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Brisbane have come from behind against the Sydney Roosters to secure captain Corey Parker a victory in his final NRL regular-season match. Pete Maravich Jersey .The Broncos overcame a sloppy opening 30 minutes on Thursday night to post a 24-14 win at Suncorp Stadium in Parkers 154th NRL match.Coach Wayne Bennett will have plenty of questions after an underwhelming display ahead of the finals, however the victory does lift Brisbane into fourth on the ladder.Fifth-placed North Queensland need to beat Gold Coast on Saturday in Townsville for the premiers to secure a top-four finish.Just like they did last weekend against Cronulla, the 14th-placed Roosters started brightly.Tries to Dale Copley and Connor Watson opened up a 14-0 lead after 28 minutes.But the Broncos all but erased that margin by halftime when a double strike by Anthony Milford and James Roberts ensured the score was just 14-12 at the break.Roberts try would have particularly upset Roosters coach Trent Robinson with winger Daniel Tupou spilling a second-tackle kick by the Broncos to gift the home team a try.Brisbane were lucky to still be in the contest after a half in which they completed just eight of 15 sets and made 23 tackles inside their 20 to none by the Roosters.Scores were levelled 11 minutes into the second half and then a sweeping move put Jordan Kahu over in the 56th minute for the Broncos to hit the front for the first time.The Broncos dominated the remaining minutes but it took a broken-play break by Roberts in the 75th minute and then a quick-thinking grubber to find Kahu which ensured the Broncos took out the match.Ex-Bronco Copley, whose first-half try was his third this year against his old club, failed to complete the opening stanza when he was knocked out trying to tackle Kahu.Its Copleys third concussion this season and comes just three weeks after being knocked out in the seventh minute of the Roosters shock round-23 win over the Cowboys.The Roosters 18th loss of the season ensures the Tricolours - minor premiers the previous three seasons - will end the year in 15th.Parker praised his teams response at halftime after their sluggish start to the match.The first half, we didnt do ourselves any favours, he said.We re-addressed where we wanted to go at halftime and the response to that was very good.Keeping them scoreless in the second half and we were able to build some momentum and pressure and got the job done.Robinson said the performance had shown elements of fight but was ultimately symptomatic of a season that had been a huge disappointment.Thought we were right in the game, thought we played really well and then just errors under pressure, Id say, in the last 20 really cost us, he said.Really proud of them but, again, not good enough. Rudy Gobert Jersey . The Browns coaching search remains incomplete. Jae Crowder Jersey .ca! Kerry, Two nights after the Scott-Eriksson incident in Buffalo, the Bruins returned home to play San Jose. In that game, Zdeno Chara put a check on Tommy Wingels that clearly targeted his head. http://www.jazzauthentic.com/ .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again.World No 1 Michael van Gerwen routed Mensur Suljovic 11-1 to win his third successive Unibet European Championship title. Van Gerwen has been in red-hot form in recent months and added to his ranking victories in the UK Open, World Matchplay and World Grand Prix in scintillating fashion in the Belgian town of Hasselt.The Dutchman, who had beaten Jelle Klaasen 10-3 and James Wade 11-7 to reach the final, averaged an amazing 111.62 to beat second seed Suljovic, himself having a superb end to the year. Suljovic won his first PDC European Tour event at Septembers International Open in Germany, and the Austrian had two more impressive victories in making it into the final.He thrashed Phil Taylor 10-3 at the quarter-final stage and then overcame Peter Wright 11-8 in a ttougher semi-final, sealing his victory with a 118 checkout. Jonas Jerebko Jersey. But Suljovics first major televised final was one to forget as Van Gerwen reeled off nine successive legs after being pegged back to 2-1 after early fireworks.He broke Suljovic twice with sublime 12-dart finishes and then took out a 157 checkout to lead 7-1.Suljovic missed a couple of chances to close the gap but even winning those legs would have been unlikely to stop Van Gerwen, who was steady on his doubles in the closing stages in winning the £100,000 first prize. Also See: Dave Lanning dies aged 78 MVG pummels poor Price Sky Bets darts odds On Sky TV ' ' '