Hometown showdown sees Broncos hold top

BY ALF WILSON

Ezra Mam won some hard-earned bragging rights over Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow when the Brisbane Broncos beat the Redcliffe Dolphins 18-12 in the blockbuster NRL round four clash, dubbed the “Battle of Brisbane”, last Friday night.

Ezra’s Broncos and Hamiso’s Dolphins battled it out in front of more than 53,000 spectators packed into Suncorp Stadium.

Ezra lined up at five eighth for the Broncos and Hamiso was in the vital fullback role.

Both performed well and early on Ezra made a great tackle which denied the Dolphins a try.

The 20-year-old Ezra had trained the night before the game with strapping on his right leg after injuring it in the 40-18 win over the Dragons the previous week in round three.

At the 63rd munute, Hamiso gleefully picked up the ball after an Anthony Milford grubber kick to score and give the Dolphins a narrow lead.

However the Broncos scored two late tries and in the last minute Kotoni Staggs ran the length of the field to seal a Broncos victory.

Brenko Lee played a powerful game for the Dolphins.

A giant-sized centre, Brenko was strong in both defence and attack.

His cousin Edrick Lee will return to the Dolphins line up in coming weeks after injury.

The Broncos sit on the top of the NRL ladder as the only undefeated side in the 17 team comp.

Cowboys Versus Titans

Gehamat Shibasaki and David Fifita played prominent roles in the Cowboys 24-12 win over the Gold Coast Titans in Saturday’s match at Townsville’s Queensland

Country Bank Stadium.

Youngster Gehamat lined up in the centres for the Cowboys and made numerous telling runs and was solid in defence.

However late in the game Gehamat suffered a hamstring injury and finished on the bench.

David was a Titans powerhouse forward who proved troublesome for the Cowboys defence and was one of the best on the ground.

At the fourth minute David put his stamp on the game when he fired out the final pass for Titans Alofiana KhanPereira to score and the conversion gave the Titans a six nil lead.

After that he also shot a pass to the same teammate who crossed again.

Cowboys enforcer

Reuben Cotter of TS descent missed the game for the Cowboys due to injury.

In the final analysis the Cowboys scored four tries to two and had a great second half after trailing 8-6 at the break.

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