Brisbane has one hand on a record fifth NRLW minor premiership after coming from behind to thump St George Illawarra 44-14 in Townsville.
The final-round win sent the Broncos the the top of the championship ladder and importantly gave them a superior points differential over the second-placed Sydney Roosters, who must now beat Parramatta by more than 20 points on Sunday to overtake them.
Meanwhile, the Knights trounced North Queensland 38-6 to all but set the top four in stone with two matches of the home-and-away season left to play.
Brisbane found their minor premiership hopes slipping away after falling 10 points behind in the first 12 minutes after the Dragons came out firing on Saturday afternoon, with tries to Kimberley Hunt and Ella Koster.
But the Broncos’ outside backs ran rampant as they scored 20 unanswered points to take the game away from the ninth-placed Dragons.
Centres Mele Hufanga and Shenae Ciesiolka and wing pair Julia Robinson and Lauren Dam each ran for 100 metres or more with the ball in hand.
