Brisbane football boss Ben Ikin says he wouldn't be surprised if prop Payne Haas withstood the pain of a syndesmosis injury and lined up against North Queensland on Saturday night.
Haas suffered the injury playing for NSW in Sunday night's second State of Origin game and left Optus Stadium in a moon boot.
He went in for scans on Monday and, while the Broncos aren't expecting to receive the results until later on Tuesday, Ikin said Haas was still a chance to play in the Queensland NRL derby.