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The Brisbane Broncos are trying extra strong within the prime two after a 30-14 win over the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville.

Later, the Dolphins play Newcastle, and South Sydney meets Cronulla.

Take a look at all of the reside scores and stats beneath.

No Reynolds, no drawback as Broncos roll over Cowboys

Ezra Mam of The Broncos celebrates after scoring a strive through the spherical 23 NRL match between North Queensland Cowboys and Brisbane Broncos at Qld Nation Financial institution Stadium on August 05, 2023 in Townsville, Australia.(Getty Photos: Ian Hitchcock)

Brisbane are on monitor for a top-two NRL end after defeating rivals North Queensland 30-14 in Townsville behind an exemplary defensive show.

The Broncos held their nerve in a ferocious, end-to-end basic wherein their try-line appeared at instances to be impenetrable.

5-eighth Ezra Mam stood tall with out skipper Adam Reynolds (groin) within the halves, making quite a few last-ditch tackles and even an intercept on his personal line.

Twin wrecking-balls Payne Haas and Patrick Carrigan punched their method by means of the center and laid the platform for fullback Reece Walsh to terrify the Cowboys both aspect of the ruck.

A attempt to Walsh with seven minutes remaining appeared to place the consequence past doubt earlier than Heilum Luki crossed on his NRL return for the Cowboys to gasoline the hopes of a sell-out house crowd.

However in a breathless end, Selwyn Cobbo intercepted a cross a minute from time to cap off an exciting win.

With out Reynolds pulling the strings for Brisbane, coach Kevin Walters shall be happy with simply how compact the Broncos’ defence was.

North Queensland had 38 play-the-balls inside Brisbane’s 20-metre line however solely got here up with three tries.