{"id":644839,"date":"2026-05-02T11:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/644839\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T11:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:59:11","slug":"sydney-roosters-def-brisbane-broncos-kotoni-staggs-elbow-sin-bin-reece-walsh-adam-reynolds-hia-mark-nawaqanitawase-ankle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/644839\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Roosters def. Brisbane Broncos, Kotoni Staggs elbow sin bin, Reece Walsh, Adam Reynolds HIA, Mark Nawaqanitawase ankle"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Broncos have fallen agonisingly short of pulling off the biggest comeback in NRL history on a crazy night in Sydney where the defending premiers\u2019 injury crisis worsened with skipper Adam Reynolds suffering a sickening head knock.<\/p>\n

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The Roosters led 30-0 early in the second half and looked set to run up a cricket score, but a stunning try-saving tackle by Reece Walsh turned the game on its head as the visitors raced in four tries in 15 minutes to cut the gap to six.<\/p>\n

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But a moment of madness from Kotoni Staggs with 10 minutes to go ended any thoughts of a comeback after he elbowed Hugo Savala in the back of the head on the ground and was marched for 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

The sin bin proved costly with the Roosters adding a penalty goal a few moments later as they held on for a 38-24 victory on a night that could prove costly for both sides.<\/p>\n

INJURY CARNAGE<\/p>\n

Both teams will be counting the cost of Saturday\u2019s bruising affair with three players failing to get through the first half, while Reynolds was forced off just three minutes after the break to add to their woes.<\/p>\n

The inspirational halfback\u2019s head slammed into the ground while trying to tackle Naufahu Whyte and was immediately in trouble, with Tom Duffy his likely replacement for next week\u2019s game against Manly.<\/p>\n

It adds to their injury woes with stars like Payne Haas and Ben Hunt also sidelined, while winger Josiah Karapani came off with a foot injury and was replaced by Deine Mariner who came off in the first half with a cork.<\/p>\n

Roosters prop Lindsay Collins was forced off early in the first half and failed his head injury assessment following a clash of heads that will keep him out of next week\u2019s game against the Titans.<\/p>\n

Teammate Mark Nawaqanitawase is also long odds to make the trip to Gosford after he was forced off with an ankle injury, while Blues veteran Angus Crichton failed to finish the contest and had an ice pack on his knee.<\/p>\n

Angus Crichton’s night came to an early end.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n

ORIGIN AUDITION<\/p>\n

Reece Walsh produced the highlight plays, but James Tedesco had the last laugh as the NSW Blues hopeful got one over the Queensland superstar in a Saturday night heavyweight bout between two of the best fullbacks in the world.<\/p>\n

Tedesco has played 23 games for his state, but the former NSW skipper hasn\u2019t donned the blue jersey since the 2024 series opener with Dylan Edwards the incumbent.<\/p>\n

But he\u2019s been the best fullback in the competition this season and was strong again on Saturday with 153 metres and a try assist to set up Daly Cherry-Evans for the opener.<\/p>\n

He was a menace through the middle and has to be in contention for an Origin recall where he would come up against Walsh later this month.<\/p>\n

The Broncos fullback had a quiet first half in his first game back from a facial fracture but did come up with a stunning tackle to deny Hugo Savala a certain try, before he burrowed over moments later to get his side on the board.<\/p>\n

Walsh also laid on a try for Jordan Riki and had six tackle busts as he reminded Blues fans just how dangerous he is with ball in hand.<\/p>\n

Maroons bolter Sam Walker had a few big plays in attack as he punished the visitors with his short kicking game, while big man Naufahu Whyte was forced to play huge minutes and didn\u2019t disappoint with 21 runs for 190 metres.<\/p>\n

CODY THE COMEBACK KID<\/p>\n

The injury to Nawaqanitawase paved the way for Cody Ramsey to make an emotional return in what was his first NRL appearance since the 2022 season.<\/p>\n

The former Dragon was told he\u2019d never play again after he was sidelined with ulcerative colitis which required multiple surgeries.<\/p>\n

But despite losing 28 kilos in just seven weeks, Ramsey never gave up on his footy career, with the outside back returning in reserve grade for the Dragons last year.<\/p>\n

And after waiting 1337 days, Ramsey finally got his chance to play in the NRL in what turned out to be one of the wildest games of the year.<\/p>\n

