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Maddick breaks NRLW record as Broncos belt Cowboys

Hayley Maddick has broken the NRLW record for most try assists in a game as Brisbane steamrolled through intra-state rivals North Queensland 38-12 at Langlands Park.

The result came after Newcastle stayed in the top four with a 34-6 flogging of Wests Tigers in Sunday’s first game.

The Broncos’ 0-2 start to the season seems a distant memory after a win that consolidates their own top-four spot and leaves the Cowboys at the back of a logjam in the middle of the ladder.

North Queensland will finish the round in seventh spot on the ladder, their for-and-against set to be worse than any other side with a 3-3 record.

Fullback Maddick threw the last pass for three of Brisbane’s four tries in an 18-12 first half, most memorably helping centre Mele Hufanga barge past Emma Manzelmann and Krystal Backwell to score on the ******* of halftime.

Maddick and the outside backs were key in holding the Cowboys out of the contest despite a glut of possession just after the break, the Broncos’ scramble defence excelling in the heat.

A handful of players had recorded four try assists in the past, but Maddick entered rarefied air with a fifth assist in the 55th minute, double-pumping the ball and putting Hufanga over again.

The New Zealand international bulldozed past Jasmine Peters, with Romy Teitzel’s conversion all but sealing the result at 32-12.

A runaway try of her own was fitting reward for Maddick, who backed up left winger Julia Robinson and ran 40 metres to score following an early shift.

Maddick finished with seven line break assists and 187 run metres to go with her five try assists.

Earlier, the Knights put on a clinic to hand the Tigers their 13th straight loss, in an unwanted streak that dates back to round three of last year.

Newcastle stripped the Tigers for numbers down the right attacking edge time and time again, with winger Sheridan Gallagher scoring twice and being denied thrice.

The match was summed up in the Knights’ first try, which the Tigers gave away in calamitous circumstances.

After Tigers back Tess Staines let a ***** bounce, she took it in her in-goal, passed to no one and Hannah Southwell was there to pounce on the ball and score.

From there the procession started down the right edge, with the Knights gaining momentum in the middle and then spreading the ball wide with ease.

The Tigers have endured a difficult season with captain Kezie Apps injured, but now face a battle to claim a victory in the final month of the competition.

In comparison, Newcastle are again looming as one of the main threats to ladder-leading Cronulla, as the Knights pursue a third straight title.

The only concern for Newcastle was a rolled ankle that prompted Southwell to leave the field early. The Knights captain later laughed it off as “carry-on” and not serious.

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