Missing Walsh, Staggs, Mam, Haas, Piakura, Willison and others (Reynolds, Carrigan, Baker, Oates, Rogers) looked completely battered. It just seemed like a case of let's get through this 80 minutes without requiring off-season surgery.
The bench was clearly the highlight. The forwards clearly wanted to make a difference and that passage before and after half-time was one of the few positive moments. It's just a shame Marty threw that speculator and Kobe wasn't wise to it.
I thought it was interesting to see Kevie close out the game with Mozer and Te Kura. Both got plenty of minutes out there and clearly are going to be a big part of the club moving forward if the Broncos have their way. Still not sold on Te Kura just yet, getting fended off by halves doesn't exactly scream intimidating so he's a complete work in progress.
Otherwise it was just a repeat of last week. Kick and chase was largely poor, Reynolds kicking game was noticeably off. Hardly anyone bent the line and just when the Broncos had opportunities they'd turn it over with bad mistakes. If the Broncos hope to move on, a few players had to have played their last game for the club tonight - that was awful.