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Mercury
4 days ago
- Sport
- Mercury
NRL news Brisbane Broncos' finals hopes rocked after triple hamstring injury update on Adam Reynolds, Ezra Mam, Selwyn Cobbo
Don't miss out on the headlines from NRL. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Broncos are set to be without three of their most potent attacking threats for the run home after a horror injury update from Thursday's loss to the Storm. Adam Reynolds and Ezra Mam both suffered hamstring injuries in the 22-2 defeat in Melbourne while attempting to chase down Xavier Coates in the 21st minute. FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1. Star winger Selwyn Cobbo was then assisted from the field in the final three minutes of the game with yet another hamstring issue in a staggering injury toll from the match. Now the Courier Mail is reporting both Mam and Coates are likely to be ruled out for the rest of the season following scans on Friday. There is at least hope with Reynolds, who should return in time for the Broncos' finals series, provided sixth-placed Brisbane gets there. Adam Reynolds (left) and Ezra Mam at the airport on Friday. Picture David Clark Reynolds and Selwyn Cobbo were both hurt in the loss. Photos: Getty Images Halfback Reynolds is a chance to return for the final match of the regular season, coincidentally against the Storm again, but is more likely to return in week one of the finals. 'We will get 'Reyno' back this season,' coach Michael Maguire told the masthead. 'The physios and doctors were pretty positive (on Friday morning), he has been through this before.' While Reynolds is looking at roughly a month on the sidelines, the prognosis is reportedly worse for both Mam and Cobbo. That duo is reportedly looking at more like 5-6 weeks out, meaning their seasons are likely over, barring a deep run in September. The carnage means Maguire will need to lean heavily on 35-year-old Ben Hunt for a side that might be clinging to eighth place by the end of round 23. After Thursday night's game, the coach was struggling to comprehend the injury cards he had been dealt. 'I just spoke to the three of them, we have to go and get our scans and go through the process, the severity of them,' Maguire said post-match. 'But they are all three hamstrings, which is quite strange because the boys are pretty measured about what they do with the players throughout the week. Reynolds (left) struggles to chase Storm star Xavier Coates. Picture: NRL Photos Mam (left) on the sideline during the loss to Melbourne. (Photo by) 'There's no real evidence of why … but we will dig in and have a look. But I have to say I am really proud of the way the players performed. 'I though the players fought right to the death, I've never been part of a game where you lose your two halfbacks. 'Then the chopping and changing of players and we were still in the game in some way towards the back end, so that says a lot about the character of this team.' The veteran coach added the triple hamstring injuries were a first for him. 'It was crazy to be honest,' he said. 'I've never experienced that.' The Broncos take on the Dolphins at Suncorp Stadium next week before facing the Knights, Cowboys and Storm to end the regular season. Originally published as Broncos' finals hopes rocked after triple hamstring injury update
The Advertiser
6 days ago
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Double halves injury blow for Broncos ahead of finals
Brisbane have lost both of their halves to the same injury in one play with Adam Reynolds and Ezra Mam limping off AAMI Park in a major blow to their hopes of beating Melbourne and their charge to the NRL finals. Reynolds and Mam tried to chase down Xavier Coates after the Storm winger intercepted the ball 10 metres out from the tryline. While Selwyn Cobbo pulled off a miracle try-saving tackle, taking Coates into touch as he attempted to get the ball down, the play still proved extremely costly for the visitors. The halves both suffered hamstring injuries and left the field, 21 minutes into the first half, with Brisbane ahead 2-0. Reynolds, 35, was seen in the change-room taking off his boots while Brisbane confirmed soon after that Mam's match was also over. They will both go for scans to determine the severity of the injuries, with any stint on the sidelines putting a dent in sixth-placed Brisbane's hopes of a top-four berth. Brisbane have lost both of their halves to the same injury in one play with Adam Reynolds and Ezra Mam limping off AAMI Park in a major blow to their hopes of beating Melbourne and their charge to the NRL finals. Reynolds and Mam tried to