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<\/p>\nMatch report: Broncos 32, Eels 40<\/p>\n
Parramatta playmaker Jonah Pezet has had a blinder against the club he will join next year, inspiring a sensational 40-32 comeback win over Brisbane.<\/p>\n
The defending premiers gave up a 20-6 lead and it was Eels five-eighth Pezet who sealed it with a 79th minute try after setting up an incredible four tries at Suncorp Stadium on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
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Jonah Pezet celebrates his match-winning try tonightCredit: NRL Photos<\/p>\n
The Broncos\u2019 woes were compounded by captain Adam Reynolds leaving the field in the 76th minute with a rib injury.<\/p>\n
It was a crazy match where tries came in waves. Players from both sides made unfathomable mistakes and conjured acts of genius<\/p>\n
A freakish chip and chase by Reece Walsh in the second half to regain the lead for the Broncos was one of them, but it wasn\u2019t the decisive play.<\/p>\n
That fell to Pezet, whose last try assist was a crafty grubber that was brilliantly gathered and plonked over the line by Sean Russell for a 34-32 lead.<\/p>\n
Pezet then sealed it with a grubber and regather of his own. The 23-year-old will become retirement-bound Reynolds\u2019 successor in 2026 and a worthy one he will be.<\/p>\n
The Broncos led 20-6 in the 31st minute and appeared in control but the Eels scored three tries inside five minutes to take a 22-20 lead into halftime.<\/p>\n
Pezet laid on two first-half tries. The first with a grubber kick that was fumbled by Payne Haas and swooped upon by Ryley Smith.<\/p>\n
The second was courtesy of a sublime Pezet short ball for rampaging second-rower Kelma Tuilagi to score his second try.<\/p>\n
It got better for the Eels when Isaiah Iongi sliced through as Brisbane\u2019s left edge defence fell apart with Ezra Mam and Gehamat Shibasaki failing to communicate.<\/p>\n
Walsh dropped a sitter after the break and Iongi ran a super line soon after to extend the visitors\u2019 lead.<\/p>\n
Mam made amends with a subtle dink of a kick behind the line for Kotoni Staggs to notch his 15th career try double. Defence had become an optional extra at 26-all in the 48th minute.<\/p>\n
Reynolds started the game with a real spring in his step with his kicking and passing games on song. The 35-year-old also wound back the clock with two line breaks.<\/p>\n
Tries to Walsh, Staggs and Haas early appeared to have the Broncos on track for a big win but Pezet\u2019s Eels had other ideas.<\/p>\n
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