Broncos find attacking flair in Storm surge Broncos winger Josh Hoffman celebrates one of his three tries with teammate Jack Reed. A PAIR of soothing truths presented themselves to the Brisbane Broncos despite a 32-26 heartbreak against the Melbourne Storm. Although they will not admit as much, it must be some consolation that they finally ignited their previously tepid attack. And the second truth is that the Storm are not indestructible. In front of 40,071 people at Suncorp Stadium the Broncos fell to their third loss from four outings this season but landed a few blows against a tiring Melbourne outfit. Storm skipper Cameron Smith said as much when he noted the character needed from the home side to come back from 14 points down to lead midway through the second half. We played against a team out to prove a point tonight. They showed they are a good side," he said. Brilliant Billy slays Broncos again Melbourne's spine - Smith, hat-trick hero Billy Slater, Cooper Cronk and Gareth Widdop - were outstanding. Broncos captain Sam Thaiday all but hauled his team across the line with an inspirational performance in the front row. Broncos centre Jack Reed tries to get past Storm halfback Cooper Cronk. Brisbane winger Josh Hoffman bagged three tries but his night ended early after straining his achilles tendon. Coach Anthony Griffin said Hoffman and forward David Stagg (knee) could miss several matches. The Broncos' chances nosedived early when Thaiday complained to the referees about being held back in a scrum by Bryan Norrie in the lead up to Slater's first try. His complaint was dismissed but the 50-50 call certainly stung his side. "In that situation that's where I'd be, that's where I'd be chasing," Thaiday said. Being held back and stopped from doing my job is pretty tough. The Broncos scored five tries, all built from smart running lines, in a sign Brisbane is building towards taking a quality scalp. Broncos lock Matt Gillett tries to bring down Storm's Ryan Hinchcliffe. Still it was not enough for Griffin who said no one was patting each other on the back just yet. "There's no questions about our character and attitude," Griffin said. We were always in that ball game. It's just frustrating we got ourselves in a position to win and couldn't close it down. MELBOURNE 32 (Slater 3, Duffie 2, Sau, tries; Smith 4 goals) d BRISBANE 26 (Hoffman 3, Reed, Glenn tries; Prince 3 goals)