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Parramatta kept their top four hopes alive and left Brisbane's finals aspirations on life support as the Broncos failed to overcome the early loss of Adam ...

"Credit to the boys, on the back of a five day turn-around they started with great physicality and we were just hard to handle. It is a momentum swing, sometimes it is hard to get it back and we are struggling with it at the moment. What Reg and Junior and Marata were doing at the start of the game was allowing our halves to play with a lot more time and space and then when Matto come on he really changes the context of the game for us. I think we had 38 per cent of the ball again tonight, it's about our lack of discipline with the ball, our seven tackle sets, kicks that don't need to be kicked and all those little things that we weren't doing a month ago that we seem to be doing now. I think we are in a better position today than this time last year but we've always had tough contests against the Storm and that has got to be a priority for us, not worrying about the finals," - Eels coach Brad Arthur. - Flegler was placed on report for a shoulder charge on Campbell-Gillard from the ensuing kick-off before Eels halfback Mitchell Moses created space for winger Waqa Blake with a cut-out pass and backed up to score in the 26th minute.

The embarrassing loss to the Eels means the Broncos have conceded 113 points in their past two matches, leaving them in danger of falling out of the top ...

The Broncos lost Kobe Hetherington to an HIA in the second half and Brenko Lee with a leg injury to compound their woes. Lane iced the first half with another blockbusting run and offload to hand Gutherson his second try and give the Eels a 31-6 lead at the break. The door is now open for Canberra — in ninth place on 26 points and with a -25 points difference — to move into the top eight with a win over Manly on Saturday.

Brisbane may have just let its season slip through its fingers in a horror night that included an “unfathomable” call that said it all.

He is just a bit tired.” “They just stand out on the sideline and fall over the line and score tries and then go back and comb their hair. How come he needs a rest from that? I’m not saying there was give up in them, they’re just awful at the moment.” I think he’s telling them this is not what Broncos players do. Walters explained the decision for Cobbo to be out of the match, saying: “He is a young fella who has had a big season here at the Broncos and with Origin.

“The big concern and I wonder if rival teams understand, we talk about defence winning premierships and defence being the key to finals success. “Well, they're ...

it’d be a big slide from the Broncs.” “But they’ll be a whimper in the finals if they get there.” “They’re gone, they are gone,” Riccio said on SEN 1170 Breakfast.

Players were stunned in silence during the almighty spray after yet another 'terrible' performance.

The Eels have regained their mojo with four wins out of their last five and loom as genuine title threats. We just need to fix our defence more than anything and our attitude.” We are still alive against the Dragons next week,” Walters said. Lane iced the first half with another blockbusting run and offload to hand Gutherson his second try and give the Eels a 31-6 lead at the break. “The boys showed a lot of want and desire and we need to make sure we do that next week against a (Storm) team that is hitting form.” [Canberra](https://7news.com.au/sport/canberra-raiders), in ninth on 26 points and with a -25 points difference, to move into the top eight with a win over Manly on Saturday.