Broncos Edge Past Raiders With Golden Point Field Goal In Thrilling Nrl Qualifying Final

Brisbane are wrong 1 triumph of nan NRL expansive final, aft Ben Hunt slotted a 93rd-minute section extremity to footwear nan Broncos to an epic 29-28 qualifying last triumph complete Canberra.

On a time of utter madness astatine GIO Stadium, Reece Walsh was sin-binned for a head-butt earlier engineering 1 of nan astir improbable finals comebacks successful memory.

Fresh disconnected flipping nan crowd nan vertebrate connected nan measurement disconnected nan field, Walsh returned from nan misdeed bin to lead nan Broncos backmost from 28-12 down pinch 14 minutes to play.

The Broncos prima first went 40 metres to people a effort of his own, group up a 2nd pinch a walk for Jordan Karapani, past kicked a monolithic 40-20 successful nan lead-up to another.

Then pinch Brisbane down 28-26 and nan siren astir to sound, nan Brisbane fullback had his limb taken by Zac Hosking arsenic he attempted a two-point section goal.

It allowed Walsh to level nan scores pinch a punishment from nether nan posts, earlier a frantic 10 minutes of other clip wherever neither broadside could break nan deadlock.

With nan lucifer successful aureate point, Canberra thought they had won it erstwhile Jamal Fogarty crossed, earlier nan bunker spotted a Jed Stuart sound connected successful nan lead-up.

From nan adjacent set, Brisbane went downfield and Hunt nailed a section extremity from 38 metres retired to seal nan lucifer and nonstop nan Broncos to week 3 of nan finals.

There they will meet nan victor of Canterbury and Penrith astatine Suncorp Stadium, while Canberra will look Cronulla astatine GIO Stadium adjacent weekend.

Reece Walsh is sent disconnected for a head-butt. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Walsh’s effort to declare nan title of eventual pantomime villain was conscionable nan opening of nan play connected Sunday, arsenic nan Broncos threatened to unravel successful nan 2nd half.

Upset by a Hudson Young celebration, Walsh pushed his caput into nan Canberra second-rower’s forehead earlier some were sin-binned.

Brisbane skipper Pat Carrigan past followed moments later for a enarthrosis complaint connected Morgan Smithies, that could good onshore him successful problem astatine nan judiciary.

And astatine nan aforesaid time, Canberra looked definite to tally distant pinch nan lucifer courtesy of fullback Kaeo Weekes.

After already giving Canberra an 18-12 half-time lead conscionable earlier nan break, Weekes went 95 metres to people his 2nd erstwhile he scooped up a loose shot pinch Walsh disconnected nan field.

Ethan Strange past stepped Brisbane’s 11-man defence soon afterwards, and astatine that constituent it was 28-12 and nan Raiders looked home.

But nary 1 astatine GIO Stadium could person predicted what would travel next, pinch Walsh going from zero to leader and Brisbane claiming an epic finals win.

Beyond judiciary dramas, Brisbane will besides sweat connected a near ankle wounded suffered by Payne Haas, who battled connected to decorativeness nan match.

Second-rower Brendan Piakura is besides successful uncertainty for nan preliminary last aft suffering a suspected fractured oculus socket.