{"id":896098,"date":"2026-09-18T03:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T03:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/896098\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T03:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T03:54:17","slug":"deleni-paitai-bri-clark-brisbane-broncos-nrlw-season-2026-finals-broncos-v-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/896098\/","title":{"rendered":"Deleni Paitai, Bri Clark, Brisbane Broncos, NRLW season 2026, Finals, Broncos v Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the \u2018sold out\u2019 sign was raised at Totally Workwear Stadium last weekend, the Broncos are hoping their home fans can again pack out the stands for their do-or-die final against the Knights.<\/p>\n

Celebrating a special send-off for Ali Brigginshaw in her final regular season game in the NRLW, the atmosphere was high as the Broncos beat the Warriors 52-18 to take valuable momentum into final against Newcastle, where they will write another chapter to their finals rivalry.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsolutely, it\u2019s great we get to host a final,” Broncos forward Bri Clark said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love being home, it was sold out (against the Warriors), which is incredible.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just feels like home here, so it’s good.\u201d<\/p>\n


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Having to go the ‘long way’ to defend their 2025 crown after a three-game losing streak mid-season cost them a top-two finish, Clark said belief remained high in the squad they would repeat the dose.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the pressure, but we love pressure,” Clark said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just got to try and get this footy flowing for a full 70 and we’ll be in a really good position to back it up, go back-to-back.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery team comes out to take us on, they’ll always play their best against us.<\/p>\n


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\u201cWe’ve got to try and match that consistently for the whole game.”<\/p>\n

While Clark is aiming for back-to-back rings, rookie Deleni Paitai was soaking up each new experience in her first season of NRLW.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think ending our regular season on this game (against the Warriors) is good for our confidence,” Paitai said.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Broncos v Knights: Finals Week 1<\/p>\n

\u201cGood for our confidence leading into the finals campaign and I think it’s just next job from here.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m still building on confidence … I’m still very new to this game and it’s the girls around me that really get me going and keep me happy through it all.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am looking forward to it (playing finals).”<\/p>\n

The Broncos and Knights will feature in the second of the elimination finals, with Wests Tigers and Canberra Raiders going head-to-head on Friday night.<\/p>\n

It will be a historic match, with both teams making their first-ever NRLW finals appearance.<\/p>\n

The home side have had a mixed record in their two games played at the Campbelltown Sports Stadium venue this season, recording both their biggest win and their biggest loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so many people here that haven’t been able to experience finals footy before, so I\u2019m excited for them and the club,\u2019\u2019 Wests Tigers halfback Raecene McGregor told her club fans<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it’s your first time, you just you don’t know what to expect, and that can make you that little bit more determined and hungry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can certainly feed off that on Friday night and in moving forward too hopefully.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets also went on sale for next week’s preliminary finals, where minor premiers the Roosters will host\u00a0\u00a0the lowest ranked winner of this weekend\u2019s Elimination Finals, with the Titans at home at Cbus Super Stadium against the highest ranked winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the \u2018sold out\u2019 sign was raised at Totally Workwear Stadium last weekend, the Broncos are hoping their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":896099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-896098","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\/896098","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=896098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/896099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}