{"id":561396,"date":"2026-03-24T15:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/561396\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:47:18","slug":"broncos-suffer-huge-injury-blow-but-reynolds-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/561396\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos suffer huge injury blow but Reynolds returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brisbane’s hopes of winning the derby clash with the Dolphins have been rocked with star prop Payne Haas ruled out with a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n

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In other surprise team news, the Warriors have named gun playmaker Luke Metcalf to return three weeks early from his anterior cruciate ligament injury.<\/p>\n

Star forward Haas suffered a knock to an AC joint in the 18-14 win over Melbourne and the Broncos have taken no risks with him ahead of what will be a gruelling season for the NSW and Samoa representative.<\/p>\n

They do get captain Adam Reynolds back from a rib injury for Friday night’s clash at Suncorp Stadium. The veteran has been named at halfback with Ben Hunt, who played No.7 against the Storm, reverting to the bench.<\/p>\n

The performance of Payne Haas was one positive from the Broncos loss to the Panthers.\u00a0Bradley Kanaris\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

New Zealand international Xavier Willison takes the place of Haas in the front row while barnstorming second-rower Brendan Piakura has been elevated to the starting side after shining off the bench against the Storm.<\/p>\n

Metcalf had initially been expected back from his ACL injury in round seven but has been listed to partner in-form Tanah Boyd in the halves for Friday’s clash with Wests Tigers.<\/p>\n

A favourite for the Dally M Medal before his injury last season, Metcalf is set to enhance a Warriors side that has impressed in an unbeaten start to 2026.<\/p>\n

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad and Chanel Harris-Tavita are on the team list following head knocks and Adam Pompey returns from personal leave in further boosts for the Kiwi side.<\/p>\n

Jock Madden replaces the injured Jarome Luai in the Tigers’ starting halves for his first game since 2024.<\/p>\n

But highly rated playmaker Latu Fainu is listed among the reserves so could make a late charge into the side following off-season shoulder surgery.<\/p>\n

St George Illawarra have opted against naming Ryan Couchman on their team sheet ahead of Tuesday night’s judiciary hearing over a hip-drop tackle.<\/p>\n

Young forward Loko Pasifiki Tonga has been named on the bench to face Gold Coast only days after leaving training in an ambulance following a neck injury.<\/p>\n

Electric five-eighth Fletcher Sharpe is set to face Canterbury after recovering from the knee injury he suffered during Newcastle’s season opener in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Second-rower Briton Nikora misses Cronulla’s clash against Canberra with a broken nose but is a chance to be fit for round five.<\/p>\n

Teig Wilton replaces the Kiwi international in the back row after making his return from a shoulder injury last week.<\/p>\n

Billy Smith has recovered from the concussion he suffered in an e-bike accident so will replace Junior Pauga for the Sydney Roosters’ clash against Daly Cherry-Evans’ former side Manly.<\/p>\n

The Sea Eagles have stuck solid with the same starting side that suffered a disastrous loss to reigning wooden spooners Newcastle in round two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brisbane’s hopes of winning the derby clash with the Dolphins have been rocked with star prop Payne Haas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-561396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561396","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=561396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}