Brisbane rookie Antonio Winterstein came back to haunt his old side by scoring two tries as the Broncos held on to beat the Sydney Roosters 28-24 in their NRL clash at the Sydney Football Stadium last night.
The former Roosters under 20s star crossed for two brilliant second half tries
as the Broncos won, five tries to four, after leading 6-0 at halftime.
Fullback Karmichael Hunt also scored twice and Steve Michaels had the visitors other four-pointer, extending the Broncos' streak to five successive wins against the Roosters.
For the Roosters, halfback Mitchell Pearce bombed a certain first half try when he dropped his own grubber over the tryline.
But he recovered to throw an outstanding offload in the 65th minute for fullback Sam Perrett to score, and then scored his own try in the 74th minute.
Returning forward Willie Mason barged over in the 78th minute to pull the Roosters within four points with 96 seconds left on the clock.
But they fell short and were left rueing costly errors that led to most of Brisbane's points.
At Parramatta Stadium, St George Illawarra notched a hard fought 22-8 victory against the home team.
The Dragons absorbed a bruising assault from the fired-up Eels, showing greater composure and superior ball control for a three-tries-to-one win after leading 14-2 at halftime.
The win was only the second in eight trips to Parramatta for the Dragons.
Captain Ben Hornby scored an amazing four-pointer, which included a bone-rattling collision with a goalpost.
Neville Costigan and Wendell Sailor bagged tries and Jamie Soward booted five goals from five attempts.
Luke Burt scored a late try for the Eels and booted two goals.
- AAP
