Gutherson stars as Dragons buck Broncos in comeback win

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18-05-2025

Clint Gutherson has played a magnificent co-captain's knock to inspire a stunning 30-26 comeback win for St George Illawarra over an awful Brisbane.
The pressure on the Broncos and their coach Michael Maguire went up a notch after the Dragons scored two second-half tries when down to 12 men at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday.
"We're a real Jekyll and Hyde team, we show such great stuff and then go the other way," Maguire said.
The Dragons lost rising forward Dylan Egan to a suspected ACL injury in the fourth minute, but refused to relent against a wasteful Broncos outfit, who suffered their fifth loss in six games.
The visitors had lost three games this season by one point, but held on in the frenetic final minutes as the Broncos pressed their line.
"I was saying to myself 'surely this can't happen to us again', but there must be some football god out there," Dragons coach Shane Flanagan said.
"In the last couple of minutes we just put ourselves under an enormous amount of pressure. It was great spirit - great club spirit and great team spirit - that got us home."
As for Egan, the coach said "first signs are that it looks like (an ACL)".
"We just hope it's not. He's such a good kid, and such an important part of our team moving forward. Let's just hope," Flanagan said.
Ezra Mam was the best player for the Broncos in his first game in the top grade after serving a nine-game suspension, the 22-year-old scoring a try and setting up three others.
"I thought Ezra came in and did a great job for us. He was a bit of shining light in something that's disappointing," Maguire said.
"One thing I do know about the competition is there's a long way to go. We'll have a break now (for the bye) and a good look at where we're at and go from there."
Gutherson was incredible for the visitors. He scored two tries and was involved three times in a fabulous team try in the second half to winger Tyrell Sloan that went through 10 sets of hands.
Mam set up a try for centre Gehamat Shibasaki with a deft short pass that did travel forward.
He then stepped his way through the Dragons defence with speed and deft feet after doing well to haul in a high pass from Adam Reynolds 10m out from the line to give the Broncos a 12-0 lead.
The home side made mistakes that kept the Dragons in the game, and the visitors finally made the most of it when Sloan grabbed a Lhykan King-Togia bomb to reduce Brisbane's lead to eight at halftime.
Dragons forward Jaydn Su'A was sin-binned in the 50th minute for being offside from a tap, and skipper Reynolds restored an eight-point advantage.
From that moment the Broncos lost their way.
The visitors scored twice in five minutes while down to 12 men.
The bumbling Broncos coughed up the ball and Gutherson made them pay with a try of pure determination following an interchange of passing with lock Hamish Stewart.
The Broncos stuffed up again when Kotoni Staggs threw the ball to no-one and Dragons hooker Jacob Liddle raced 80m, getting away from Mam for his side to take an 18-14 lead.
Mam saved the Broncos again with a wonderful step to beat Valentine Holmes and put Staggs away for a cracking long-range try.
Sloan scored his second and Gutherson crashed through from a scrum for a 30-20 lead in the 76th minute, before Mam set up winger Jesse Arthars in the 77th minute to ensure a grandstand finish
Clint Gutherson has played a magnificent co-captain's knock to inspire a stunning 30-26 comeback win for St George Illawarra over an awful Brisbane.
The pressure on the Broncos and their coach Michael Maguire went up a notch after the Dragons scored two second-half tries when down to 12 men at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday.
"We're a real Jekyll and Hyde team, we show such great stuff and then go the other way," Maguire said.
The Dragons lost rising forward Dylan Egan to a suspected ACL injury in the fourth minute, but refused to relent against a wasteful Broncos outfit, who suffered their fifth loss in six games.
The visitors had lost three games this season by one point, but held on in the frenetic final minutes as the Broncos pressed their line.
"I was saying to myself 'surely this can't happen to us again', but there must be some football god out there," Dragons coach Shane Flanagan said.
"In the last couple of minutes we just put ourselves under an enormous amount of pressure. It was great spirit - great club spirit and great team spirit - that got us home."
As for Egan, the coach said "first signs are that it looks like (an ACL)".
"We just hope it's not. He's such a good kid, and such an important part of our team moving forward. Let's just hope," Flanagan said.
Ezra Mam was the best player for the Broncos in his first game in the top grade after serving a nine-game suspension, the 22-year-old scoring a try and setting up three others.
"I thought Ezra came in and did a great job for us. He was a bit of shining light in something that's disappointing," Maguire said.
"One thing I do know about the competition is there's a long way to go. We'll have a break now (for the bye) and a good look at where we're at and go from there."
