Calls for more protection for Broncos half Up-and-coming young forward Dave Hala has urged referees to give battered Brisbane halfback Peter Wallace the same protection given to the NRL's big names after he was again targeted heavily by Gold Coast. Wallace was hit late and high several times last weekend as an ill-disciplined Titans racked up an incredulous 10 successive penalties in a wild opening 30 minutes of Brisbane's 32-6 win. On Wednesday night at the judiciary, giant Titans' forward Dave Taylor will challenge the grading of a dangerous contact charge for his first-half tackle on Wallace. This potentially could slam the door on his faint hopes of playing State of Origin next month for Queensland. Broncos coach Anthony Griffin was privately fuming over the number of high shots on his players, especially Wallace. Football manager and former hard-nosed prop Andrew Gee described the tactics as "cheap shots" which backfired. Hala, who made almost 100 metres off the bench against the Titans, said Wallace was a sitting duck to be taken out after kicks. It was the second week in a row Wallace was taken out after a kick, with Hala appealing to referees to start looking after him if Canterbury adopt similar tactics in Friday night's clash in Sydney. "We do our best trying to block him when he kicks but I think the refs need to step in and take care of that," said the 23-year-old prop. They do it for a lot of other players in the comp. The previous week (against Parramatta), Josh (McGuire) lashed out when Pete was taken out late. It's not a good play when you see someone come in late and take your halfback's head off. One of the strongest players in the NRL with Brisbane's bench press record of around 200kg, Hala has taken time to recover from rupturing his knee against Manly 12 months ago. He's been through some dark times but says he's come out the other end keen to take his latest opportunity when skipper Sam Thaiday and fellow forwards Corey Parker and Matt Gillett are away on Origin duty. I've been working hard on and off the field trying to stay on top of my injuries with my knee. It's been a slow process," he said. I've been bracing myself for this opportunity around Origin time. I just want to show Hook (coach Griffin) that I can step up. Centre Justin Hodges was named in Brisbane's starting side against the Bulldogs but there was no sign of hamstring victim Scott Prince at training on Tuesday. He could still enter calculations later in the week. Ben Hunt was again named in the No.6 with Jordan Kahu switching from right to left centre to replace Jack Reed (fractured eye socket). Utility Jake Granville has been retained on the bench following his eye-catching try-assist debut last weekend.