the halves, the former Bronco made an immediate impact with a line break, a try assist, two tackle breaks and a try of his own. David Neilson/Photosport It was confirmed on Tuesday that Peta Hiku’s shoulder injury will rule him out for the rest of the season. But Walsh only made three tackles and missed just as many so with Brown already raising the issue of possible b...

"They could have told us ten minutes in so I could've changed it in the dressing room. But they told us as we were running out on the field. "I had to make a split-second change as we were running out on the field. It’s ridiculous, it's incompetent to not see that. "Guy goes to hospital and then how long would that? 20 minutes later, you put him on report. "It's ridiculous. That wasn't good enough tonight." To add insult to injury, James Tedesco was caught with a heavy high shot earlier in the same movement by Eels centre Marata Niukore, which was penalised and placed on report but arguably...

Parramatta are planning to welcome back big guns Nathan Brown and Waqa Blake in Magic Round to offset potential suspensions for Dylan Brown and Marata Niukore out of Friday's win over the Roosters. Brown and Niukore were both put on report in a drama-charged affair at Bankwest Stadium that saw the Eels eventually prevail 31-18 to claim an impressive 8-1 start to the season. The pair were both charged by the NRL's match review committee on Saturday, with Brown facing a suspension of 3-4 weeks and Niukore for 2-3 weeks. Coach Brad Arthur said he believed Brown "tried to pull out" of his slide i...

The NRL has stood down the bunker officials central to what Trent Robinson described as the "incompetent" and "ridiculous" handing of an incident that that saw Roosters five-eighth Drew Hutchison hospitalised in a 31-18 loss to the Eels on Friday night. NRL head of football Graham Annesley said early on Saturday morning that the performance of the NRL video bunker, led by senior official Steve Chiddy, "did not meet our expectations". Chiddy was scheduled to act as lead review official in the bunker for Saturday's Cowboys-Broncos clash, but will now be replaced by Chris Butler. "Referees coach...