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Message: [QUOTE="Super Freak, post: 2857208, member: 8536"] BRISBANE skipper Darius Boyd is poised to make an early return from injury as coach Wayne Bennett confirmed centre Tautau Moga was the second Bronco to defect to Newcastle. Boyd is ahead of schedule in his recovery from a broken thumb and hopes to be back for Brisbane’s Round 21 clash against Parramatta in Sydney on Friday week. The Broncos welcomed five-eighth Anthony Milford’s comeback against the Knights on Saturday and Boyd’s return will restore order to Brisbane’s playmaking spine. Boyd did some light running with his hand in a cast at Broncos training on Friday. He is eyeing a return in 11 days against the Eels at ANZ Stadium — the scene of his Origin II injury. “I’m not too far away,” Boyd said. “I still have the pins in my hand so the sooner I have the pins taken out, the sooner I will be back. “I am planning to be back in a few weeks. I don’t think I will be right for the Bulldogs game (at Suncorp Stadium on Thursday night), but I think the week or two after that I will be right. “We’ve had a bye and then I missed Origin III, so thankfully I haven’t missed too many games for the Broncos.” Boyd was in the thick of Queensland’s dressingroom celebrations on Wednesday night but admitted he found it hard to watch after having his 28-game Origin streak broken. “It’s bittersweet because I wasn’t part of it (the decider),” the Maroons veteran said. “It was good to be included on the bus with the team, I still felt a part of it and that’s what’s great about this Queensland team — we have a special bond as a group.” Boyd played 62 games for Newcastle and now the Knights have poached two of his Broncos teammates, with Bennett revealing Moga will join prop Herman Ese’ese in the Hunter next year. Newcastle are refusing to announce the signings but Bennett confirmed [I]The Courier-Mail[/I]’s report last week that the Knights have snared Moga and Ese’ese. “Tautau told me he is leaving, Herman told me he is leaving,’’ he said. ‘‘They are both going to the Knights so that’s all I know. The salary cap makes it impossible to keep everyone, that’s the way it works these days.” [URL]http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/broncos/darius-boyd-eyes-early-return-from-broken-thumb-tautau-moga-joins-knights/news-story/d57f74f98e084f590deab63bd9969dbd[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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