Ezra Mam's brilliance could not be buried by the injury carnage around him but Brisbane coach Kevin Walters expects the teenage playmaker to handle the NRL hype now set to come his way.
The Broncos hung tough for a 24-18 defeat of Canberra on Saturday despite finishing the game without any fit men on the bench and up to three others nursing injuries on the field.
They were already without rested State of Origin trio Kurt Capewell, Kotoni Staggs and Selwyn Cobbo, while Adam Reynolds (ribs), Payne Haas (shoulder), Herbie Farnworth (biceps) and Cory Paix (knee) all had scans on Sunday.