chase down Xavier Coates after the Storm winger intercepted the ball 10 metres out from the tryline. While Selwyn Cobbo pulled off a miracle try-saving tackle, taking Coates into touch as he attempted to get the ball down, the play still proved extremely costly for the visitors. The halves both suffered hamstring injuries and left the field, 21 minutes into the first half, with Brisbane ahead 2-0. Reynolds, 35, was seen in the change-room taking off his boots while Brisbane confirmed soon after that Mam's match was also over. They will both go for scans to determine the severity of the injuries, with any stint on the sidelines putting a dent in sixth-placed Brisbane's hopes of a top-four berth. Brisbane have lost both of their halves to the same injury in one play with Adam Reynolds and Ezra Mam limping off AAMI Park in a major blow to their hopes of beating Melbourne and their charge to the NRL finals. Reynolds and Mam tried to chase down Xavier Coates after the Storm winger intercepted the ball 10 metres out from the tryline. While Selwyn Cobbo pulled off a miracle try-saving tackle, taking Coates into touch as he attempted to get the ball down, the play still proved extremely costly for the visitors. The halves both suffered hamstring injuries and left the field, 21 minutes into the first half, with Brisbane ahead 2-0. Reynolds, 35, was seen in the change-room taking off his boots while Brisbane confirmed soon after that Mam's match was also over. They will both go for scans to determine the severity of the injuries, with any stint on the sidelines putting a dent in sixth-placed Brisbane's hopes of a top-four berth.
7NEWS
6 days ago
- Sport
- 7NEWS
Injury carnage as Broncos stars Adam Reynolds and Ezra Mam suffer hamstring blows in same play
Brisbane have lost both of their halves to the same injury in one play with Adam Reynolds and Ezra Mam limping off AAMI Park in a major blow to their hopes of beating Melbourne and their charge to the NRL finals. Reynolds and Mam tried to chase down Xavier Coates after the Storm winger intercepted the ball 10 metres out from the tryline. While Selwyn Cobbo pulled off a miracle try-saving tackle, taking Coates into touch as he attempted to get the ball down, the play still proved extremely costly for the visitors. The halves both suffered hamstring injuries and left the field, 21 minutes into the first half, with Brisbane ahead 2-0. 'This is extraordinary,' commentator Mat Thompson said. 'I have never seen that — two halves go down on the same play with the same injury.' Reynolds, 35, was seen in the change-room taking off his boots while Brisbane confirmed soon after that Mam's match was also over. They will both go for scans to determine the severity of the injuries, with any stint on the sidelines putting a dent in sixth-placed Brisbane's hopes of a top-four berth.
Metro
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Metro
I saw my first dead body aged 8 - it wasn't the last
The Bosnian War took everything from me – my home, my dad, uncles, and friends. Everything I once knew. Before the war, my childhood in my hometown village of Barane (in the south of modern day Bosnia and Herzegovina) was amazing. My family was Muslim – made up of my dad, mam, older brother, and older sister. The only things that mattered to me were which cartoons we watched, which books we liked, and – most importantly – which football clubs we supported. But slowly, our childhood games changed. We stopped playing hide and seek, and started playing soldiers, tanks, and camps. When I was seven years old, the siege of Sarajevo by Serb forces began and Bosnia became the setting of Europe's only genocide since the Holocaust. I wasn't aware that Serbian and Croatian politicians were equating Bosnian Muslims to animals, insects, and disease. One day, I even remember finding Mam crying in front of the TV. She quickly wiped her tears, then hugged me, kissed me on the head, and told me not to worry. Years later, I realised she had been watching the war spread across Bosnia. In spring 1992, war came to our village. At first, it felt surreal. After about two months, my parents made a decision that we had to flee our home for our own safety. In the first nine months of war, we moved 14 times before we eventually settled with one of my uncles in a nearby village. Things got much worse in the summer of 1993 when Croatian forces began rounding up Muslim men into concentration camps, including my dad and most of my male relatives. Some of my cousins were just 16 years old. I cried myself to sleep that night. In the aftermath, I wouldn't leave my mam's side. There were also camps for women and children and