Melbourne Storm vs Brisbane Broncos, Adam Reynolds injury, sin bins, hip-drop,

The Storm have extended their winning streak to 13 straight against the Broncos who lost Adam Reynolds and copped three sin bins in Melbourne on Thursday night.

Melbourne won it 24-16 against a gutsy Brisbane side who stay on top of the ladder but they’ve now lost 23 of their past 25 games against the Storm.

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Brisbane duo Herbie Farnworth and Pat Carrigan were binned either side of halftime with the latter marched for an alleged hip-drop tackle that saw Nelson Asofa-Solomona go off with an ankle injury.

Reynolds left the field on a medicab following an ugly incident in a play that also saw the Broncos awarded a penalty try in the 17th minute.

Storm hooker Harry Grant held back Farnworth in act of scoring and Reynolds appeared to knock himself out while trying to dive on the loose ball to score. However, Brisbane officials later said they were more concerned about him aggravating an existing neck injury rather than concussion.

The Storm scored first through superstar Cameron Munster when Grant fired a pass out of dummyhalf and the No. 6 came screaming onto the ball to crash over under the posts in the 12th minute.

Melbourne looked set to score a second thanks to more Munster brilliance but Reece Walsh made a try-saving tackle on Justin Olam.

“It’s been a frantic start and a fast start,” Mick Ennis said on Fox League.

“Cam Munster is starting to really find his groove. You just have a sense after last week… he doesn’t often put two bad games together.”

The Broncos were awarded the penalty try in the 17th minute and Walsh converted in front.

“He puts his hands on his back and you just can’t do that.” Ennis said.

Walsh set up his 14th try of the season when he threw a beautiful cut-out pass for Jesse Arthars to cross in the corner in the 24th minute/

“No worries, Adam Reynolds off the field and Reece Walsh has come up with some fine tries,” Ennis said.

“Outstanding from Reece Walsh, that’s all class.”

Farnworth was binned in the 38th minute for taking out Reimis Smith as he chased a Jahrome Hughes grubber.

Storm winger Will Warbrick scored in the corner a few plays later to lock up the scores at 10-10 heading into halftime.

In one of rugby league’s more perplexing rules, Grant wasn’t binned for his professional foul because the penalty try was awarded but Farnworth was because the penalty try wasn’t awarded.

And it looked to prove costly when Warbrick crossed for his second in the 44th minute but the Bunker rubbed it out when former Broncos player Xavier Coates was found to be fractionally off-side in his kick chase.

Ezra Mam pulled off an incredible try-saving tackle when he knocked the ball loose from Eliesa Katoa who was destined to score.

“What a save, Reece Walsh in the first half and now Ezra Mam, the desperation from these young Brisbane stars on show tonight,” Ennis said.

Carrigan was furious with referee Todd Smith when he was binned in…