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Without injured playmaker Luke Brooks, the Tigers showed pride in their jersey to rebound from Sunday's controversial, last-play loss to North Queensland ...

A week of heartache and legal threats finished in unbridled joy for Wests Tigers with a 32-18 NRL upset of Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium. - Wests Tigers have sprung a shock upset victory over the Brisbane Broncos Tigers produce STUNNING upset win over Brisbane Broncos as new-look halves combo offer Tim Sheens a glimpse of life without Luke Brooks

Wests Tigers have rebounded from last week's heartbreak to beat the Brisbane Broncos 32-18 at Suncorp Stadium.

Jordan Riki narrowed the margin with a try in the 57th minute, but Wests Tigers pushed their advantage back out to eight points with a penalty goal. Wests Tigers enjoyed a fast start to the second half as Starford To’a crossed for the first points of the half on the back of a wild passage of play. Wests Tigers were rewarded for their strong defence as Brent Naden crossed for the try in his 50th NRL match.

The Wests Tigers have pulled off arguably the biggest upset victory of the season, toppling the Brisbane Broncos by 14 points at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday ...

I don’t think I put a line through Brisbane … they can be great because they’ve got a lot of good players. “I think the Broncos have shown over the last three months that they are together as a side. There’s no doubt they can do something, I’m not going to write them off just because of tonight’s performance.” You could see their reaction when he scored that try, they came from everywhere.” The Wests Tigers have pulled off arguably the biggest upset victory of the season, toppling the Brisbane Broncos by 14 points at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday evening. The Wests Tigers have pulled off arguably the biggest upset victory of the season, toppling the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium.

'In some trouble': Broncos sweat on MRC as Carrigan on report for 'hip drop' tackle.

“But it was nasty, there is no two ways about it, it looked awful, when you slowed it down... if someone has your fingers around your eyes I’d bite them,” Tallis said. “But knowing Pat Carrigan, a person of his character I wouldn’t have thought there was anything intentional there. “I was surprised... He is obviously on report. “That’s a hip drop and he is in some trouble,” Cronk said.

The Brisbane Broncos have gone down to a spirited Wests Tigers 32-18 at Suncorp Stadium in front of 32909 fans.

Kotoni Staggs was successful with the conversion in Reynolds’ absence and it was back to 24-18. The skipper converted from the touchline to lock it up at 6-6. Reynolds converted again for a 12-6 lead.

The Wests Tigers have put their disappointment from last week's controversial loss against the Cowboys behind them, claiming a 32-18 upset victory over the ...

“This is only what rugby league can give you. “We’ve beaten the Broncos tonight and it’s been a process of what we’ve achieved and how we’ve got better as a football club.” While nerves would have been prevalent amongst those in the Tigers camp, Doueihi put the game to bed when he accelerated off the back of a scrum base to score. Jordan Riki got his side back in the game when he ran a perfect line to crash over and get the Broncos within one score with plenty of time left on the clock. To make matters worse for the Broncos, Reynolds was injured in the build-up to the try and had to leave the field for a HIA, which he eventually returned from. However, in a see-sawing contest the Tigers refused to go away and hit back on the stroke of half-time when Jock Madden – replacing the injured Luke Brooks in the line-up – managed to hold onto a Kelma Tuilagi pass to score.

A week of heartache and legal threats ended in joy for Wests Tigers with a boilover win at Suncorp Stadium.

Naden bombed a golden chance for a second try late in the first half by inexplicably stepping into touch, but a juggling Madden ensured the Tigers went to the break level by starting and finishing a rampaging break by Kelma Tuilagi. In a match of momentum swings, which was deadlocked at 12-all at half-time, two tries in three minutes early in the second half proved pivotal for the Tigers. After giving premiership contenders Penrith, Parramatta and the Cowboys a fright in their previous three starts, the Tigers showed from the outset they would be up for the fight.

Wests Tigers coach Brett Kimmorley has blasted Patrick Carrigan's hip-drop tackle on Jackson Hastings.

"It was just in the heat of the battle." "It is something that has crept into the game a little bit and it needs to be looked after, because it's a horrendous tackle and the outcome can be really bad." "I thought the tackle was a pretty ordinary tackle," Kimmorley said after the Tigers' 32-18 win.

The NRL's match review committee has run its eye over yesterday's games and handed down charges, with two of the game's most in-form back-rowers leading the ...

Though the incident was initially missed by on-field officials, the foul play was brought to the fore by the Bunker and Carrigan was placed on report. Carrigan came in as the third man and bent Hastings back over his own ankle in an awkward position that left the Tigers lock writhing in agony on the turf. Broncos mainstay and 2022 Wally Lewis Medal winner Patrick Carrigan has been referred straight to the judiciary following his 73rd-minute hip-drop tackle on Tigers star Jackson Hastings.