{"id":761519,"date":"2026-06-26T12:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/761519\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T12:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:28:18","slug":"three-maroons-on-report-as-roosters-hand-broncos-seventh-straight-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/761519\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Maroons on report as Roosters hand Broncos seventh straight defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sydney Roosters prop Lindsay Collins will face a nervous wait on two fronts ahead of State of Origin after a 24-18 win that all but ended Brisbane\u2019s finals chances.<\/p>\n

Roosters half Sam Walker, in his 100th NRL match, celebrated at Suncorp Stadium in style with a try, a controlled performance and two try-saving tackles to take the Tricolours to third on the ladder.<\/p>\n

\"RobertRobert Toia and Daly Cherry-Evans celebrate a late Roosters try.Getty Images<\/p>\n

Queensland front-rower Collins was ruled out of the match at half-time with delayed concussion symptoms and will undergo recovery protocols in Maroons camp.<\/p>\n

The 11-day stand down will mean the 30-year-old prop is still eligible to play in the Origin decider at Suncorp Stadium.<\/p>\n

He was also placed on report for a high shot in the 10th minute on Brisbane lock Xavier Willison, who left the field with a head knock and did not return.<\/p>\n

Walker, also the Maroons half, was put on report for a shoulder charge on Reece Walsh but there didn\u2019t appear to be much in it. Roosters centre Robert Toia, another Maroons star, was booked for a lifting tackle on winger Josiah Karapani.<\/p>\n

The Broncos have now lost seven in a row and are the worst performed defending premiers in the history of the NRL. They will likely need to win eight of nine matches remaining to make the finals, a forlorn task.<\/p>\n

The Broncos led 16-12 at half-time after the Roosters made far too many errors.<\/p>\n

The Roosters scored the opening try through winger Billy Smith after the Broncos failed to defuse a bomb.<\/p>\n

Walker then made two try savers, one around the legs of prop Preston Riki and another desperate effort on the tryline to deny hooker Cory Paix.<\/p>\n

The Broncos scored through a wonderful ball by second-rower Brendan Piakura to five-eighth Thomas Duffy after a blatant forward pass by half Ben Hunt.<\/p>\n

Piakura scored himself after an exquisite Duffy grubber to take a 12-6 lead before James Tedesco replied with a lovely short kick of his own for centre Robert Toia to equalise.<\/p>\n

On the cusp of half-time a loose Daly Cherry-Evans pass was scooped up by Broncos centre Grant Anderson who raced away.<\/p>\n

Smith, who made four errors in the first half, showed immense strength to score the first try in the second half.<\/p>\n

Walker extended the lead by starting and finishing a 50-metre attacking raid. Both sides exchanged penalty goals before a tense final seven minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sydney Roosters prop Lindsay Collins will face a nervous wait on two fronts ahead of State of Origin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-761519","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\/761519","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=761519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}