The NRL Round 4 Match Thread

33min: Drinkwater try Holmes goal

Cows  12 - 18

Seldom Cobbo crosses but he dropped the ball trying to gather the Feldt-botched Reynolds high kick.

Also Reynolds kicked a penalty a few minutes back

Broncos 20 - 12

HT:  Brisbane  20   Cowboys  12

Why do these commentators keep saying "the original Qld derby?" Gold Coast, anyone?

What a chase, what a tackle! Take a bow, Tom Dearden.

Now that was a try saver

50min: Cobbo intercepts on his own 10m line and almost goes the distance before Dearden gets his body on the touch line a fraction before Cobbo grounds the ball.

54min: Smoothy try from dummy half

Reynolds goal

 Brisbane 26 - 12

The long-awaited return of Oates, followed by Mam chasing down his own grubber to (surely?) seal the game.

69min: Ezra Mam try

Reynolds goal

Brisbane 32 - 12

75min: Oates try? Was he offside?

Just now, Farmduck said:

75min: Oates try? Was he offside?

Iffy. Could have been denied by the VR there.

No, bunker said he was onside. TRY

Reynolds goal

Bronx 38 - 12

Turned into a beatdown in this second half by the Broncos.

FT:   Brisbane  38  Cowboys  12

Impressive by the Broncos.

8 hours ago, Futtocks said:

Iffy. Could have been denied by the VR there.

Yes, my instinct live was that he was offside.

Latrell is facing a $1800 fine for his hip-to-the-head tackle on The Fox. Jack Wighton not charged for the hip-drop on Preston. I'm not sure it was a hip drop. The replay showed Preston's ankle buckle but I don't think Wighton's body made any contact with Preston's legs.

Kurt Morrin got 2 weeks for the lifting tackle on Cameron Murray. 

30° here so probably a bit cooler down by the Wollongong Ocean. Both sides need a win and games like these are ones they should target - neither side is an obvious top 4 contender so, if you can't beat these, then what makes you think you belong in the finals?

Sportsbet has Manly @ $1.37 and St George @ $2.93 and I think the Sea Beagles will win this. Both #7s have played more than 300 games which is unusual.

3min: Tolu Koula scores off a miracle pass from T-Turbo

Garrick converts from out wide

Manly 6 - 0

8min: Jack Bird try after Manly botched the high kick

Lomax goal

6 - 6

Ravalawa almost in the corner. Foot hit the line when ball was still a foot off the ground.

3 errors in 18 mins by T-Turbo. Might be the Lizards' lucky day.

19min: Suli try but bunker finds an obstruction. That was Luciano Leilua's fault, he could have kept going through the Manly line and no obstruction.