on August 4, we were rounded up in a 'collection centre'. That's when we were searched by Croatian soldiers. Mam was forced to sign a document stating she was giving up everything we had for 'safekeeping' to the local council. One of the soldiers even tried to bribe me with chocolate to tell him if we were hiding anything. I remember seeing myself crying in the reflection of his sunglasses. We were then loaded onto cattle trucks along with other families and driven a couple of hours towards Bosnian government territory, south of Mostar. That day was the first time I stepped over a dead body to survive. We eventually made our way to my aunt Emina's house, my mam's older sister, where we were allowed to stay. We were exhausted, frightened, and starving. Life was really difficult at Emina's house because thousands of shells rained on the city daily. We fell asleep hungry every night, but my mam and aunt were so resourceful. They used chicken feed to make bread and grass to make pies. We started school as an act of defiance, but it was safest to go at night. I was desperate to learn to read and write because we started receiving letters from my dad through the International Red Cross. This is when we learnt what had happened to him. He ended up in Dretelj, a former military complex, and kept in one of the tunnels that went deep into the mountain. Within weeks of arriving in the concentration camp, he lost four stone (25kg) after being treated very badly. He still can't talk about the full details. He was there for a few months before the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) helped secure the release of around 500 prisoners. The UK was one of several countries to take in refugees. My dad was brought to Newcastle. We were so relieved that he was safe and we desperately wanted to be reunited with him. Unfortunately, it would be six full months until that was possible. In the meantime, on the night of January 24, 1994, Croat forces dropped bombs from a plane onto Mostar. Through my classroom window, I saw our street in flames. It turned out that my auntie Emina was wounded. She had been standing at the front door when she heard the plane, then the blast threw her back into the house. Family members managed to get her to a hospital, but it lacked medical equipment and medicine. She died the following morning on January 25. I lost all faith in humanity. My life felt fragile and meaningless. On June 19, the Red Cross came to find us in Mostar and gave us two hours to decide whether we would leave Bosnia. It was a difficult decision to leave my grandparents and cousins, but I was excited to see my dad again. We were then taken to a refugee camp in Croatia, where we spent exactly a month. We arrived in London on July 19 and flew to Newcastle later that day. We were reunited with my dad at the airport that same day. My sister spotted him in the crowd first and ran to him, then my brother followed quickly after her. Smajo Bešo is the founder of the Bosnian Genocide Educational Trust. For more information about the work they do, visit their website here. I held on to my mam. I was frightened, nervous, and shy. But as soon as I saw him approaching us, I ran to him. I feel like I can still feel that hug now. I was so happy, but that feeling didn't last. On our first night in Newcastle, I woke up screaming. I suffered with PTSD for many years after that. Ever since, we rarely discussed what we went through, but I have since realised that my family has been reliving the same trauma for generations. My great grandad was in a concentration camp during the First World War, then my grandad in the Second World War, and finally my dad in Bosnia in the 1990s. I grew up wondering if this fate awaited me too. Our plan was always to stay in the UK temporarily, but we learnt in the years since that our house had been torched. We still have the key to the home though because a part of us believes we'll go back one day. After high school, I went to Newcastle University to study architecture, completing both my undergraduate and Master's degrees. I started working as an architect before moving to the university to teach architecture in 2016. I've had the urge to tell my story ever since I was a child. It helped me feel like I was moving toward justice. Importantly, it helped me heal. I came to understand that my story could be a powerful tool for peacebuilding. Only by acknowledging the truth of the past can we build a safer, more just future. So I started sharing, anywhere people were willing to listen. Hundreds of times a year, up and down the country. In 2020, I established the Bosnian Genocide Educational Trust. Then in 