38 SPORT MONDAY SEPTEMBER 16 2019 Broncos humiliated Jared Waerea-Hargreaves will as Moses runs riot face the NRL judiciary Rooster to challenge ban for trip MATT ENCARNACION AND EAMONN TIERNAN SYDNEY Roosters star Jared Waerea-Hargreaves will head to the NRL judiciary for the second time in a week after pleading not guilty to tripping. Waerea-Hargreaves will to- morrow night challenge the grade-one charge that threat- ens to rub him out of the club’s preliminary final in a fortnight. Should he be successful, he will be available to face Mel- bourne or Parramatta. If unsuccessful, he will miss one match. The prop was charged de- spite not being penalised for an apparent trip on South Syd- ney’s James Roberts. The charge normally at- tracts a fine, but, the big Roost- er has already accrued the maximum amount of monetary punishments this season. Winning habit still there for Brisbane Playmaker Mitchell Moses was brilliant as he engineered the Eels’ 58-0 thrashing of Brisbane yesterday Picture: MATT KING/GETTY IMAGES BRISBANE have kicked off their NRLW premiership de- STEVE ZEMEK Despite Brown being in While Seibold’s side boasts kicked, regathered and fend- pass and Maika Sivo crossed. fence in style with a 14-4 defeat doubt for this week, it was the best young pack in the ed off Alex Glenn’s attempt The ground-record crowd of St George Illawarra. PARRAMATTA h a v e hard to dampen the Eels’ eu- competition, their lack of di- to hold him up. of 29,372 rose to their feet With five members of the thrown the NRL finals wide phoria after they put 11 tries rection in the spine was tell- The Eels simply overawed every time Sivo touched the Broncos’ inaugural title-win- open with a record 58-0 through the Broncos. ing and their title drought has Brisbane with speed, enthusi- ball and when the Fijian try- ning side running out for the thrashing of Brisbane, which The margin was the big- now stretched into 13 years. asm and aggression and scoring sensation got his sec- Dragons at Bankwest Stadium is set to send shockwaves gest in NRL finals history, The Eels put the Broncos when they led 24-0 at half- ond of the day and 22nd of yesterday, the question was through the Queensland eclipsing Newtown’s 55-7 to the sword with three tries time, the Broncos still hadn’t the season, his name rang out how far Brisbane would fall. glamour club. thrashing of St George in 1944. in eight minutes and the had a tackle inside their op- around Bankwest Stadium. After Meg Ward scored to The Eels have set up a date It was also the Eels’ biggest game was essentially over at position’s 20-metre zone. Clint Gutherson was also give the Broncos an 8-4 lead 10 with minor premiers Mel- win over Brisbane and the the 20-minute mark at 16-0. Even when play broke instrumental in the thrash- minutes into the second half, bourne in a sudden-death Broncos’ biggest loss during Mitchell Moses was in- down, like it did when Moses ing, running for 171m in the the Dragons were threatening. semi-final on Saturday, but Anthony Seibold’s tenure. strumental in the rout, hav- found himself with nowhere game. He set up Sivo in the They looked to have scored they could be without play- The club is set to undergo ing a hand in all of his side’s to go on the last tackle, the 49th minute before slicing when Shakiah Tungai reeled in maker Dylan Brown after he a summer of soul searching opening 12 points, bombing Eels still found a way through some soft defence to former Broncos half Kimiora was reported for a crusher after been flagged as a top- for Michael Jennings before through after the livewire put Brown over four minutes Nati’s bomb but she was ruled tackle on Anthony Milford. four side this year. doing it all himself when he No.7 spiralled a 30m cut-out later. to have knocked on. Raider rocked by finals fireworks Bennett’s backline punt short-lived THE NRL will investigate ing try in the third minute. AFTER watching his decision pected to make a major reshuf- Johnston has made no se- after pre-match pyrotechnics The Raiders said medical to shift Adam Doueihi from fle to his backline when South cret of the fact fullback is his at AAMI Park left Canberra staff were able to remove a fullback to wing backfire spec- Sydney take on Manly in this favoured position but right centre Joey Leilua with an eye piece of black pyrotechnic tacularly in last Friday night’s Friday night’s sudden-death now his best fit for the team is injury and unable to play shell from Leilua’s left eye. 30-6 pounding at the hands of semi-final at ANZ Stadium. on the wing, given Braidon against Melbourne. Saturday’s “All I remember is going out the Sydney Roosters, South With Dane Gagai set to re- Burns’ injury absence. qualifying final was held up there and the fireworks went Sydney coach Wayne Bennett turn from a hamstring injury, Youngster Corey Allan while Leilua was treated on the off and I saw the ash coming won’t make the same mistake. James Roberts will revert to would be the player to drop out sidelines but he headed to the down and one of them landed On top of the return from right centre, with Doueihi if Gagai is passed fit as expected. change rooms before kick-off. in my eye,” Leilua said. suspension of inspirational most likely taking over at full- It definitely gives the Rab- Bailey Simonsson took Leil- “It hurt. It felt like there was skipper Sam Burgess, News back, and Alex Johnston back bitohs more punch coming out ua’s place and scored the open- a rock in my eye.” Canberra’s Joey Leilua Corp can reveal Bennett is ex- on the wing. of yardage. NTNE01Z01MA - V1.