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Match report

NRL / Round 2

Thu 12 Mar · 8:00pm · Suncorp Stadium · Crowd 39,015 Full time · HT 20-22
Broncos 32
vs
Eels 40
Our tip Broncos ★ Banker 71% ✕ Missed

Eels come home strong

The Eels beat the Broncos 40–32 at Suncorp Stadium in front of 39,015 in Round 2. They led 22–20 at half-time and held on.

Reece Walsh scored 2 tries and Kotoni Staggs scored 2 tries and Kelma Tuilagi scored 2 tries and Isaiah Iongi scored 2 tries. Payne Haas (Broncos) was the standout in a losing side with 75 fantasy points, 184 run metres, 3 tackle breaks and 1 try.

Our Final Tip had the Broncos at 71% (a Banker) and got it wrong. The bookies had the other side as favourites, so this one was an upset.

Form before this game · most recent first
Broncos LWWWW
Eels LWWWL

Game flow

Broncos · above Eels · below
Score 32-40 Line breaks 4·4 Errors 12·5 Penalties 8·3 Six-agains 4·4 0'10'20'30'HT50'60'70'80' 6-0 4' Try + goal 12-0 10' Try + goal 12-6 17' Try + goal 14-6 22' Pen goal 20-6 25' Try + goal 20-12 30' Try + goal 20-16 33' Try 20-22 35' Try + goal 20-26 42' Try 26-26 45' Try + goal 26-28 54' Pen goal 32-28 60' Try + goal 32-34 67' Try + goal 32-40 78' Try + goal
Show scoring as a table
MinTeamPlayerEventScore
4'BroncosReece Walsh Try4–0
5'BroncosAdam Reynolds Conversion6–0
10'BroncosKotoni Staggs Try10–0
11'BroncosAdam Reynolds Conversion12–0
17'EelsKelma Tuilagi Try12–4
18'EelsMitchell Moses Conversion12–6
22'BroncosAdam Reynolds Penalty goal14–6
25'BroncosPayne Haas Try18–6
26'BroncosAdam Reynolds Conversion20–6
30'EelsRyley Smith Try20–10
31'EelsMitchell Moses Conversion20–12
33'EelsKelma Tuilagi Try20–16
35'EelsIsaiah Iongi Try20–20
37'EelsMitchell Moses Conversion20–22
42'EelsIsaiah Iongi Try20–26
45'BroncosKotoni Staggs Try24–26
47'BroncosAdam Reynolds Conversion26–26
54'EelsMitchell Moses Penalty goal26–28
60'BroncosReece Walsh Try30–28
62'BroncosAdam Reynolds Conversion32–28
67'EelsSean Russell Try32–32
68'EelsMitchell Moses Conversion32–34
78'EelsJonah Pezet Try32–38
80'EelsMitchell Moses Conversion32–40

Team stats

Better on the day
BroncosEels
47% Possession 53%
75% Completion rate 88%
1,617 Run metres 1,525
446 Post-contact metres 472
4 Line breaks 4
32 Tackle breaks 28
7 Offloads 5
610 Kick metres 601
89.5% Effective tackle % 86.3%
28 Missed tackles 32
12 Errors 5
8 Penalties conceded 3
DisciplinePenalties + six-agains
BRIPAR
Six-again (ruck)
Dangerous Tackle
Offside inside 10m
Other
Escorts
Offside General
Scrum Infringement
Slow Peel
Total 12 7

Positional battles

Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle

Fullbacks

BRI 69-67
Walsh Iongi
222 Run metres 174
97 Kick return metres 61
7 Tackle breaks 5
1 Line breaks 2

Halves

BRI 98-83
Mam, Reynolds Pezet, Moses
3 Try assists 5
1 Line-break assists 4
325 Kick metres 587
4 Errors 1

Hookers

PAR 38-24
Paix Smith
29 Tackles 35
10 Run metres 22
67 Passes 85
0 Errors 0

Middles

BRI 183-109
Jensen, Haas, Carrigan Williams, Paulo, De Belin
475 Run metres 274
150 Post-contact metres 93
106 Tackles 79
4 Missed tackles 6

Back row

PAR 104-46
Gosiewski, Riki Tuilagi, Kautoga
105 Run metres 219
1 Tackle breaks 10
40 Tackles 44
3 Missed tackles 3

Outside backs

BRI 90-61
Karapani, Staggs, Shibasaki, Mariner Simonsson, Russell, Addo-Carr
458 Run metres 303
0 Line breaks 0
2 Tries 1
2 Errors 1

Best performers

Fantasy points
BRI Payne Haas 75
PAR Kelma Tuilagi 73
BRI Reece Walsh 69
PAR Isaiah Iongi 67
BRI Adam Reynolds 65
BRI Patrick Carrigan 57
PAR Jack Williams 52
BRI Corey Jensen 51
Show performers as a table
PlayerTeamFantasyRun m Tackle breaksLine breaksTries Try assistsTackles
Payne HaasBroncos75 1843 11 026
Kelma TuilagiEels73 1348 22 023
Reece WalshBroncos69 2227 12 05
Isaiah IongiEels67 1745 22 05
Adam ReynoldsBroncos65 875 10 211
Patrick CarriganBroncos57 1280 00 143
Jack WilliamsEels52 1023 00 037
Corey JensenBroncos51 1631 00 037

Head-to-head

Last 5 before this one · Broncos 4 - 1 Eels
2025 R21Broncos home BRI 20 22 PAR Eels by 2
2024 R25Broncos home BRI 30 24 PAR Broncos by 6
2024 R10Eels home BRI 30 14 PAR Broncos by 16
2023 R24Broncos home BRI 54 10 PAR Broncos by 44
2023 R8Eels home BRI 26 16 PAR Broncos by 10

How we tipped it

Chance each model gave the Eels · right of 50% = tipped the winner

← Tipped the loser Tipped the winner → Season Final Tip 3/9 (33%) Bookies 3/9 (33%) Hot Scoring 3/9 (33%) Ladder 5/9 (56%) Power Rating 4/9 (44%) Quality Form 3/9 (33%) Recent Form 3/9 (33%) Scoring 4/9 (44%) Stat Blend 3/9 (33%) 0%25%50%75%100%

Generated automatically from nrl.com match data and our own models · 2026-09-25 05:16:01 UTC