Herbie Farnworth’s cheeky celebration after injured Mitchell Moses’ ‘tremendous’ act

Nothing went proper for the Parramatta Eels on Friday evening, lacking 25 tackles and on the unsuitable finish of a 24-0 scoreline in opposition to the Brisbane Broncos.

But if there was one participant who may maintain their head excessive it was halfback Mitchell Moses.

Moses, who suffered a suspected fractured cheekbone early within the sport, confirmed the form of defensive dedication Parramatta as an entire was in any other case missing within the last minutes of the primary half.

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It got here after teammate Bailey Simonsson threw a wayward cross that was intercepted by Deine Mariner, who later linked with teammate Herbie Farnworth in area on the left edge.

Farnworth raced away and appeared a certainty to attain untouched till a determined chase from Moses noticed the Broncos centre virtually pulled up in need of the road.

Farnworth ended up scoring the strive, capping it off with a cheeky celebration as he ran backwards into Parramatta’s in-goal space.

But the very fact Moses had made that chase with a suspected damaged cheekbone made it all of the extra spectacular from the Eels halfback.

“Terrific work from Mitchell Moses,” Cooper Cronk mentioned in commentary.

‘He gets there, has the attempt but Herbie is that fast he can run backwards and still score the try.

“Strong defence, turn it into attack… Herbie Farnworth with all the tricks, fends Mitchell Moses and a little kiss to put the ball down.”

“The kids tomorrow at junior rugby league [will be saying], ‘Well, if Herbie Farnworth did it, I’ll run backwards to attain a strive’. Look on the smiles on the Brisbane gamers,” added Andrew Voss.

Cronk, in the meantime, mentioned the very fact Farnworth was capable of execute the play in such an enormous second whereas nonetheless discovering the time to get pleasure from himself spoke volumes to Brisbane’s dominance this yr.

“That’s what you love, the confidence,” Cronk mentioned.

“The ability to play the big moments and still enjoy it. The offload from Mariner was superb as well… a tremendous effort [from Moses]. Moses to his credit gets there but the fend, turn, tumble, reverse and put-down.”