{"id":54274,"date":"2025-08-09T01:31:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T01:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/54274\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T01:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T01:31:19","slug":"nrl-news-brisbane-broncos-finals-hopes-rocked-after-triple-hamstring-injury-update-on-adam-reynolds-ezra-mam-selwyn-cobbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/54274\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL news Brisbane Broncos\u2019 finals hopes rocked after triple hamstring injury update on Adam Reynolds, Ezra Mam, Selwyn Cobbo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Broncos are set to be without three of their most potent attacking threats for the run home after a horror injury update from Thursday\u2019s loss to the Storm.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Reynolds and Ezra Mam both suffered hamstring injuries <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/storms-minor-premiership-dream-grows-as-broncos-horror-night-could-ruin-season\/news-story\/fb33e0f9da96e23558d1120a37541a82\" title=\"www.news.com.au\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"fb33e0f9da96e23558d1120a37541a82\" data-tgev-label=\"sport\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in the 22-2 defeat in Melbourne<\/a> while attempting to chase down Xavier Coates in the 21st minute.<\/p>\n<p>FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=nrl&amp;extcamp=ncaeditoriallinkleague-edt-new-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=nca&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Star winger Selwyn Cobbo was then assisted from the field in the final three minutes of the game with yet another hamstring issue in a staggering injury toll from the match.<\/p>\n<p>Now the <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.couriermail.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/michael-maguire-backs-ben-hunt-to-step-up-as-broncos-wait-on-scans-for-injured-stars\/news-story\/5134e71a3d4cfa463a2dc0cb525a30f7\" title=\"www.couriermail.com.au\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"5134e71a3d4cfa463a2dc0cb525a30f7\" data-tgev-label=\"sport\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courier Mail<\/a> is reporting both Mam and Coates are likely to be ruled out for the rest of the season following scans on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>There is at least hope with Reynolds, who should return in time for the Broncos\u2019 finals series, provided sixth-placed Brisbane gets there.<\/p>\n<p>Halfback Reynolds is a chance to return for the final match of the regular season, coincidentally against the Storm again, but is more likely to return in week one of the finals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will get \u2018Reyno\u2019 back this season,\u201d coach Michael Maguire told the masthead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe physios and doctors were pretty positive (on Friday morning), he has been through this before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Reynolds is looking at roughly a month on the sidelines, the prognosis is reportedly worse for both Mam and Cobbo.<\/p>\n<p>That duo is reportedly looking at more like 5-6 weeks out, meaning their seasons are likely over, barring a deep run in September.<\/p>\n<p>The carnage means Maguire will need to lean heavily on 35-year-old Ben Hunt for a side that might be clinging to eighth place by the end of round 23.<\/p>\n<p>After Thursday night\u2019s game, the coach was struggling to comprehend the injury cards he had been dealt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just spoke to the three of them, we have to go and get our scans and go through the process, the severity of them,\u201d Maguire said post-match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut they are all three hamstrings, which is quite strange because the boys are pretty measured about what they do with the players throughout the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no real evidence of why \u2026 but we will dig in and have a look. But I have to say I am really proud of the way the players performed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI though the players fought right to the death, I\u2019ve never been part of a game where you lose your two halfbacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen the chopping and changing of players and we were still in the game in some way towards the back end, so that says a lot about the character of this team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The veteran coach added the triple hamstring injuries were a first for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was crazy to be honest,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve never experienced that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Broncos take on the Dolphins at Suncorp Stadium next week before facing the Knights, Cowboys and Storm to end the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Originally published as <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/broncos-finals-hopes-rocked-after-triple-hamstring-injury-update\/news-story\/d1cabe018a84323842c19a9861c784da\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Broncos\u2019 finals hopes rocked after triple hamstring injury update<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Broncos are set to be without three of their most potent attacking threats for the run home&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[18743,64,63,689,21686,4428,45124,21683,45122,774,13213,2105,45123,4517,45129,7628,45128,45125,19972,34159,647,6407,761,762,158,677,45126,11368,765,8088,85,4546,45127,45130,660],"class_list":["post-54274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-adam-reynolds","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-ben-hunt","tag-brisbane-broncos","tag-david-clark","tag-ezra-mam","tag-fans-fume","tag-finals-hopes","tag-finals-series","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-hamstring-injuries","tag-hamstring-injury","tag-hamstring-issue","tag-horror-injury","tag-horror-injury-update","tag-injury-cards","tag-injury-update","tag-james-dampney","tag-melbourne","tag-michael-maguire","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-oceania","tag-picture-david","tag-regular-season","tag-run-home","tag-sin-bin","tag-sports","tag-stephen-crichton","tag-suffered-hamstring-injuries","tag-triple-hamstring-injuries","tag-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}