Saturday's NRL action AS IT HAPPENED: Broncos go top after big Tigers win; Brendan Piakura knocked out in dying minutes
Saturday's NRL action
Parramatta Eels def St George-Illawarra Dragons 23-22 | MATCH CENTRE
Gold Coast Titans def by Dolphins 36-10 | MATCH CENTRE
Brisbane Broncos def Wests Tigers 46-24 | MATCH CENTRE
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Reynolds gives injury updates
Adam Reynolds has given an update on that hamstring, and it's good news for Broncos fans.
The Broncos halfback scored off his own lovely chip and chase, converted his own try and then came straight off the field and up the race.
Speaking on Fox Sports, he's suggested the injury might not be too bad.
"Feels alright, just a little bit tight," he said.
"I felt it grab, so I'll do all the necessary stuff after the game, get a scan tomorrow and make sure it's all good but pretty sure I'll be there next week."
He said Brendon Piakura is also sitting upright and talking to medics. Great news!
Reynolds sitting on the sidelines with a dodgy hamstring. Getty
FULL TIME
Reece Walsh kicked a penalty goal to take the final score to 46-24 in a big night at Suncorp Stadium.
Starford To'a was sent to the sinbin for a professional foul. He pushed Walsh in the back in a foot race after the Steeden after the full time siren.
That was a big win for the Broncos who now go to the top of the ladder.
The Broncos sit top of the ladder after a big win over the Tigers. Getty
Concern for Piakura
There are less than three minutes left in this clash but there's been a lengthy delay.
Brendan Piakura has been clean knocked out putting a tackle on Alex Twal. He got his head in the wrong spot and wore the entirety of the hit straight to the side of the head.
The medicab was called onto the field, and there is a lot of concern for the 22-year-old.
Play has resumed now.
Brendan Piakura was taken from the field on a medicab. Getty
Bronx in again
If it wasn't before, Gehamat Shibasaki has just scored his fourth of the season to put it beyond doubt now for the Broncos.
Reece Walsh kicked the two and they'll be eyeing 50 now to formally take the Tigers out of the premiership race...
Wheels starting to fall off for the Tigers
That's a shocker for the Tigers.
Royce Hunt had a try turned down. They then won a penalty and a chance to go on the attack when Lachie Galvin threw a massive forward pass.
From first receiver. From the restart.
Grim areas. The lead is still 20 with 10 to play.
Game, set, match
Reece Walsh looks as if he's close to his best tonight. He's set up Jesse Arthars for his second, and the lead is back to 14.
And then minutes later, they were in again through Billy Walters.
But by geez that last pass looked questionable. There have been a couple of questionable passes not called tonight.
Walsh is on kicking duties in Reynolds' absence, and he nailed both. The lead is 20 and that's probably all she wrote.
A side note, both starting halves are out of this clash after Latu Fainu got his head in the wrong spot and was all but knocked out.
He's been deemed a category one concussion, and will be out for the next 11 days.
Tigers hit back
They're not dead yet! Sione Fainu has scored for the Tigers, and Api Koroisau has cut the lead to eight!
Is there another twist in this one?
Broncos go back to back ... but at a cost?
Have the Broncos put this one to bed already? They've gone back to back!
Reece Walsh put in a lovely run, and then from the following play, Adam Reynolds reeled in his own lovely chip to score under the posts.
"The old man still has legs," Dan Ginnane quipped in commentary for Fox Sports.
Reynolds then drilled the ball dead set into the brown snake. Then he added the extra two.
But massive problems! He's immediately come from the field and gone straight up the tunnel!
Replays show he might've done a hammy taking the kick. He put his hand straight up and gestured to the bench and came straight off.
Perhaps Ginnane put the commentators curse on him.
Adam Reynolds came straight off the field with a hamstring concern after converting his own try early in the second half against the Tigers. Fox Sports
Broncos score early
What a start to this second 40 for the Broncos!
Adam Reynolds booted a 40-20 at the end of the opening set, and then from the following set Xavier Willison has crossed for his second of the night to extend the Broncos' lead.
He'd only scored six tries in his career to-date, including three across the entirety of last year alone.
Reynolds nailed the extras, and the task for the Tigers has suddenly become much harder.
A bit of nostradamus, that.