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Live: Broncos upstage Papali'i farewell with spectacular fightback in Canberra

Brisbane mounts a stunning second-half fightback to deny retiring Raiders great Josh Papali'i a win in his final game at Canberra Stadium. At Lang Park, the Dolphins are hoping to consolidate their place in the league's top four against the Eels. Follow all the action in our live blog below, check out all the stats […]

By deepak · August 21, 2026 · 2 min read

Brisbane mounts a stunning second-half fightback to deny retiring Raiders great Josh Papali'i a win in his final game at Canberra Stadium.

At Lang Park, the Dolphins are hoping to consolidate their place in the league's top four against the Eels.

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The Dolphins pack the scrum out on the right with shape all out left.

Kodi Nikorima has his pick out wide, fakes to Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow out the back but plays short to Herbie Farnworth, who bursts through the tackle of Mitchell Moses to score the hosts' opener.

Great metres from the Dolphins, starting with the 1-2-3 punch of Selwyn Cobbo, Jamayne Isaako and Jack Bostock. And Isaiya Katoa caps the set with a grubber into the in-goal that forces a scrum for an accidental off side.

The ball-handling error from Herbie Farnworth after a mountain of defence hands the Eels another chance and this time Will Penisini's exceptional offload unleashes Brian Kelly to score in the corner.

The Dolphins challenge a no-penalty call on an aerial contest between Will Penisini and Herbie Farnworth.

And, despite the challenge being pretty clearly wrong, they're keeping their challenge for some reason.

Isaiya Katoa grubbers into space and has the ball just in front of him but he opts not to dive on it.

He's bumped out by a late-arriving Josh Addo-Carr, who shows great urgency to knock the ball dead at the last second.

The Eels absorb the pressure from the Eels, force a bad kick and then, with some field position and momentum, move quickly and Ronald Volkman capitalises on some retreating defence, getting out of dummy half and bursting through the tackle of Morgan Knowles and Tom Flegler to crash over.

The Phins kick off and Junior Paulo marks it just inside the dead-ball line.

The Broncos, who at times this year have looked utterly clueless and a shadow of their 2025 selves, pull off another brilliant comeback just as they did at this ground in the first week of the finals last year to spoil Josh Papali'i's party and extinguish Canberra's faint finals hopes.

Source: Read the original article on www.abc.net.au