Was this State of Origin fatigue, or a complete fade out? Irrespective of the causality, this was a performance that had Kevin Walters pulling his hair out.
Irrespective of the causality, this was a Broncos’ performance that had coach Kevin Walters pulling his hair out, who was left dumbfounded at how his side’s “worst half of football” occurred.After a near error-free first half and some desperate goal line defence earned Brisbane an eight-point halftime lead, mistakes rapidly crept into their game as the Cronulla Sharks applied a mountain of pressure to prevail 22-12.
Sione Katoa, Brayden Trindall and Blayke Brailey all scored within 15-minutes on the back of dropped Brisbane ball.“You can’t question Patty’s commitment, that’s who I feel sorry for - and Payne , his commitment tonight was really good and Selwyn backed up as well,” Walters said. Cronulla’s ability to attack through their defence also derailed any hopes the Broncos had of escaping their own end of the field, keeping them to just 32 metres a set.
In his first game back from a fractured rib, Staggs’ effort could well be in vain - working overtime to finish with 96 metres and 28 tackles, while being ultimately well contained and outperformed by another contender in Sharks’ counterpart Jesse Ramien. Now sitting at sixth, but with the Sea Eagles and Bulldogs still able to leapfrog them and push them out of the top eight on Sunday, Walters will need to trigger a rapid turnaround.
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