The Broncos have put in their most dominant performance of the pre-season so far, comfortably defeating Wynnum Manly 44-4 in front of a vocal Kougari Oval crowd tonight.

Despite fielding an inexperienced side – most of the senior players are in England for the World Club Challenge – the next generation of Broncos thoroughly outclassed their opposition.

It was a good hit out for the young side, having all but sealed the result by the halftime break.

Kodi Nikorima made a promising return from injury, slotting into the halves from the bench and regularly asked questions of the Wynnum defence.

Sam Elliot was the beneficiary of a brilliant short ball from Nikorima, crossing for the try of the evening in the 64th minute, the Broncos’ sixth unanswered four-pointer.

Wynnum lacked penetration for most of the night and rarely threatened the Broncos line, squandering the few opportunities they were able to create.

Their best chance came midway through the second stanza, coughing up possession over the line after a brilliant try saving tackle from Sam Lavea a metre short of the line.

It was one of a number of key involvements for Lavea, who performed strongly off the bench.

Moses Pangai failed to clean up a Wynnum Manly kick late in the half, which was pounced on by Wynnum’s winger Peter Gubb for a consolation try, spoiling an otherwise faultless defensive display.

Five minutes from time another strong Francis Molo run put the icing on the cake, carrying two defenders over for his second try of the night.

Earlier, the Broncos raced to an early lead in the third minute, after a superb cut-out ball from Todd Murphy put Marion Seve over in the corner.

The floodgates now open, the points came at regular intervals throughout the first half and Molo barged over in the seventh minute to extend the margin to eight points.

Seve scored his second not long after and Jamayne Isaako got his radar working, slotting the conversion from the touchline to lead 14-nil.

Mitch Cronin probed out of dummy half for most of the night, sneaking over next to the posts in the 22nd minute for a try against his club teammates.

Fatigue was evident in the back end of the half as errors crept into the game, but neither side was able to capitalise on sloppy handling and ill-discipline.

Just before the break Wynnum were caught short again on the left flank, Lavea put away in the corner to send the Broncos into the sheds with a commanding 26-nil lead.

BRISBANE BRONCOS 44 (F Molo 2, M Seve 2, M Cronin, S Lavea, S Scarlett, S Elliott tries; J Isaako 6 goals) defeated WYNNUM SEAGULLS 4 (P Gubb try) at Kougari Oval.