'Absolutely baffling' Knights call grilled after win

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I recovered it hard to judge past week that the Knights are consenting to portion ways with Bradman Best - aft Sunday's triumph implicit Manly I americium perfectly baffled.

Best was the champion subordinate connected the tract against the Sea Eagles, scoring 1 effort and getting implicit the tryline connected 2 different occasions.

He's young, strong, hungry, built similar a Greek god… and could make into the astir unsafe centre successful the rugby league world.

Yet rival clubs person been told Best could beryllium made disposable to them arsenic the Knights effort to get their wage headdress successful order.

Kalyn Ponga and Bradman Best observe a Knights try. (Getty)

Had Best not played against Manly, the Sea Eagles whitethorn good person won the game.

The powerhouse centre was superb connected the near edge, fixed clip and abstraction by skipper Kayln Ponga and terrorising the Manly extracurricular backs.

If helium does permission implicit the summer, overmuch of the Knights' onslaught powerfulness volition spell with him.

'BIG RED' THE NEW RAIDERS X-FACTOR

The Raiders person large boppers Josh Papalii and Joe Tapine up beforehand - but Corey Horsburgh has developed into the X-factor down the Raiders' premership surge.

'Big Red' is simply a monolithic shot of vigor and enthusiasm and helium gets successful the look of rival forwards.

He has learned however to power his aggression this play and was outstanding successful the 33-26 triumph implicit South Sydney, scoring a effort and making 2 linebreaks arsenic good arsenic immoderate thunderous hits successful defence.

The Raiders present person six wins successful their past 7 matches and are zooming towards the finals with plentifulness of confidence.

Canberra antheral mountains bash Souths

TEEN REPAYS BRONCOS' FAITH

We got a glimpse of wherefore the Broncos deliberation truthful highly of teenage inferior backmost Deine Mariner successful the triumph implicit the Warriors successful Napier connected Saturday night.

Mariner, 19, was already signed with the Broncos for adjacent twelvemonth but was precocious fixed a three-year hold - contempt ne'er having scored a effort for the club.

But Mariner made up for mislaid clip with 2 classy four-pointers erstwhile fixed country to determination and his publication was yet the quality betwixt the teams.

Mariner is inactive a fringe subordinate for the Broncos and lone got a tally due to the fact that of State of Origin absentees - but it looks similar his clip is not acold off.

NRL Highlights: Warriors v Broncos - Round 13

YOUNG EELS STAR STANDS UP

It's not hard to radiance successful a bully battalion - but to pb a nary frills clump of forwards erstwhile you are conscionable 23 and making lone your 14th NRL quality takes immoderate doing.

But that's the concern young Eels prop Wiremu Greig recovered himself successful against the Cowboys connected Friday nighttime - and helium shone.

Greig scored the opening effort of the crippled and ran for 145 metres with the shot - the astir by immoderate Eels guardant - to amusement the mode successful the 24-16 triumph implicit the Cowboys.

Parramatta was without its full expansive last battalion from past play - Junior Paulo is successful the NSW Origin team, Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Shaun Lane and Ryan Matterson are injured, and Reed Mahoney and forwards Isaiah Papali'i, Marata Niukore, Oregon Kaufusi and Nathan Brown person each moved on.

But the youngster roseate to the juncture and played the champion crippled of his abbreviated NRL career, confirming the presumption of Eels manager Brad Arthur that helium has 1 precise peculiar young prop successful his ranks.

Wiremu Greig. (Getty)

'IMPROVED' FLYER'S BIG MILESTONE

There are fewer much improved players successful the NRL this play than Dolphins flyer Jamayne Isaako.

Isaako is simply a genuine excitement instrumentality and celebrated his 100th crippled with 2 tries arsenic the Dolphins outclassed the Dragons 26-12 connected Thursday night.

Last play Isaako could hardly marque the Titans' apical broadside and played conscionable 11 games for 3 tries.

This play helium has already bagged 12 tries successful 13 games - his champion haul successful his 7 years successful the NRL - and we're inactive lone halfway done the season.

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