'I'd love to': Star's Origin admission after 'silky' match-winner

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Coming into the Broncos clash with the Knights, galore believed Adam Reynolds was auditioning for a NSW Blues jersey aft Nathan Cleary's injury.

The Broncos halfback did himself nary harm, producing a vintage show to people the match-winning effort and pb the Broncos to a 24-20 victory.

Reynolds volition contend with Nicho Hynes and Mitchell Moses for the No.7 jersey, and portion stating his absorption was connected the Broncos, did admit he'd "love to" instrumentality to the Origin arena.

"Not adjacent reasoning astir that mate to beryllium honest, I've got a occupation to bash present astatine the Broncos but if I get selected I'd beryllium much than blessed to enactment my manus up," helium told Fox League.

"I'd emotion to travel up present successful a Blues jersey, it'd beryllium fantastic to tally retired astatine Suncorp with the crippled connected the line. It's up to Freddy and the selectors which mode they privation to go, either mode I'll beryllium supporting NSW."

Adam Reynolds celebrates his match-winning try. (Getty)

Broncos and Queensland fullback Reece Walsh said he'd alternatively not beryllium playing against his skipper travel Origin II.

"I anticipation helium doesn't get the telephone call," helium laughed.

"He's been astatine the apical of his crippled this twelvemonth ... that was a pugnacious game, and helium was conscionable taking control, astatine the backmost extremity of that crippled his kicking crippled was conscionable outstanding and I'm beauteous definite that's what got america the effect tonight.

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"If he's successful that Blues squad they're going to beryllium beauteous strong, I conscionable anticipation he's not successful it."

Walsh had his ain Origin conflict with the antheral helium took the Queensland jersey from successful Kalyn Ponga with some men going astatine each other.

Ponga ran past Walsh to people his archetypal try, with the Knights skipper cracking a wry grin erstwhile asked astir it astatine half-time.

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Then with 5 minutes near successful the game, the Broncos fullback accelerated towards him and created dense interaction disconnected a footwear return. Both men were captured successful a blessed clasp astatine full-time though with Walsh complimenting his hostile post-game.

"Obviously arsenic a kid I grew up watching KP play, to beryllium capable to stock the tract with him is simply a imagination travel true," helium said.

Newcastle came into the crippled afloat of energy, and astatine half-time had a 10-6 pb acknowledgment to tries from Dominic Young and Ponga, portion Selwyn Cobbo scored for Brisbane.

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Cobbo past enactment the Broncos up successful the 2nd fractional but a Knights blitz meant they led 20-12 aft 60 minutes acknowledgment to tries from Mat Croker and Young.

The Broncos didn't spell distant though, with Brendan Piakura scoring his archetypal NRL effort 8 minutes aboriginal portion Reynolds scored the match-winner successful the 77th infinitesimal aft a beauteous speech of passing from Kobe Hetherington and Ezra Mam. The second flick passed to Reynolds for a effort assistance with NRL adept Shane Flanagan describing it arsenic "silky" and "beautiful" connected commentary.

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