Gutherson was incredible for the visitors. He scored two tries and was involved three times in a fabulous team try in the second half to winger Tyrell Sloan that went through 10 sets of hands.
Mam set up a try for centre Gehamat Shibasaki with a deft short pass that did travel forward.
He then stepped his way through the Dragons defence with speed and deft feet after doing well to haul in a high pass from Adam Reynolds 10m out from the line to give the Broncos a 12-0 lead.
The home side made mistakes that kept the Dragons in the game, and the visitors finally made the most of it when Sloan grabbed a Lhykan King-Togia bomb to reduce Brisbane's lead to eight at halftime.
Dragons forward Jaydn Su'A was sin-binned in the 50th minute for being offside from a tap, and skipper Reynolds restored an eight-point advantage.
From that moment the Broncos lost their way.
The visitors scored twice in five minutes while down to 12 men.
The bumbling Broncos coughed up the ball and Gutherson made them pay with a try of pure determination following an interchange of passing with lock Hamish Stewart.
The Broncos stuffed up again when Kotoni Staggs threw the ball to no-one and Dragons hooker Jacob Liddle raced 80m, getting away from Mam for his side to take an 18-14 lead.
Mam saved the Broncos again with a wonderful step to beat Valentine Holmes and put Staggs away for a cracking long-range try.
Sloan scored his second and Gutherson crashed through from a scrum for a 30-20 lead in the 76th minute, before Mam set up winger Jesse Arthars in the 77th minute to ensure a grandstand finish
Clint Gutherson has played a magnificent co-captain's knock to inspire a stunning 30-26 comeback win for St George Illawarra over an awful Brisbane.
The pressure on the Broncos and their coach Michael Maguire went up a notch after the Dragons scored two second-half tries when down to 12 men at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday.
"We're a real Jekyll and Hyde team, we show such great stuff and then go the other way," Maguire said.
The Dragons lost rising forward Dylan Egan to a suspected ACL injury in the fourth minute, but refused to relent against a wasteful Broncos outfit, who suffered their fifth loss in six games.
The visitors had lost three games this season by one point, but held on in the frenetic final minutes as the Broncos pressed their line.
"I was saying to myself 'surely this can't happen to us again', but there must be some football god out there," Dragons coach Shane Flanagan said.
"In the last couple of minutes we just put ourselves under an enormous amount of pressure. It was great spirit - great club spirit and great team spirit - that got us home."
As for Egan, the coach said "first signs are that it looks like (an ACL)".
"We just hope it's not. He's such a good kid, and such an important part of our team moving forward. Let's just hope," Flanagan said.
Ezra Mam was the best player for the Broncos in his first game in the top grade after serving a nine-game suspension, the 22-year-old scoring a try and setting up three others.
"I thought Ezra came in and did a great job for us. He was a bit of shining light in something that's disappointing," Maguire said.
"One thing I do know about the competition is there's a long way to go. We'll have a break now (for the bye) and a good look at where we're at and go from there."
Gutherson was incredible for the visitors. He scored two tries and was involved three times in a fabulous team try in the second half to winger Tyrell Sloan that went through 10 sets of hands.
Mam set up a try for centre Gehamat Shibasaki with a deft short pass that did travel forward.
He then stepped his way through the Dragons defence with speed and deft feet after doing well to haul in a high pass from Adam Reynolds 10m out from the line to give the Broncos a 12-0 lead.
The home side made mistakes that kept the Dragons in the game, and the visitors finally made the most of it when Sloan grabbed a Lhykan King-Togia bomb to reduce Brisbane's lead to eight at halftime.
Dragons forward Jaydn Su'A was sin-binned in the 50th minute for being offside from a tap, and skipper Reynolds restored an eight-point advantage.
From that moment the Broncos lost their way.
The visitors scored twice in five minutes while down to 12 men.
The bumbling Broncos coughed up the ball and Gutherson made them pay with a try of pure determination following an interchange of passing with lock Hamish Stewart.
The Broncos stuffed up again when Kotoni Staggs threw the ball to no-one and Dragons hooker Jacob Liddle raced 80m, getting away from Mam for his side to take an 18-14 lead.
Mam saved the Broncos again with a wonderful step to beat Valentine Holmes and put Staggs away for a cracking long-range try.
Sloan scored his second and Gutherson crashed through from a scrum for a 30-20 lead in the 76th minute, before Mam set up winger Jesse Arthars in the 77th minute to ensure a grandstand finish