2023, I was awarded an OBE by King Charles for my work in genocide and Holocaust education. I attended Buckingham Palace with my wife, Allija, and mam. It was an emotional day for all of us. More Trending I must say, I have never been as frightened as I have been over the past year. The language used by far-right politicians today is eerily reminiscent of the rhetoric Serb and Croat nationalists used in the 1990s. Despite everything my parents experienced in Bosnia, they remain beacons of strength, hope, and inspiration. We just celebrated my dad's 73rd birthday and my mam's 65th. They were surrounded by all their children and grandchildren, it was a beautiful day. My parents always say, those who tried to exterminate us, to break our spirit, to dehumanise us, only managed to dehumanise themselves. Yet here we are, three generations together, full of life, love, and laughter. Do you have a story you'd like to share? Get in touch by emailing Share your views in the comments below. 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7NEWS
05-07-2025
- Sport
- 7NEWS
Broncos' top-four charge is on as Ezra Mam leads comeback
Ezra Mam has engineered a Brisbane comeback for the ages, keeping the Broncos in the race for the NRL top four with a 22-18 win over Canterbury. On a Friday night when the Bulldogs' halves picture grew even murkier, Brisbane scored four tries in the final 20 minutes to win the game after trailing 18-0. Booed with every touch of the ball at Accor Stadium, Mam was at the centre of it all as he laid on three perfect passes late to mask over a poor Brisbane first half. The result kept the Broncos within two wins of the top four and the injury-stricken Warriors, and marked their second victory over Canterbury this year. Down on confidence and strike a month ago, the Broncos have now won four straight after also overhauling a 16-point deficit against Cronulla last month. But for 60 minutes on Friday, this looked like it would be anything but a good night for a Broncos side fielding two debutants. Selwyn Cobbo had a nightmare first half at fullback, while halfback Adam Reynolds sent two kicks out on the full and had another charged down. Canterbury never looked at their absolute best either, with Lachlan Galvin and Toby Sexton in the halves, and Matt Burton shifted to centre. But at 18-0 after 60 minutes and with Canterbury on the attack, it looked as if the Bulldogs had done enough to move back, momentarily, to the top of the ladder. Enter Mam. The five-eighth breathed life back into the Broncos when he made use of some broken play, shrugged off two defenders and sent Josiah Karapani over. Five minutes later he again created havoc on the left, laying on a beautiful cut-out ball to put centre Delouise Hoeter between two defenders and make it 18-10. Billy Walters also starred after doing likewise against Cronulla a fortnight ago, scoring a crucial try when he deceived Connor Tracey out of dummy-half. Then it was Mam again who produced the match-winner, juggling a ball before this time going short to second-rower Brendan Piakura to put him across. Mam has been the most controversial figure in rugby league this year after his nine-match ban for crashing a car while driving unlicensed and with drugs in his system. But after being Queensland's 18th man for State of Origin II, he was the difference on Friday night. 'The way Reyno (Reynolds) and Ezra are coming together, they are starting to grow together a bit,' coach Michael Maguire said. 'Ezra took the game on. I saw Reyno talk to him at halftime about what they needed to do, and he went out there and did it.'' Cobbo also had two big plays late in his first NRL game in five weeks, after a nightmare first half when the Dolphins-bound star failed to clean up two kicks in the lead-up to Bulldogs tries. Filling in at fullback, he and Deine Mariner first let Burton chase through on his own kick and score. Another then came when a Galvin bomb was allowed to bounce, and Viliame Kikau strolled over. For Canterbury, the loss left more questions than answers about their halves after Burton was shifted to the centres with Stephen Crichton and Jacob Kiraz in NSW camp. Galvin and Sexton played on both sides of the ruck, but the Bulldogs were constantly guilty of pushing too many passes and searching for points. Several balls also went down on Galvin's left edge, as he and Burton struggled to find cohesiveness down that side. 'We were trying to land knockout punches when we got some good ball,' coach Cameron Ciraldo said. 'The Broncos were defending well, and I think we just got frustrated and handed the ball over way too cheaply. 'We were trying to force it too much.'
