REECE WALSH’S brutal facial injury compounded Brisbane’s ugly defeat to a Nathan Clearyinspired Penrith in a rematch of last year’s Grand Final.
The brash Broncos fullback went off in the fourth minute with blood gushing from a cheek wound, which was the result of a Taylan May tackle that landed him on report.
Walsh passed his head-injury assessment but the swelling prevented him from returning on a disappointing night for the Queenslanders.