The Melbourne Storm have moved to first on the NRL ladder after an important win over the Broncos, who suffered a major triple injury blow.
Adam Reynolds and Ezra Mam both suffered hamstring injuries while attempting to chase down Xavier Coates in the 21st minute and will be sent for scans on Friday.
Star winger Selwyn Cobbo was then assisted from the field in the final three minutes of the game with a reported hamstring injury too.
It came after a thrilling contest between the two heavyweight sides that really heated up when Xavier Coates intercepted a Broncos pass and ran 95 metres only to be taken over by the sideline by Selwyn Cobbo with arguably the try of the season.
While that was happening there were major dramas unfolding back up the field. Reynolds limped off before Mam followed seconds later with both later ruled out for the remainder of the game.
The double injury blow forced the Broncos into a major reshuffle with Kotoni Staggs and Ben Hunt moving into the halves, Billy Walters to hooker and Jack Gosiewski to centre.
With the Broncos reeling from the chaos the Storm struck with back-to-back tries to go into halftime with a 10-point lead.
The Storm picked up where they left off in the second half with Coates scoring back-to-back tries to seal the result.
To the Broncos’ credit they hung in there and showed plenty of courage to stay in the game but they now face a nervous wait on the scan results for Reynolds, Mam and Cobbo.
