Brisbane overturn form book to advance to Australian rugby league grand final

A grade one unsafe throw charge carries a 125 point base penalty.

For the record, even a gutted Robinson wanted Hodges to be sent out a victor.

After telling Channel Nine as he left the field that he was “not worried” about the tackle, Hodges was a little more circumspect post-match.

Hodges will need to fight it if pinged by the MRC on Monday, as he has committed a previous offence which carries a 20 per cent loading.

Broncos corporate affairs manager Trad McLean said that while it will be tough to get to Sydney with flights and accommodation, he is sure “people are already making plans to pack up the vehicle and drive down”.

While the Broncos had a week off, coach Wayne Bennett, has named the same side that played the Cowboys in the first week of the finals.

Milford won the Meninga Medal as the Raiders’ players’ player in his rookie NRL season in 2013, but resisted overtures to extend his contract, preferring to sign a two-year deal with the Broncos.

“I’ll be fine”, he said.

The Roosters would have looked silly if Pearce had re-injured his hamstring, but it was a knock to the knee in the first half that ended the halfback’s night at the break.

“I don’t know whether I got a knee in my back”, Hodges said.

Instead, a helpless Pearce cut a lonely figure on the sidelines throughout the second half, unable to contribute as his teammates were repeatedly outpointed by a red-hot Brisbane who ran out 31-12 winners.

Having recovered a kick and looking to launch the Roosters’ very first set inside the game’s opening minute, Kenny-Dowall let loose with a long inside ball intended for fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck.

The howler helped Brisbane jump to a 16-0 lead after 19 minutes.

Renouf isn’t fussed who the Broncos come up against, but said “it’d be great for JT [Johnathan Thurston] and Gavin Cooper to have the Cowboys there”.

Tomorrow night will feature the Melbourne Storm face the North Queensland Cowboys with a spot in the 2015 Grand Final on the line.

McLean said “it’s really hard to tell” how many fans will make the trip down for the grand final, but he expects the Broncos members to “snap up pretty quickly” the special-allocation tickets.

“He’s not going to be the only one that we don’t get and/or lose, that’s just business and you keep moving on”.

The Raiders recruited Milford when he was a 13-year-old in Brisbane, bringing him through their junior development teams before he played 42 NRL games in the past two years.