Jake Mascini Inspires Kangaroos To Important Victory Over Brothers

Jake Mascini produced some magic to help Kangaroos secure acrucial win over Brothers and move back to the cusp of the top five.

Mascini had a big role in the Wagga side's first three tries of their 22-14 win at Equex Centre on Saturday.

First he made a break to set up a Ben Pembleton try to open the scoring after nine minutes.

After Kangaroos failed to take advantage of a couple of good chances Brothers closed the gap to two points with seven minutes left in the first half as James Morgan provided Caleb Atkinson with a long ball to score.

However Mascini ensured Kangaroos went into the break with a six-point buffer as he got to the outside of the Brothers defence before racing 90 metres down field to score.

Captain-coach James Smart thought his long-range effort gave Kangaroos plenty of momentum heading into the second half.

"Chook (Mascini) just does some special things," Smart said.

"He's certainly a talent and he got us out of some trouble.”

"We were in a bit of a whole just before half-time and he was outstanding."

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