Overview
- Brisbane named Jesse Arthars at fullback on Tuesday, setting their side for Friday's home game against the North Queensland Cowboys.
- Reece Walsh had surgery for a fractured cheekbone and is expected to miss about four to six weeks.
- Captain Adam Reynolds was listed to start despite an adductor issue, with 22-year-old Tom Duffy on standby at halfback.
- Ben Hunt will miss roughly six to eight weeks with a grade-three MCL tear, and Blake Mozer has been named to take his bench role.
- Reporting estimates put about $2.5 million of Broncos talent on the sideline as Billy Walters, Grant Anderson and Delouise Hoeter continue rehab.