Luke Gale, a 26-year-old Queensland Cup workman, and Josh Coric, who's 24, are on the field in jerseys 19 and 20.

Feels like Michael Maguire is trying to make a point by handing debuts to these two guys.

The Broncos go within a metre and Cory Paix sprints into dummy half to crash over.

The Broncos finally convert as they get set after set.

Jordan Riki is called for knocking on in the play-the-ball, but the replays show a clear hand in the ruck from Tom Hazelton.

Dropping the ball is bad, but not realising it was knocked out might even be worse.

If they don't score here, they never will.

Also, surely a sin-bin can't be far away.

Brendan Piakura is off for an HIA after copping that high shot for the third of the penalties. That probably should have happened a while ago.

For the second straight time, straight after conceding points, the Broncos give away another penalty early in the set.

This is honestly pathetic from the Broncos once again.

Hayze Perham gets caught in a tackle as Jesse Ramien makes a line break, so Nicho Hynes chips into vacant territory down the right.

Gehamat Shibasaki turns and chases very much like a man fresh off a knee injury, but I do think he pulled up late as well. Perham is almost back there too, but Sione Katoa literally just wants it more.

The Broncos cop a set restart for hanging around in the ruck and the Sharks fire it out left, Will Kennedy throwing it over the sideline, but the Broncos are penalised for being offside.

So Nicho Hynes pots a penalty goal for a 6-0 lead.

Nicho Hynes knocks on to give the Broncos a full set inside the Sharks' 30m zone, but Xavier Willison fumbles in the play-the-ball right in front of the posts and there's pure misery in the Brisbane Broncos' box.

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I couldn't make out exactly what coach Michael Maguire said, but one quote I definitely caught was "F*** OFF".

Tipping a Dragons win should be worth double points.

Billy Burns looks destined for the tryline again, but this time Cory Paix smashes the ball loose.

Just before it, Brendan Piakura copped a hip or knee to the head in a tackle and looked a little dazed. I'd be surprised if the independent doctor doesn't chime in.

Grant Anderson tries to throw a ridiculous offload while being dominated by three defenders. He throws the ball into the leg of Billy Burns, who is stunned to find it suddenly in his possession.

Everybody freezes, assuming the whistle is coming, but there's nothing from Gerard Sutton, so Burn sets sail for the tryline. He breaks through the non-tackle of Brendan Piakura and could score himself, but instead he passes to Sione Katoa to score.

Gehamat Shibasaki and Piakura need have a lot to answer for there. Shibasaki put a hand on Burns as he came away with the ball, but instead of tackling he kept appealing to the referee. And Piakura, who was brilliant last week, barely laid a hand on Burns.

Cronulla goes right and Gehamat Shibasaki, back from injury, makes a bad read on the lead runner, allowing Sione Katoa to go unmarked out wide.

Sione Katoa gets the ball but can't handle juggling five or six times before finally knocking on.

I've got to say, I'm backing the Sharks tonight.

They haven't been flawless of late, but the Broncos are down on troops and in abysmal form.

Kotoni Staggs, rather than Ben Hunt, is stand-in skipper.

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That's two wins in 2026 for the last-placed Dragons, who take down the Tigers 24-10.

It was an up, down and everywhere else performance by both teams, but the Dragons found their touch in the championship minutes (to be crystal clear, neither of these teams are getting within coo-ee of any championships this year) with Valentine Holmes nabbing a late double.

Holmes scored back-to-back tries and showed off his bow and arrow celebration in honour of former State of Origin teammate Jai Arrow.

We've seen it a few times this round already, including in the NRLW from Kerri Johnson.

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The Tigers can't catch high kicks and can't clean up low ones as Daniel Atkinson's grubber ricochets off the foot of Heamasi Makasini, hits Mat Feagai's knee and he scurries through to score off the rebound.

The Dragons will make it.

The Tigers fail to defuse yet another bomb and the Dragons regather.

Setu Tu takes a dummy-half charge, but still the Tigers fail to regather the defence out left, so the Dragons get the ball there and Valentine Holmes steps inside the cover defence of Sunia Turuva and Jeral Skelton to dive in for his second try in quick succession.

He converts and the Dragons lead by eight points heading into the final five minutes of potentially their second win of the season.