Wayne Bennett confirmed Anthony Milford will start at five-eighth for the Dolphins for an extended period, after halfback Sean O'Sullivan suffered a torn pectoral muscle in the 18-12 loss to Brisbane.Milford, a 207-game veteran, hadn't played NRL since August last year but was rushed into the side at No.6 against the Broncos on Friday, after 19-year-old Isaiya Katoa was still suffering the effects of an elbow injury.The former Bronco turned in a solid performance, setting up a try for Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow with a neat grubber, and kept his line in defence.The 28-year-old was a mainstay of Bennett's Broncos team from 2015 to 2018 but started this season in Queensland Cup after Katoa outplayed him in pre-season. Katoa was close to playing the Broncos and is tipped to take the field against the Dragons In Wollongong."There is a good opportunity for him now," Bennett said of Milford."He did enough tonight to make me happy enough to keep him there."Isaiya will probably come into halfback. We made him into a five-eighth but he is a halfback, Isaiya."Bennett said O'Sullivan will be out for a "little while" after the playmaker came off the field in the 61st minute. The team was already without the suspended Jeremy Marshall-King, and then lost experienced utility Kodi Nikorima with a deep cut to the head in the 26th minute, just two minutes after he had come on.That left Mason Teague and Ray Stone to share the dummy-half role, with neither of them regular No.9s."If we'd had a hooker we would have done a hell of a lot more," Bennett said.
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