Sickening collision, fight light up Brisbane derby

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Dolphins playmaker Kodi Nikorima was near bloodied pursuing a nasty caput clash with teammate Tom Gilbert successful the inaugural Brisbane derby connected Friday night, won by the Broncos 18-12.

The Broncos struck archetypal successful the Brisbane derby, spreading the footy to the near arsenic Jesse Arthars rocketed implicit the effort line.

Only moments earlier, Nikorima had been injected into the crippled for an injured Tesi Niu.

But helium soon had humor gushing from his caput aft clashing heads with Gilbert successful a tackle.

"Kodi Nikorima, he's travel retired of that precise awkwardly and he's opened up consecutive away, truthful helium won't beryllium connected the tract agelong here," commentator Peter Psaltis said for Nine.

"That was nasty."

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Nikorima departed the tract for a caput wounded appraisal with Ray Stone coming connected arsenic his replacement.

Earlier, Gilbert sparked an all-in scuffle arsenic helium roughed up Adam Reynolds.

Tensions boil implicit successful Dolphins-Broncos derby

The Broncos halfback tried to propulsion disconnected a cut-out shot connected the close borderline successful the 16th infinitesimal but threw it implicit the sideline.

Gilbert got up successful Reynolds' grill and fto him cognize astir it.

"Here we go," said Nine's Cameron Smith arsenic Dolphins and Broncos jerseys rushed successful from each angles.

"It wouldn't beryllium a derby without a spot of argy-bargy!" Psaltis added.

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