PRE-GAME Round 16 - Bulldogs vs Broncos

[Unbreakable]

NRL - Round 16
Saturday, 25th of June, 2016​

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1. Will Hopoate 2. Curtis Rona 3. Josh Morris 4. Kerrod Holland 5. Sam Perrett 6. Josh Reynolds 7. Moses Mbye 8. Aiden Tolman 9. Michael Lichaa 10. James Graham (c) 11. Josh Jackson 12. Raymond Faitala-Mariner 13. David Klemmer 14. Sam Kasiano 15. Tony Williams 16. Danny Fualalo 17. Craig Garvey	1. Darius Boyd 2. Corey Oates 3. Tom Opacic 4. James Roberts 5. Greg Eden 6. Anthony Milford 7. Ben Hunt 8. Josh McGuire 9. Travis Waddell 10. Jarrod Wallace 14. Jaydn Su'A 12. Matt Gillett 13. Corey Parker 15. Tevita Pangai Jr 16. Adam Blair 17. Kodi Nikorima 18. Herman Ese'ese
Coach: Des Hasler	Coach: Wayne Bennett
Referees: Ashley Klein & Henry Perenara Sideline Officials: Russel Turner & Ricky MacFarlane Video Referees: Jason Robinson & Ben Galea	Location: ANZ Stadium Kick-Off: 7:30pm Broadcast: Fox Sports 1

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[Unbreakable]

Could be a very different team we field for this game, 3 days after Origin II - Parker & Thaiday due for a rest - McCullough, Reed, Glenn, Kahu & Su'A potentially all expecting several weeks on the sidelines, Eden & Maranta both failing miserably in their opportunities this season.

1. Boyd
2. Oates
3. Opacic
4. Roberts
5. Seve
6. Milford
7. Hunt
8. McGuire
9. Waddell
10. Blair (c)
11. Pangai Jr
12. Gillett
13. Arrow

14. Wallace
15. Ese'ese
16. Ofahengaue
17. Nikorima

Could be something like this.

 

[ningnangnong]

Weighing up whether I should go to this...

 

[vertigo]

Bring on the new blood.

 

[Son Edo]

I don't rate the Bulldogs. My only concern is their forwards but their halves are awful.

 

[BroncosAlways]

Will be seeing if my Sydney attendance curse ***** us again, already got my tickets for this one.
Shame it's not being played on Sunday, that would've helped.

 

[Fozz]

The dogs pack will be trouble for our rookie forwards.

Also our backline will be a mess if Reed and Kahu are out.

1. Boyd
2. Oates (if he backs up)/Maranta
3. Whitchurch/Opaciac
4. Roberts
5. Eden (ugh)

Hopefully Wayne gives Anderson or Seve a chance over Eden. Whitchurch is more likely to start because Wayne likes him.

You never know, maybe he will take a risk. Guess we've got a week and a half of speculation ahead of us.

 

[Foordy]

The dogs pack will be trouble for our rookie forwards.

Also our backline will be a mess if Reed and Kahu are out.

1. Boyd
2. Oates (if he backs up)/Maranta
3. Whitchurch/Opaciac
4. Roberts
5. Eden (ugh)

Hopefully Wayne gives Anderson or Seve a chance over Eden. Whitchurch is more likely to start because Wayne likes him.

You never know, maybe he will take a risk. Guess we've got a week and a half of speculation ahead of us.

go out back and practice falling down ... i'll be there in a minute :takdir:

but seriously even in an injury crisis, Whitchurch shouldn't be playing NRL and neither should Eden IMO. we would be better off giving a couple of rookies some experience than selecting those two, besides the rookies couldn't play any worse

 

[Mitch06]

go out back and practice falling down ... i'll be there in a minute :takdir:

but seriously even in an injury crisis, Whitchurch shouldn't be playing NRL and neither should Eden IMO. we would be better off giving a couple of rookies some experience than selecting those two, besides the rookies couldn't play any worse

I like to think that way but then again, why would Bennet pick Eden and Maranta in front of the other guys.

 

[Super Freak]

I like to think that way but then again, why would Bennet pick Eden and Maranta in front of the other guys.

Maranta had done the job asked of him every other time Bennett picked him. Except for that game against the Warriors.

Last time Maranta performed like that was in the Storm game at Suncorp in 2014 and he bounced back from that with a solid performance.

Bennett probably feels the rookies are not ready and throwing them in the deep end too early could destroy them and hinder their development.

 

[Alec]

I kinda hope Boyd, McGuire and Parker will be rested this time. All too important to risk. I doubt Boyd will be though unless McCullough is back so Nikorima can play somewhere in the backs.

 

[Pushkin]

So we don't have centre for bulldog game. If Wayne don't want any rookie at that game. Why don't Eden play centre position. He is not gone play as bad as centre as compare to on the wings. If any rookie need to make debut it's should be opacic. Let see what wayne do?

 

[mitch222]

I wonder if Reed has had surgery yet
They might postpone it for the greater benefit of the team

 

[Dash]

I kinda hope Boyd, McGuire and Parker will be rested this time. All too important to risk. I doubt Boyd will be though unless McCullough is back so Nikorima can play somewhere in the backs.

If those 3 get rested, with McCollough, Reed, Glenn and Kahu out, we'll lose by 40.

 

[mitch222]

You know what pisses me off the most about this game scheduling
1. QLD have a home origin and then we make our players travel to Sydney so therefor miss on a heap of people who would have stayed for the weekend game
2. We play Saturday night then get to watch two teams with a combined origin player count of 1 in the Titans/Raider game on Sunday. There will be up to 8 if not more origin players in our game including the dogs players

 

[Battler]

You know what pisses me off the most about this game scheduling
1. QLD have a home origin and then we make our players travel to Sydney so therefor miss on a heap of people who would have stayed for the weekend game
2. We play Saturday night then get to watch two teams with a combined origin player count of 1 in the Titans/Raider game on Sunday. There will be up to 8 if not more origin players in our game including the dogs players

The NZ game was by far the most incompetently scheduled game of the season imo. It's like the NRL manufacture a Warriors 'purple patch' during the Origin period by having them face heavily impacted sides.

Keen to see how Opacic goes, hopefully Su'A is back.

 

[1910]

Opacic- defence is strong and he’s actually creating movements and tries now- been impressed with how that side of his game as evolved this season. He created line breaks and tries against Mackay. While keeping his own attacking play up.

Seve- defence has been strong and he’s offloading now for some reason. He doesn’t get involved for Souths enough from dummy half. Love to see him get out of there more.

Anderson- Been all over the place, wing, fullback and bench hooker- was great against Hunters, good try last week but amongst all that is little mistakes. Still leading the try scorers and points scorers and line breaks for Jets.

They're all pretty even I'd say; any of them would be a risk.

 

[Danoz Direct]

Opacic- defence is strong and he’s actually creating movements and tries now- been impressed with how that side of his game as evolved this season. He created line breaks and tries against Mackay. While keeping his own attacking play up.

Seve- defence has been strong and he’s offloading now for some reason. He doesn’t get involved for Souths enough from dummy half. Love to see him get out of there more.

Anderson- Been all over the place, wing, fullback and bench hooker- was great against Hunters, good try last week but amongst all that is little mistakes. Still leading the try scorers and points scorers and line breaks for Jets.

They're all pretty even I'd say; any of them would be a risk.

Who would you choose out of those three?