“On these occasions he knows which kicks to put up and how to put people under pressure with his kicking game.”
The Broncos had previously won only seven of 20 games without representative prop Payne Haas since 2019.
In Haas’s absence with a knee injury, lock Pat Carrigan had his best game of the season and won the Carl Webb Medal as player of the match.
Star fullback Reece Walsh was also unavailable along with second-rower Brendan Piakura, but Tristan Sailor and Jaiyden Hunt stepped up admirably.
“I got really inspired by Penrith last night (in their win over the Roosters) and their attitude,” Walters said.
“I got really inspired by Penrith last night (in their win over the Roosters) and their attitude,” Walters said.
“Some of their key players were not playing and they rolled Penrith out.
“We had some disruptions to our team but we rolled the Broncos out regardless of who was in the jerseys. That’s the Broncos.
“Defensively it was our best performance of the year.”
A highlight of the match was a tackle in the 50th minute by Cowboys co-captain Tom Dearden, who ran the length of the field to tackle Broncos centre Selwyn Cobbo into touch inches from the tryline.
It was a tackle that recalled Scott Sattler’s unforgettable effort on Todd Byrne in the 2003 grand final.
