‘He’s still got a game to get through’: Ezra Mam no certainty to return next week as Broncos deal with Ben Hunt injury

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‘He’s still got a game to get through’: Ezra Mam no certainty to return next week as Broncos deal with Ben Hunt injury

Broncos coach Michael Maguire has refused to guarantee Ezra Mam a spot in the halves next week after veteran five-eighth Ben Hunt limped off with a hamstring injury to put his State of Origin campaign in doubt.

Brisbane’s second-half capitulation against the Rabbitohs infuriated their coach who now has a major call on his hands next week when he picks his side to take on the Dragons.

Hunt left the field late in the second half as he chased through an Adam Reynolds kick, with Mam the logical option to replace him in the halves as long as he gets through Sunday’s Queensland Cup game for Souths Logan.

That will be his first game back after serving a nine-match suspension for crashing his car while driving without a licence with drugs in his system, with the incident injuring the driver and the two passengers in the other vehicle.

The plan had been to move Hunt to hooker and have Mam in the halves, but Maguire must reassess that after the latest injury setback.

Camera IconEzra Mam is expected to return at five-eighth for the Broncos next week. John Gass Credit: News Corp Australia

“I’ll go through this game before we get to that,” he replied when asked if Mam would come straight in.

“I’ll go through the game and decide which way we go.”

Broncos skipper Adam Reynolds also refused to confirm whether Mam would be rushed back into the side after just one game in reserve grade, with the Broncos desperately needing the spark and speed he provides in attack.

“Like Madge said, we’ll review this game,” he said.

“He’s been training well but he’s still got a game to get through.”

Maguire hadn’t spoken with the team doctor about Hunt’s injury, with the veteran playmaker racing the clock to be fit for the Origin opener on May 28.

“I don’t know the extent of the injury yet,” Reynolds said.

“We want our best players out there, and Ben’s one of those. Hopefully it’s not too bad.”

While the halves conundrum will dominate team list Tuesday, Maguire’s biggest concern right now is his side’s form after they squandered a 14-0 half-time lead against the Rabbitohs.

“We didn’t do what we did in the first half in the second half,” he said.

“We’ve got to learn how to do it for longer periods of time. It’s as simple as that. We were disappointing in the second half.

“We have to learn how to do that or we’ll keep bumbling like we did tonight. It’s not good enough.

“It’s the want to do it over the 80 minutes. We’ve seen signs, but we’ve also seen the other. As a group, we’ve got to make sure they take ownership and then we take ownership of what needs to happen.

“It was there for us. It’s very disappointing and not good enough.”

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