Scary moment adds salt to beaten Broncos' wounds

Brisbane Broncos skipper Adam Reynolds could look a stint connected the sidelines aft suffering an wounded successful a arguable script against the Storm.

At 16 minutes into the Thursday nighttime shot clash, the halfback appeared to person knocked himself retired erstwhile contesting for the ball. It was aboriginal revealed helium had mislaid feelings successful his hands and fingers.

In a lucifer that descended into chaos, the captain's departure from the tract near a large spread with the Broncos succumbing to a 24-16 nonaccomplishment astatine AAMI Park.

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Melbourne gradually took the crippled distant from the Broncos successful a crippled that featured 4 sin-bins and a fig of melees.

Reynolds' effort to people came aft Harry Grant and Herbie Farnworth some contested for the shot adjacent the tryline.

Broncos skipper Adam Reynolds of the Broncos was taken disconnected the tract connected a stretcher. (Getty)

Grant was judged to person pushed Farnworth disconnected his tally according to the Bunker with the Broncos awarded a punishment try.

Reynolds was stretchered disconnected the field, taken distant successful a cervix brace.

After speaking to Broncos aesculapian staff, Nine's sideline newsman Danika Mason confirmed the halfback had regained feeling successful his fingers and hands.

"When Adam deed the ground, portion helium did deed his head, his cervix besides flung backmost and crushed 1 of the nerves successful his spine truthful that's wherefore helium couldn't consciousness his fingers connected the tract ... which was rather scary for him but bully quality is he's regained that feeling," Mason said.

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"He volition not beryllium backmost into the enactment astatine each tonight."

Reynolds was besides assessed for a caput wounded successful which helium was classified with class 2 concussion symptoms.

Nelson Asofa-Solomona near the tract clutching astatine his ribs. (Nine)

The circular 11 opener was afloat of carnage, with Storm prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona appearing to endure a rib cartilage injury, leaving the tract aft 31 minutes. However, helium yet returned.

When Farnworth's punishment effort was awarded, scores were tied astatine 6-6 earlier winger Jesse Arthars made it 10-6 aft 23 minutes.

Farnworth would spell to the bin conscionable earlier half-time for a nonrecreational foul with Will Warbrick scoring a infinitesimal aboriginal to marque it 10-10 astatine the break.

Controversy struck successful the 55th infinitesimal erstwhile Patrick Carrigan was sent to the sin-bin for a hip-drop tackle connected Asofa-Solomona, overmuch to the dismay of Nine's commentary team. 

Carrigan goes to the bin

"I deliberation they got that wholly wrong," Billy Slater said.

"That's conscionable momentum, swinging astir the tackle."

By the clip Carrigan returned to the field, the Storm were up 16-10, past Warbrick scored his 2nd successful the 74th infinitesimal to marque it 24-10.

Tom Flegler and Christian Welch got successful a stink, earlier Flegler came together with Aaron Pene who was astatine marker, allowing Cory Paix to tally successful to people and springiness Brisbane a sniff with 2 and a fractional minutes left.

Flegler and Pene were some sent to the bin aft the effort was awarded to marque it four for the night.

The Storm held connected for a 24-16 victory. 

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