{"id":585092,"date":"2026-04-04T13:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/585092\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T13:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:54:11","slug":"brisbane-broncos-reece-walsh-adam-reynolds-ben-hunt-ezra-mam-injured-in-win-over-gold-coast-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/585092\/","title":{"rendered":"Brisbane Broncos&#8217; Reece Walsh, Adam Reynolds, Ben Hunt, Ezra Mam injured in win over Gold Coast Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/person\/reece-walsh-2698\" class=\"sc-lcoedA eBWWSe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reece Walsh<\/a> is in hospital with a possible fractured cheekbone and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/brisbane-broncos\" class=\"sc-lcoedA eBWWSe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Broncos<\/a> are also sweating on the fitness of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/person\/adam-reynolds-256b\" class=\"sc-lcoedA eBWWSe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Reynolds<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/person\/ben-hunt-25af\" class=\"sc-lcoedA eBWWSe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Hunt<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/person\/ezra-mam-6gny\" class=\"sc-lcoedA eBWWSe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ezra Mam<\/a> after a costly 26-12 win over the Titans on Easter Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Walsh failed a head injury assessment after copping a blow to the head when he went low to tackle Kurtis Morrin in the 40th minute, so even if the megastar fullback doesn&#8217;t have a fractured cheekbone he will be unavailable to face North Queensland next Friday night due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\" class=\"sc-lcoedA eBWWSe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a>&#8216;s 11-day stand-down policy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Reece has gone to hospital to get a scan just below his eye, so we just have to wait and see on that,&#8221; coach Michael Maguire said in his post-game press conference.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2026-brisbane-broncos-v-gold-coast-titans-reece-walsh-no-try-video-result-20260404-p5zlcl.html\" class=\"sc-lcoedA eBWWSe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Freakish Walsh try denied by eagle-eyed touchie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2026-shane-flanagan-issues-apology-dragons-fans-cowboys-loss-20260404-p5zlcd.html\" class=\"sc-lcoedA eBWWSe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;I am sorry&#8217;: Flanno issues apology to Dragons faithful<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/athletics\/australian-championships-2026-lachlan-kennedy-gout-gout-rivalry-sponsorships-managers-agents-exclusive-20260402-p5zlaj.html\" class=\"sc-lcoedA eBWWSe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kennedy&#8217;s classy gesture for Gout that set tongues wagging<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Reece Walsh.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/b2b4832719e9ac89a907f4c72aa0723ab34cff2f.jpeg\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">Reece Walsh after copping a blow to the head.\u00a0NRL Imagery<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds left the field with a strained groin in the 25th minute and didn&#8217;t return.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll get a scan tomorrow, see how it is and talk to the medical staff, but [I&#8217;m] not sure at the moment,&#8221; Reynolds said in the press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the 2026 NRL season live and free on Nine and <a href=\"https:\/\/stream.9now.com.au\/IhJRsjCw00b\" class=\"sc-lcoedA eBWWSe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">9Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt replaced Reynolds at halfback in the 25th minute and played out the game, but the veteran utility is dealing with a knee issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, I&#8217;m all right,&#8221; Hunt told ABC Sport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The doctor checked it out at half-time. He thinks I kind of stretched my medial [ligament] a bit &#8230; I&#8217;ll get some tape on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He sounded far less confident when quizzed in the Broncos sheds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll go and catch up with them [the medics] now and see how we go,&#8221; Hunt told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he was worried about missing next week&#8217;s game, he said: &#8220;Honestly, I&#8217;ve got no idea. No idea. I haven&#8217;t done it before, so we&#8217;ll see how we go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said having his knee strapped made the pain easier to bear.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s painful, but you can get through it,&#8221; Hunt said.<\/p>\n<p>Mam was seen limping at stages throughout the match, and while Maguire wasn&#8217;t able to pinpoint his exact injury, the coach said the five-eighth had &#8220;a few bangs and bumps&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mam played 80 minutes and was one of the Broncos&#8217; best, making two line breaks, setting up two tries and scoring one himself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just really proud of how they&#8217;ve been fighting through this period of time,&#8221; Maguire said of his Broncos, who&#8217;ve now won three games on the trot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They showed their resolve and what they&#8217;re capable of and they had to do that tonight. It was pretty busy on the sideline but to the credit of the players and just how they are as a group at the moment \u2014 [I&#8217;m] super proud of how they just want to work hard for each other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maguire noted the depth of his roster.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got a squad. We all talk about the squad,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tonight, Reyno [Reynolds] went off and Reecey [Walsh] went off and you&#8217;ve still got to perform, and that&#8217;s the expectation that the leaders have and we have as the group. We&#8217;ve got depth in the club. The clubs work really hard to make sure they have that depth, so we&#8217;ll just call upon that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When Walsh went off injured, Jesse Arthars moved from the left wing to fullback and Antonio Verhoeven replaced Arthars on the wing, making his NRL debut.<\/p>\n<p>Maguire said he could either go with Arthars or Hayze Perham at fullback against North Queensland at Suncorp Stadium next Friday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reece Walsh is in hospital with a possible fractured cheekbone and the Broncos are also sweating on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-585092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585092","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=585092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}