Brisbane City put on a late surge to power past Sydney to record a 52-26 win in their NRC Round 2 game. In the first game of a double-header at Bond University, the game was close until Brisbane scored 4 tries in the last 20 minutes to run away with the game.
Brisbane City 52 (Tries: Jordan Luke 3, Maaloga Konelio 2, Isaac Henry, Dave Fe'eo; Conv: Isaac Henry 2, Isaac Lucas; Pen: Isaac Henry 2) defeated Sydney 26 (Tries: Jaline Graham 2, Tu’itakau Kioa, Lachlan Swinton; Conv: Tane Edmed 3)
Teams
Brisbane City
1 David Feao, 2 Maile Ngauamo, 3 Josh Nasser, 4 Bradford Kapa, 5 Roberts Puliuvea, 6 Adam Korczyk, 7 Fraser McReight (c), 8 Seru Uru, 9 Moses Sorovi, 10 Isaac Lucas, 11 Jordan Luke, 12 Isaac Henry, 13 Bradley Twidale, 14 Sefa Naivalu, 15 Teti Tela.
Reserves: 16 Sean Farrell, 17 Dane Zander, 18 Ruan Smith, 19 Michael Wood, 20 Sam Wallis, 21 Nick Chapman, 22 Hunter Paisami, 23 Maaloga Konelio
Sydney
1 Rory O’Connor, 2 Ed Craig, 3 Shambeckler Vui, 4 Ryan McCauley, 5 Tu’itakau Kioa, 6 Lachlan Swinton, 7 Joshua Kemeny, 8 Hugh Sinclair, 9 Jacob Abel, 10 Tane Edmed, 11 Tailiki Nadredre, 12 Tyson Davis, 13 Cameron Clark, 14 Trent Winterstein, 15 Jaline Graham.
Reserves: 16 Declan Moore, 17 Harry Rorke, 18 Charles Abel, 19 Jack Digby, 20 Jordan Goddard, 21 Michael McDonald, 22 Ellis Abrahams, 23 Henry Paterson