Wests Tigers have fallen to a 28-16 defeat to the Broncos in their NRLW trial match on Saturday evening at Suncorp Stadium.
With the match representing the first hit-out of the season for both sides, it proved to be a high-scoring affair, with the Broncos eventually coming away with a seven tries to four victory (no conversions were attempted).
The game was played in 25-minute thirds.
The visiting Wests Tigers struck first after 12 minutes through winger Tess Staines, however three unanswered tries to Brisbane gave them a 12-4 lead at the conclusion of the first third.
A 28th minute four-pointer to damaging front-rower Sarah Togatuki was followed by a try to centre Rikeya Horne, levelling proceedings at 12-12 with 31 minutes gone.
The home side hit back shortly after though, and Ali Brigginshaw went on to extend the Broncos lead further with a 45th minute score.
Wests Tigers continued their trend of being the first to score in each third, with new signing Claudia Nielsen grabbing her unofficial first try in new colours after making the switch from Rugby Sevens.
Two late tries to Jada Ferguson and Chelsea Lenarduzzi meant the full-time score read 28-16 in favour of the Broncos in this NRLW trial fixture.
