Brisbane have finally jump-started their premiership aspirations - leaving St George Illawarras on life support - after claiming a sorely needed 12-8 NRL win in Wollongong. Addison Reed Jersey .The Broncos strolled to a 12-2 lead on Thursday night before Dragons pivot Gareth Widdop took a Benji Marshall bomb in the 76th minute, however it wasnt enough to stop the home side falling to a fifth consecutive defeat.In front of a crowd of just 5662 in the wet, Broncos stars Sam Thaiday and Matt Gillett returned from suspension and injury respectively to help the side get back on the winners list.More importantly, Brisbane move to within two points of a crucial second chance in the finals.Thaiday scored the only try of the opening hour, while Gillett, in his first game since picking up a shoulder injury in State of Origin III, tallied a quality 81 metres and 43 tackles in a powerhouse outing.The Dragons remain just two points outside the top eight but face an uphill battle to make the finals.Marshalls hopes of earning a new contract also nosedived along with the Dragons season after the veteran committed five of his sides nine errors in a disappointing performance.The 31-year-old twice fumbled balls in attacking opportunities, bombed one kick out on the full and also crucially was caught on the last tackle with the Dragons in search of the game-winner late in the match.In torrid conditions in a dull first half, both sides opened conservatively, tucking the ball under their arms and completing at a rate of more than 90 per cent in the dreadful conditions.After trading penalty goals, Thaidays 23rd-minute chasedown of an Anthony Milford grubber gave the visitors an 8-2 lead by halftime.Dragons winger Kurt Mann almost scored a long-range try but fumbled a pick-up with the tryline begging in the 52nd minute, before opposite flyer Lachlan Maranta went over eight minutes later.Broncos coach Wayne Bennett was delighted with the input of Gillett and Thaiday, as well as a third star from suspension in prop Josh McGuire.McGuire chipped in running 167 metres and making 47 tackles.You have to understand thats half your forward pack and theyre all current Australian players, Bennett said post-game.Theyre not on the way up in football, so taking 50 per cent of them out of your team has a huge impact. They complemented everyone else out there.?Dragons coach Paul McGregor conceded that, with four rounds to go, the Dragons season was over.Gold Coast having a draw the other night makes it hard for us because of our for-and-against, he said.You dont like to put pressure on, pre-game, about having to win games of footy because then you worry about the outcome before you worry about the process going through it.But it makes it difficult. Its a good opportunity now to give some of these young players that are going really well and get that experience back and finish the year strong. Stolmy Pimentel Jersey . Kyle Denbrook, a soccer player from Saint Marys University, took the CIS male athlete of the week honour. Stanley, a fourth-year business administration student from Charlottetown, scored both goals in a 2-0 win over Dalhousie on Friday and tallied again in a 1-0 win over Saint Marys on Sunday. Steven Matz Jersey . Vokoun departed practice on Saturday morning after discovering swelling in his thigh. He was taken to a local hospital where the clot was revealed. The club announced the surgery following a 5-3 exhibition loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. http://www.metsbaseballauthentic.com/mike-piazza-mets-jersey/ . -- Bryant McKinnie came out of his stance and lowered his shoulder into a practice squad player, causing a crisp thud to reverberate in the Miami Dolphins practice bubble. CINCINNATI -- Its one thing to start the season on the road. The Bengals have the daunting challenge of leaving home for the second week, too, which is usually too much travel for an NFL team.Cincinnati has never won back-to-back road games to open a season, and its in good company on that one.Over the past two seasons, nine teams opened with back-to-back road games. None of them went 2-0. The previous team to open with two road wins was Miami in 2013, when the Dolphins won at Cleveland and at Indianapolis.The Bengals are accustomed to opening on the road -- itll be their seventh straight season with an away game when they play at the Jets on Sunday -- but theyve got a tall order.Theyve never won at the Meadowlands. The following week, they play at Pittsburgh, renewing their raw AFC North rivalry.Theyd like to think that theyve gotten the hang of winning the first game on the road, beating Oakland and Baltimore each of the past two years. This will be something else, however.Its crazy, defensive end Carlos Dunlap said. We were talking about that the other day. Weve had great results with that. We just have to continue to start this trek off right. Go out there and make those plays and shut (Jets fans) up quick and early. Send them to the concession stands. Go get a drink because the team is struggling. Something like that.The Bengals have kept the core of their team together for the past few years, even though it has lost in the first round of the playoffs for an NFL-record five straight seasons.Beginning a season with the roster virtually intact lends an advantage over teams that are working in new players.Plus, having experienced so many road openers makes it feel more like a routine.No question it does, cooach Marvin Lewis said. Curtis Granderson Jersey. Were not going to be a deer in the headlights. I can remember back in the day, going to Baltimore and telling the rookies: `Make sure you have a good seat to watch Ray Lewis dance. We go through that. Its good stuff. That why when it happens, theyre at ease with it. They expect it.Winning that first game also carries over some of the confidence from the last playoff season.Absolutely, Andy Dalton said. Its big. You want to start fast. You want to get ahead as much as you can.Winning these first two will be a huge challenge. The Bengals have never done well in New York. Theyre 0-3 against the Giants and 2-12 against the Jets, dropping their past nine. Cincinnatis last win over the Jets in New York was a 31-30 victory at Shea Stadium in 1981, the first season that the Bengals reached the Super Bowl.Its the fourth time in franchise history that theyve opened with a pair of road games. They started 0-2 in both 1979 and 1996. In 2011, they won at Cleveland in Daltons rookie debut and lost at Denver a week later.It is never an easy assignment to go on the road, let alone a home opener with all the pageantry and everything that goes on in the stadiums during home openers, Lewis said. I guess we get to do it two weeks in a row.Game notes The Jets have won five consecutive home openers, the longest active streak in the AFC. ... 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