A young Brisbane Broncos outfit posted eights tries in a clinical 44-12 trial win over Wynnum Manly Seagulls at Kougari Oval.
Built on tireless efforts by lock Shalom O’Ofau and prop Logan Bayliss, the Broncos’ ball players were able to run rampant with fullback Tristan Sailor a standout with three try assists and a four-pointer of his own.
The young Broncos carried the ball strongly in the early exchanges and were rewarded when Smoothly darted over from dummy half after a repeat set to make it 6-0 in the 3rd minute.
And the Broncos went ahead 10-0 soon after when Smoothy and fullback Tristan Sailor combined with some slick passing up the middle of the ruck to put Diene Mariner in the clear, the centre taking the tackle before playmaker Josh Rogers produced a pinpoint cross-kick for winger Israel Leota to catch and score in the left corner.
Sailor turned creator again in the 19th minute when he held up the ball nicely before feeding Mariner with a lovely face ball that sent the centre crashing over for a 16-0 lead.
The Broncos spend a 12-minute period stuck inside their own half and showed good defensive resilience before it was Sailor in the action again, grabbing an intercept and racing 50 metres before offloading to Liam Horne who was pulled down just short of the line.
The ball was then spread wide to the left through multiple sets of hands for centre Ethan Quai-Ward to stroll over in the corner to make it 20-0 after 42 minutes, and it was 26-0 a short time later when rangy young winger James Johnson showed great determination to scramble over from close range.
Jack Campagnolo did some nice work to score in the 50th minute before Sailor registered a try of his own after setting up three, producing a nicely timed run to hit a lovely pass from playmaker Josh Ahern and score on the right edge to make it 38-0. Backrower Will Samuel finished off some crisp passing close to the line to make it 44-0 before a couple of late tries to the Seagulls.
Source: NRL.com