BREAKING NEWS: Brisbane Broncos head coach just summitted his resignation letter to the management.

The Broncos have survived their first test without Adam Reynolds, securing a 30-14 win over the Eels.

Reynolds suffered a ruptured biceps last week and will miss three months. But in his absence Ezra Mam stepped up to steer his side to a much-needed win after a horror Round 9 loss to the Roosters.

The Eels had a spirited start to the game and were first on the scoreboard via a penalty goal, but the Broncos — after losing Billy Walters to a wrist injury — hit back with two tries in eight minutes.

A poor pass from Eels rookie Ethan Sanders opened up the door for the Broncos. Ezra Mam scooped it up and combined with Reece Walsh to score a thrilling 90-metre try.

Deine Mariner backed it up with a try after skipping around defenders, before capitalising off another Eels error on the stroke of half time to run 70 metres and score his second.

19-year-old Eels fullback Blaize Talagi, who was starting in his first game at fullback, had a nice moment when he crossed for a try in between the Mariner double.

The second half kicked off with a bang when Dylan Brown came up with a one-on-one steal to score.

But the Eels were brought back down to earth when Mam identified that Talagi was pushing up in the defensive line and so put a chip kick over the top to score.

They extended their lead four minutes later when Selwyn Cobbo managed to ground a Walsh grubber centimetres out from the dead ball line.