Daniel Tupou scores for the Roosters.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n

CYA SLATER<\/p>\n

Roosters winger Daniel Tupou has joined legendary Storm fullback Billy Slater in third spot on the all-time leaderboard after he scored the 190th try of his illustrious career and had another disallowed for obstruction.<\/p>\n

Tupou finished off a slick backline move in the left corner 18 minutes into the contest, with the veteran to play his 300th game against Slater\u2019s former side later this month.<\/p>\n

FOX LAB STATS<\/p>\n

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TEAMS <\/p>\n

Roosters team: 1. James Tedesco 2. Daniel Tupou 3. Hugo Savala 4. Robert Toia 5. Mark Nawaqanitawase 6. Daly Cherry-Evans 7. Sam Walker 8. Naufahu Whyte 9. Reece Robson 10. Lindsay Collins 11. Angus Crichton 12. Siua Wong 13. Victor Radley 14. Connor Watson 15. Spencer Leniu 16. Nat Butcher 17. Salesi Foketi 18. Cody Ramsey 21. Egan Butcher <\/p>\n

Broncos team: 1. Reece Walsh 2. Josiah Karapani 3. Kotoni Staggs 4. Gehamat Shibasaki 5. Deine Mariner 6. Ezra Mam 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Ben Talty 9. Cory Paix 10. Jack Gosiewski 11. Xavier Willison 12. Jordan Riki 13. Patrick Carrigan 14. Josh Rogers 15. Jaiyden Hunt 16. Va\u2019a Semu 17. Aublix Tawha 18. Jesse Arthars 21. Thomas Duffy <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Broncos have fallen agonisingly short of pulling off the biggest comeback in NRL history on a crazy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[18743,1813,63,689,21686,33856,11170,5095,4428,22323,311930,9124,311928,152766,311934,4568,8089,33870,4430,4581,4591,21683,150045,763,2105,2485,4612,8095,38390,43,311932,11402,193553,288284,1809,4743,22319,28072,4415,4556,33867,47917,4744,311927,44450,311929,78628,49979,5093,4466,45626,673,44,677,311935,22329,13390,7680,701,11739,13391,4542,4493,111964,4478,38710,311933,8088,28060,311931,670,1080,75164,259117,63143,41,39,42,40,7619,150374,4534,22313],"class_list":["post-644839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-adam-reynolds","tag-ankle-injury","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-ben-hunt","tag-ben-talty","tag-billy-slater","tag-blockbuster-clash","tag-brisbane-broncos","tag-broncos-team","tag-chaotic-clash","tag-chris-hyde","tag-clinical-demolition","tag-comeback-bid","tag-comeback-kid","tag-connor-watson","tag-craig-bellamy","tag-cricket-score","tag-daly-cherry-evans","tag-daniel-tupou","tag-dylan-edwards","tag-ezra-mam","tag-footy-career","tag-fox-league","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-gold-coast","tag-gold-coast-titans","tag-harry-grant","tag-head-injury-assessment","tag-headlines","tag-highlight-plays","tag-hugo-savala","tag-injury-carnage","tag-injury-chaos","tag-injury-crisis","tag-injury-woes","tag-jack-gosiewski","tag-jaiyden-hunt","tag-james-tedesco","tag-jason-ryles","tag-jordan-riki","tag-josh-rogers","tag-kicking-game","tag-luke-gale","tag-manly","tag-mariner-injury","tag-mark-nawaqanitawase","tag-martin-gabor","tag-match-centre","tag-melbourne-storm","tag-naufahu-whyte","tag-new-south-wales","tag-news","tag-oceania","tag-origin-audition","tag-patrick-carrigan","tag-payne-haas","tag-penalty-goal","tag-queensland","tag-reece-robson","tag-reece-walsh","tag-robert-toia","tag-roosters-team","tag-roosters-winger","tag-sam-walker","tag-series-opener","tag-sickening-head-knock","tag-sin-bin","tag-siua-wong","tag-suspensions-loom","tag-sydney","tag-sydney-roosters","tag-sydney-roosters-def","tag-thomas-duffy","tag-tom-duffy","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-try-assist","tag-vaa","tag-victor-radley","tag-xavier-willison"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644839","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=644839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}