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The Raiders can move closer to a top-four finish with a win over an under pressure Broncos side in Canberra. Four tries in 19-minutes has seen the second half come to life at Country Bank Stadium as the Cowboys and Rabbitohs go down to the wire.Both sides are refusing to give an inch as they trade four-pointers deep into the second half.Alex Johnston kicked off the scoring before Michael Morgan hit back for the Cowboys. "The ball from David Fifita, he just skipped on the outside of Elliot Whitehead and then Kotoni Staggs showed good speed down the sideline but the kick was absolutely perfect and the weight was spot on. "They've gone outside their boundaries with that decision. "It was men against boys, Brisbane embarrassed in defence," said Andrew Voss. But if we make an error we've got to learn to defend it. remarked Fox Sports' Warren Smith in commentary.South Sydney skipper Adam Reynolds has taken it upon himself to break the deadlock early against the Cowboys with a sensational solo try.Locked at 0-0 at Country Bank Stadium, Reynolds singlehandedly orchestrated the opener when he decided to take the Cowboys' line on himself.Receiving the ball 20-metres out, Reynolds had to be inch-perfect when he put in a perfectly timed chip over the Cowboys' line.It came off a pearler, with an easy pick-up off the bounce allowing Reynolds to cruise over for a sensational solo try. "Rugby leaue great Steve Roach added: "That's just brilliant play, heads up we call that. asked Fox Sports' Greg Alexander. Canberra handed Brisbane their fifth straight defeat for the second time this season with the Broncos capitulating in the second half to go down 36-8.It was the sixth time this year the Broncos have had more than 30 points scored against them and if the Bulldogs can knock over the Tigers on Sunday, Brisbane will be last on the ladder with six rounds to go.Canberra goes to fifth on the ladder and close in on the top four with the victory at home.Brisbane started the match promisingly, muscling up in defence while David Fifita weaved his magic on the edges to give the under pressure Broncos an early hope.Brisbane lost hooker Jake Turpin to a broken hand before halftime as they took an 8-6 lead when Herbie Farnworth put his side ahead.But Brisbane's defensive deficiencies were exposed in the second half as the Broncos were made to pay for poor reads. His only had one charge before...so it's going to be an interesting week in front of him. That's NRL standard you have to defend your errors.
"Not long after, the Broncos lost Turpin to a hand injury as they went into the sheds leading 8-6.A "special" offload from departing Broncos star David Fifita drew comparisons to Sonny Bill Williams and got the Broncos on the board early against the Raiders.The Broncos shifted the ball to the right with the star holding off defenders to flick it out the back to Kotoni Staggs.Staggs then streaked down the right hand touch-line and kicked in field to find Arthars to give the Broncos the early lead. "The halfback genius of Adam Reynolds gets Souths on the board. Raiders assistant coach … "Once he got the footy in the clear there is no way you're going to stop him. It's yet another season where it all culminates for the Denver Broncos with a home-stand vs. the Las Vegas Raiders. Raiders assistant coach Andrew McFadden revealed the club has approached the governing body and wants referees to be instructed to watch out for the “tactic” allegedly being employed by rival NRL teams.Wighton is the reigning Clive Churchill Medallist and considered one of the best five-eighths in the game this season.His kicks and kick chases are a feature of his game and McFadden and the Raiders fear that’s being stifled on purpose.“I know it’s definitely been brought up,” the assistant coach told media after the Raiders thumped the Broncos on Saturday.“Every week we get the feedback that ‘we’re onto it’ but every week Jack gets taken off the ball, and nothing really happens.“It’s clearly a tactic of opposition teams because he’s such a great kick chaser.“To be fair we would like something done about it to be honest.”Wighton is arguably the Raiders’ most dangerous attacking threat and this tactic is allegedly being used to thwart his threat.McFadden says referees should start penalising teams to targeting kickers and stopping them from chasing down field.“Teams have just got to be penalised. "You can't defend it, it's on TV, it's in colour," Titans' head of culture Mal Meninga said.