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The Broncos have handed the Roosters a first defeat since round one with a dramatic 15-10 victory at a raucous Lang Park.
Earlier, the Panthers woes continued as they suffered a sixth-straight defeat, falling 10-30 to the Warriors in Penrith.
Broncos 15-10 Roosters
Payne Haas has put his hand up for a NSW debut by inspiring Brisbane's 15-10 upset NRL victory on Friday night ensuring Lang Park remains the Sydney Roosters' House of Payne.
Barnstorming 19-year-old Haas was inspirational, running 223 metres and scoring a first half try as the Broncos remarkably snapped the ladder-leading Roosters' eight-game winning run in a bruising clash in front of a boisterous 28,288-strong crowd.
Haas belied his years to manhandle the highly fancied Roosters pack, which was found wanting after losing their inspirational captain Boyd Cordner last week to concussion.
Haas — who also made six tackle breaks — dominated the Roosters to ensure Brisbane also extended the Tri-Colours' horror record at the Brisbane venue.
The Roosters have not tasted victory at Lang Park since 2014, losing six straight games.
"[Haas] created a fair bit of momentum, he really led the way. He caused the Roosters lots of trouble," Broncos coach Anthony Seibold said.
Armed with just nine NRL games, Haas is on track to become the most inexperienced NSW player and youngest forward in Origin history if picked by coach Brad Fittler for next month's series opener.
It marked the third win in four games for Brisbane after a week enduring headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Broncos coach Anthony Seibold felt the heat after ignoring NSW incumbent centre James Roberts for the second straight week, opting to pick Gehamat Shibasaki to line up against NSW strike weapon Latrell Mitchell.
Shibasaki did well in his fourth NRL game to restrict Mitchell, who made three errors in an uncharacteristically subdued display that saw the incumbent Blues centre frustrated throughout the night.
"I am really proud of the team effort. But I think that result has been building," Seibold said.
"The Roosters have been in outstanding form and are ladder leaders for a reason but hopefully this is a good kick start to our year.
"We needed a result against a top four side just to give us some confidence."
The Roosters were on the back foot from the outset when halfback Cooper Cronk was sin-binned for a professional foul in just the third minute.
Yet the Roosters drew first blood when fullback James Tedesco ran off Victor Radley to score in the eighth minute despite being a man down.
Brisbane locked up the scores at 6-6 when young prop Payne Haas crashed through three defenders to score in the 16th minute.
Both teams exchanged penalties to lock up the scores at 8-8 at halftime.
After Anthony Milford potted a second half field goal to give the hosts a narrow lead, mid-season recruit James Segeyaro iced the result when he burrowed over from dummy half in the 70th minute.
"We got out-enthused. We deserved to lose tonight but there's a lot of footy left this season," Roosters coach Trent Robinson said.
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Panthers 10-30 Warriors
Stick a fork in Penrith, they're done.
The Panthers' disastrous season is all but over in May after producing another limp display in an error-strewn 30-10 defeat to the Warriors.
Their sixth straight loss leaves the embattled club in their worst stretch of form since dropping nine in a row between 2001-02.
No NRL side has made the finals after opening the season 2-8 and, for the second week in a row, Penrith coach Ivan Cleary had no answers for their efforts.
"It's there for all to see where we're at at the moment. Beaten in most areas throughout the game. It's where it's at," Cleary said.
"Confidence is rock-bottom — that was obvious tonight."
It was a comprehensive display from a Warriors side that were dangerous for most of Friday night behind a reborn Kodi Nikorima and Issac Luke.
The win, the Warriors first back-to-back success of the season, leaves Stephen Kearney's men within sight of the top eight.
"It coincides [with having] a bit of consistency in our key positions," he said.
"[Blake] Green's been back the last couple of weeks, and the hooker's been pretty consistent, whether it was Karl [Lawton], Nathaniel [Roache] or 'Bully' [Issac Luke], and obviously Kodi [Nikorima has] come on board. That's helped."
The Warriors took full advantage of a confidence-sapped Panthers outfit who already lead the league in missed tackles, dropping off 44 more at home.
James Maloney and Viliame Kikau were the biggest culprits with seven and eight respectively in a side where every player missed at least one.
Penrith weren't much better with the ball either, with the league's worst attack bombing a two-on-none opportunity midway through the first half.
At one stage, Dylan Edwards and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak collided, fielding a routine bomb that could have resulted in serious injury.
Star halfback Nathan Cleary also failed to spark an attack that couldn't cross the stripe until the 71st minute.
If he and Maloney hadn't lost their NSW State of Origin jumpers before this weekend, then the Panthers' latest flop may have been the final nail in the coffin.
The inept performance even prompted some boos from the 10,084 at Panthers Stadium at fulltime.
The signs were ominous from the kickoff, when the home side failed to score despite having six straight sets on the Warriors line.
And when the visitors finally had the ball, Issac Luke strolled over from close range and then Patrick Herbert doubled the lead not long after.
Back-to-back penalty goals either side of halftime kept Penrith at arm's distance before Nikorima put the result beyond doubt with an individual try.
Liam Martin and Kikau picked up consolation points, while Agnatius Paasi also barged his way over from close range late.
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