Feleti Mateo of the New Zealand Warriors looks to pass during the NRL Trial match between the New Zealand Warriors and the Brisbane Broncos. Photo / Getty Images.
The Warriors sparked into life in the final quarter to beat the Broncos 16-10 in the NRL pre-season game at Forsyth Barr Stadium tonight.
Tries to Glen Fisiiahi and Todd Lowrie delighted the 15,000-strong crowd watching the first game of rugby league to be played in the stadium.
The Warriors
rebounded from a flat first half with a strong finish, showing more enterprise and some good finishing.
A bizarre first half featured no fewer than four referrals to the television match official. All four were to check the legality of Broncos tries, and all four were denied. A fifth rejection followed in the second half.
The Australians looked much sharper with the ball in hand and regularly found holes in the Warriors' defence in the first spell.
