Live: Walsh starts hot against fellow first-round losers Parramatta

The kick goes throughout for Kotoni Staggs and he tries to bat it again once more. The ball balloons ahead, nevertheless it’s unclear if it is off Staggs or Sean Russell, and Ezra Mam ultimately grounds it.

Wyatt Raymond on the sector says no attempt to the bunker agrees because it’s too arduous to see who made contact, however the Broncos get a penalty as Jonah Pezet is penalised for an escort on Staggs.

The bunker says Pezet had eyes for Staggs, which is true, however he barely impeded him on the way in which to the ball.

Regardless, Adam Reynolds pots the penalty purpose and the Broncos lead 14-6.

For the second straight week the Broncos depend the price of a nasty miss by Jack Gosiewski.

On the again of a penalty for a excessive shot, Kelma Tuilagi takes a fairly innocuous cost to burst by way of Gosiewski and Ezra Mam, stepping by way of Reece Walsh’s sort out and slamming it down.

Contemplating the way in which this sport’s began, 12-6 is a miracle for Parramatta.

Reece Walsh grubbers on the final and it seems to be prefer it’s too heavy, nevertheless it takes one other pleasant bounce and Isaiah Iongi can solely knock it lifeless.

Footy gods smiling on the Broncos tonight.

Kotoni Staggs bats a crossfield relax and Jordan Riki mops up.

He has an choice to move inside to Adam Reynolds or fall over the road, however Isaiah Iongi arrives simply in time to make a play and Riki drops it over the road.

The Eels should drop it out although, as a result of Sean Russell knocked on within the contest with Staggs.

The Brisbane fullback has simply jogged over to the sideline to get a few painkillers on board after that awkward touchdown on his proper shoulder earlier tonight.

He seems to be OK, nevertheless it’ll be attention-grabbing to see how he goes if he cools down.

Payne Haas begins the frenzy with a cost and offload to Adam Reynolds and the Broncos waste no time getting on the entrance foot.

They spin it left and Jordan Samrani shuts it down with an enormous shot on Jack Gosiewski, however they go proper and Isaiah Iongi is nowhere to be seen, permitting Reynolds to dink a grubber in behind for Kotoni Staggs to attain.

And Reece Walsh takes it cleanly, albeit and not using a real contest within the air.

Regarded to me like h was hit within the air and he will get up carrying his proper shoulder a bit too.

He is been operating at each attainable alternative, already notching 5 runs, and now he bursts by way of for a strive as Kelma Tuilagi bites infield as Payne Haas AND Corey Jensen run decoy strains.

Walsh bursts into the outlet and simply breaks by way of the sort out of Mitchell Moses to open the scoring for the Broncos this season.

His first kick return is a good one, getting round Kelma Tuilagi, who reaches out a hand and slaps him throughout the chops.

The Broncos will get the primary likelihood in enemy territory tonight.

It ends with them forcing a dropout as Adam Reynolds’s chip takes a form bounce.

And Corey Jensen takes the primary cost, earlier than Jack Gosiewski will get smacked within the second. He had a few nasty head knocks final week however someway stayed on the park.

They get by way of the primary set with Pat Carrigan, Reece Walsh and Payne Haas becoming a member of the fray. Nothing fancy, simply straight and arduous.

The Eels and Broncos are dapping their teammates up one final time within the sheds earlier than heading onto the Lang Park turf.

One other bumper crowd continues to be filtering in.

Have not you (positively not) Panthers followers damage each these groups sufficient?

After a last-minute change to bench him final week, Ezra Mam is again in his beginning five-eighth function for Brisbane tonight, with Cory Paix hooking and Ben Hunt on the bench.

For the Eels, Will Penisini was dominated out yesterday, that means Jordan Samrani steps into the centres in jersey 20, whereas winger Josh Addo-Carr makes an early return from a thumb damage.

In the meantime, after being monstered by his former staff final week, five-eighth Jonah Pezet comes up in opposition to his future staff this time round.

Each these groups began 2026 about as badly as attainable.

We began off with Parramatta every week in the past, dealing with off in opposition to an injury-hit Melbourne facet and beginning the season with a lot promise after a spirited effort final yr.

It regarded OK for a couple of minutes because the Eels opened the scoring regardless of dropping J’maine Hopgood to the sin bin, nevertheless it all went downhill from there in a rush because the Storm piled on 52 factors of their twenty fourth straight opening-round win.

Brisbane did not lose by fairly as many factors, however the high quality of their play was as dangerous as you may ever see from the defending premiers, and the ZERO subsequent to the Broncos on the scorecard was of way more concern than the 26 subsequent to the Panthers.

Howdy and welcome to ABC Sport’s reside protection of spherical two of the 2026 NRL season, the primary considerably regular spherical of the yr.

With the Vegas video games, spherical one all the time feels very cut up, so hopefully we are able to settle into the rhythm of the season now.

Tonight we kick off with Brisbane and Parramatta, two of spherical one’s greatest losers, as they attempt to get again on observe after wretched begins.