Adam Reynolds, captain of the Brisbane Broncos, has been sidelined for his team's farewell game against the Melbourne Storm at Lang Park. The game, which features a new NRL rule where the conceding side can choose whether to receive or kick off after a try, is being dominated by the Storm with a score of 30-10 in their favor at halftime. According to NRL.com, the Broncos have missed an astonishing 27 tackles, while the Storm has only six. The article provides live updates and commentary on the game, highlighting the Storm's impressive performance and the Broncos' struggles.
Written by the local model on 2026-08-27,
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Brisbane Broncos vs Melbourne Storm as Adam Reynolds sidelined
Brisbane captain Adam Reynolds waves goodbye to his adopted home ground from the sidelines at Lang Park as the Broncos take on the Storm.
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Broncos → sideline → Storm
The NRL is trialling a new rule in the game between two teams out of finals contention, with the conceding side choosing to kick-off or receive after a try.
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side → trialle → try
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HALF-TIME: The Storm thumping Brisbane 30-10
That photo about sums it up.
The Brisbane Broncos have looked ordinary tonight and even the similarly struggling Melbourne Storm are running roughshod over them.
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Storm → submit → them
Brisbane has missed 27 tackles as opposed to six for the Storm, according to NRL.com.
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Brisbane → miss → NRL.com
The Storm, though, as evidenced by that last try, are just having a bit of fun.
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Storm → evidence → fun
And with players like Sua Fa'alogo, Harry Grant, Jahrome Hughes and Cameron Munster, a bit of off-the-cuff footy could rack up a massive score.
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bit → rack → score
From the scrumbase, Harry Grant gets the ball, banana kick chips in behind for Sua Fa'alogo.
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kick → get → Fa'alogo
The initial bounce favours Hayze Perham, but then it takes a wobbly one and he overruns it.
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he → favour → it
Fa'alogo swoops and pops the pass to Tyran Wishart to score under the posts.
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Fa'alogo → swoop → posts
"Champagne try by the Storm," Billy Moore says on ABC Sport.
38'
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Moore → say → Sport
Broncos cop a tough one, but no challenge
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Broncos → cop → one
VJ Semu is called for a knock-on in a tackle, but it looked like he maintained possession the entire time despite a little shuffle.
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he → call → shuffle
No captain's challenge, I suppose fearing the replays would show some separation.
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replays → suppose → separation
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Ezra Mam scores on the intercept!
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Mam → score → intercept
Out of absolutely nowhere, the Storm get a little loose and Cameron Munster throws a poor offload.
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Munster → get → offload
Ezra Mam swoops, bats the ball into the air to himself, regathers and goes 70 metres to score.
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Mam → swoop → himself
34' New rule yet to get a workout
The Broncos have conceded three straight tries in short order but still are yet to opt to receive the kick-off.
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Broncos → get → off
Consider me perplexed.
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me → consider → ?
Backing your defence clearly ain't working.
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Backing → back → defence
The Storm waste no time attacking the left side of Brisbane again, giving Siulagi Tuimalatu-Brown some space to move.
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Storm → waste → space
He skips out of a diving tackle by Josiah Karapani, steps past a flying Pat Carrigan and carries Deine Mariner over the tryline as he slams it down.
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he → skip → it
Beware the second kick
A floating Jahrome Hughes bomb is allowed to bounce, the Storm regather through Cooper Clarke and Cameron Munster kicks again out wide, but Josiah Karapani can't mark and it goes into touch off his hands.
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it → beware → hands
29' Rough call on the Storm
The Broncos load up on one side of the field as they kick off to the right.
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they → load → right
Cameron Munster fields it on his knees and flings a pass to Sua Fa'alogo, clearly with an idea towards spinning it left and exploiting the limited number of defenders out there, but it's called forward!
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it → field → defenders
Melbourne goes bang bang!
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Melbourne → go → ?
Here's a sentence I've never written in a blog before: Trent Loiero's bamboozled the defence with his fancy footwork.
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Loiero → write → footwork
He gets the ball on the right post, steps hard off his right foot twice to create the extra man on the left, offloads to Cameron Munster, who hits Tyran Wishart to score in heavy traffic with a brave charge.
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who → get → charge
That try comes after Jordan Riki gave away a silly penalty for hitting Jahrome Hughes as he kicked.
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he → come → Hughes
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Simply too easy for the Storm
The Raiders last week had some joy attacking down the right and exploiting the defence of Ezra Mam, and now the Storm have joined that party.
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Storm → have → party
They spin it right and Sua Fa'alogo turns the ball inside to a flying Nick Meaney to burst through a massive gap between Mam and Payne Haas.
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Fa'alogo → spin → Mam
Why is Haas defending there though?
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Haas → defend → ?
A back rower should always be a back rower and I don't know why it was Haas in that instance.
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it → know → instance
He failed to close the gap fast enough.
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He → fail → gap
The Storm also choose to kick off
So both teams so far have chosen the traditional option of kicking the ball away after conceding points and backing their defence to keep the opposition down the other end.
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teams → choose → end
Both sides valuing territory over possession.
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sides → value → possession
Broncos roll over the Storm
Billy Walters's grubber forces a dropout and the Broncos get it back.
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Broncos → roll → it
They go to the right and utility Tyran Wishart is completely outgunned matching up with Kotoni Staggs at centre.
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Wishart → go → centre
Staggs gets the ball at speed, charges through Wishart, bumps off Moses Leo and slams the ball down.
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Staggs → get → ball
The Broncos choose to kick off and get the rewards!
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Broncos → choose → rewards
Surprisingly, the Broncos have chosen to kick off after conceding points, and the Storm knock it on through Shawn Blore.
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Storm → choose → Blore
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