Broncos' audacious bid for star to play opener

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Brisbane Broncos fullback Reece Walsh wore a modified headgear astatine grooming successful an audacious bid to play successful the club's NRL opener.

Walsh suffered a facial wounded against the Titans successful a proceedings lucifer earlier this period and his chances of playing stay clouded.

But imaginativeness emerged of the prima enlistee astatine Broncos grooming connected Thursday with a antithetic looking headgear, which had near feature extortion for his facial fracture, successful a bid to play circular 1 against Penrith astatine BlueBet Stadium.

It shows the lengths the Broncos are consenting to spell to successful bid for Walsh to play. Players successful different sports often deterioration protective guards to support facial injuries but whether Walsh tin flight harm successful the vigor of conflict during an NRL lucifer is yet to beryllium seen.

Walsh's instrumentality to the Broncos is definite to adhd spark to Brisbane's already star-packed backline. Broncos large Wally Lewis believes Walsh could marque the determination into the halves successful the not excessively distant future.

Even though the 20-year-old has played the bulk of his 38 NRL games astatine fullback, Lewis believes helium tin marque the determination arsenic helium gets older.

"He could beryllium (a six), you could play him astatine 7 and he'd bash it," Lewis told SEN Radio.

"He's 1 of those guys that performs anywhere, anytime connected the field, I similar the kid, I'm truly impressed with his opportunities.

"He's a truly quiescent benignant of a young antheral but helium volition spell on, he's conscionable 1 of those guys that seems to not deliberation astir the options excessively acold beforehand it's erstwhile helium gets the shot successful his hands that helium reacts.

"That's the quality betwixt a bully and a large player."

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