He may not have the flair of Tommy Turbo or Nathan Cleary, but there is no doubt that Mitchell Pearce is Newcastle's make-or-break man. Pearce played just his seventh game of an injury-plagued season against the Broncos on Thursday night, but showed his class to steer the Knights home in a scrappy affair. Pearce scored a try, set up another and made four tackle breaks and 20 tackles in a fine all- round display. With Pearce in the team, the Knights are batting at a 71 per cent win rate, as compared to just 44 per cent without him. Sadly, the match proved a tale of two halves - Brodie Croft, who I wrote last week was set to be cut loose by the Broncos, was hooked with 20 minutes to play in what may have been his final game for Brisbane.
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