Brisbane Bronco's U20s Holden Cup Rnd 2 v Sharks TeamPhoto (Photo : steve montgomery / OurFootyTeam.com)

Story By : Brisbane Bronco's Meidia
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THREE tries inside a 10-minute period have rocketed the NRMA Insurance Broncos under 20s to a 36-22 National Youth Competition win over the Sharks tonight.

While it took them until the second half to take control of the match, 22 unanswered points in a period in the second half demonstrated the young Broncos' dominance.

Centre Jordan Drew had a big night, scoring in the 79th minute to finish off a hat-trick for the Broncos.

Down 16-10, the Broncos took less than five minutes to level the scores in the second half.

On debut, strongly-built lock Keegan Hipgrave came off the bench to crash over next to the posts and when Ashley Taylor raised the flags the Broncos and Sharks were 16 apiece.

Two tries to Drew in the space of four minutes swung the match the Broncos' way.

A beautiful piece of play from Taylor in the 58th minute sent Drew over untouched after his halfback had dummied twice to bring the defence in.

Then with field position drew found himself one on one with his opposite and overpowered him to score.

Taylor kicked the goal, and soon after the Broncos found space down the left-hand side again. This time winger Jarryd Dodd reaching out to score.

Jayden Nikorima slotted the goal from the sideline and the Broncos were in control at 32-16 with 12 minutes remaining.

The Sharks got a consolation try through Tui Leota with three minutes left, but Drew still had the time to snare his treble.

Earlier, the Sharks scored an easy try after just five minutes when winger Leota went over untouched after a bad defensive misread on the left-hand side.

Jamayne Isaako kicked the conversion and the Sharks had a 6-0 advantage.

The broncos hit back in the 12th minute when rangy second rower Jaydn Su'A crashed over out wide.

But the Sharks went further ahead in the 29th minute when dangerous fullback Joshua Addo-Carr made a break and sent his skipper Anthony Moraitis over the line for 10-4.

Five minutes before halftime smart Broncos' hooker Jayden Berrell darted over almost untouched, allowing halfback Ashley Taylor to level it up.

But Addo-Clark wasn't finished for the half, ripping onto a grubber kick in the 39th minute to give the Sharks a 16-10 advantage at the break.