PRE-GAME Round 23 - Broncos vs Rabbitohs

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Believe it or not, Oates is suffering from not having Boyd at fullback.

Go through Oates' tries in the past few years, look at how many are from a Boyd pass. For whatever reason, Milford just hasn't been able to use that left side all that well. Not as well as Boyd does. Whether or not he has the ability to do so remains to be seen but honestly I would not mind Boyd moving back to fullback for that reason.
Yeah i dont know why they have totally dumped that play. If milf cant do it, Surely whilst our forwards are doing their thing, milf and boyd could switch briefly to execute that play.

I think they did that in a game earlier this year. I remember the team got excited because boyd had shit put on him the week prior. But havent done it since
 
Is that worth it? We lose IMO, the best 5/8 in the game to get, IMO, a pretty fucking average, if not bottom tier fullback. Better than Boyd, sure, but not by much.

This. While I wouldn't say Milf is the best 6 in the game, he sure as shit can be. There is no way in a million years he'll ever be as good as the current best fullbacks. He just doesnt have the size for it.
 
This. While I wouldn't say Milf is the best 6 in the game, he sure as shit can be. There is no way in a million years he'll ever be as good as the current best fullbacks. He just doesnt have the size for it.
Why is size more important for a 1 than a 6?
 
Believe it or not, Oates is suffering from not having Boyd at fullback.

Go through Oates' tries in the past few years, look at how many are from a Boyd pass. For whatever reason, Milford just hasn't been able to use that left side all that well. Not as well as Boyd does. Whether or not he has the ability to do so remains to be seen but honestly I would not mind Boyd moving back to fullback for that reason.

And the try he scored a few weeks back against the dogs had Boyd playing the fullback role on the sweep play for the pass
 
Are Gillett and Glenn going to be fit for this game? We are running very light on second rowers at the moment.
 
Are Gillett and Glenn going to be fit for this game? We are running very light on second rowers at the moment.
Who would have thought we would be saying that now at the beginning of this year?
 
The only chance the rabbits have is through quick play the balls and Cook capitalising on them, which they’ve been struggling to do with Gurgess out. They have shit all strike out wide with Burns gone and Burgess either injured and playing in the middle or out. Seibs was right about them not changing their attack this year, and teams have worked them out. Funny that the media didn’t try and capitalise on that quote.
 
Honestly, I've enjoyed seeing Milf in the 1 jersey but with every passing game I'm starting to agree more with @Unbreakable that he does not have a future in the 1. Seriously, his run metres are borderline terrible.

Let me list some stats below:

Milford - Last 6 rounds
RD 22: 10 runs 69m
RD 21: 13 runs 77m
RD 20: 11 runs 78m
RD 19: 19 runs 203m
RD 18: 9 runs 67m
RD 17: 19 runs 219m

Average: 13.5 runs for 118m

Boyd - Last 6 rounds
RD 16: 17 runs 154m
RD 13: 10 runs 78m
RD 12: 7 runs 55m
RD 11: 15 runs 107m
RD 10: 7 runs 73m
RD 9: 10 runs 73m

Average: 11 runs for 90m


What is he really doing at fullback that Boyd wasn't doing? Saving the odd try? If that's his only benefit over Boyd then it's kind of pointless. The fullback needs to be a running threat to be an effective team. Not only that, by having him at fullback it's harder for him to be in position to be our first choice kicker. Milford has actually become one of the best kickers of the ball in the last year or two IMO, so we lose by FAR our best kicking option, gain not very much in attack but we might save the odd try in defence that Boyd isn't fast enough to get to.

Is that worth it? We lose IMO, the best 5/8 in the game to get, IMO, a pretty fucking average, if not bottom tier fullback. Better than Boyd, sure, but not by much.

Maybe his body just isn't right and he needs an off season to get in shape for it but I'm not convinced.

It’s obvious they don’t want Milford defending in the front line. He’s still playing 6 in attack and hasn’t really had much space on kick returns. It’s all very confusing with our makeshift “halves” which is why the talk of SoS not getting picked is baffling. We need genuine halves.
 
Believe it or not, Oates is suffering from not having Boyd at fullback.

Go through Oates' tries in the past few years, look at how many are from a Boyd pass. For whatever reason, Milford just hasn't been able to use that left side all that well. Not as well as Boyd does. Whether or not he has the ability to do so remains to be seen but honestly I would not mind Boyd moving back to fullback for that reason.

Probably because hopeless Shibasaki is in the road and Milford could draw in defence where Boyd can’t.
 

Boyd backs O'Sullivan to fire for Broncos at halfback

Joel Gould
NRL.com
Mon 19 Aug 2019, 04:01 PM

Darius Boyd insists Sean O’Sullivan is ready to fire as his new halves partner as the Broncos prepare for a showdown with Wayne Bennett’s Rabbitohs at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night. The Broncos have lost Jake Turpin for two weeks due to suspension and O’Sullivan, who turns 21 on Wednesday, returns to the No.7 jersey for the first time since the 24-22 win over the Sharks in round 16 when he starred in the first half before suffering a hamstring injury.

Brisbane have fielded seven halves combinations this year with Kodi Nikorima and Anthony Milford starting the season. Tom Dearden, who won’t play again this year after reinjuring his ankle, then lined up with Milford before his injury paved the way for O’Sullivan to play at No.7 against the Eels.

Coach Anthony Seibold then switched Milford to fullback and O’Sullivan partnered Boyd and Turpin against the Knights and Sharks respectively. Boyd and Turpin then had six games together in the halves with success.

"Sean is just a footballer. He is a halfback. He knows the game plan and manages things well, and he is a good talker. He will be fine," Boyd said of his new halves partner. "I am not putting any pressure on him but he knows football. He has been playing the game a long time and his family has been around the game a long time. He has only played four first grade games but he just knows how to run a team. "I am really confident in Sean. Turps did a great job but he had never played halfback before so I am sure a halfback can do a pretty good job in his own position.”

O’Sullivan is a left-foot kicker and prefers playing on the left but will line up on the right side against the Rabbitohs with Boyd staying on his preferred left side.

"The way we play our halfback plays both sides of the field. Me and Milf kind of hold the left and hold the right. Sean is going to go both sides of the field so he can basically do what he wants," Boyd said. "He will be first receiver both sides so he can come around and kick on the left and the right. Milly can hold on the right and kick. If I have to, I can kick. Macca [Andrew McCullough] can kick too. I don’t think it will matter. He has played on the right before in the Queensland Cup."

O’Sullivan’s brother-in-law is Matt Lodge and the Broncos prop said he had no doubt the new No.7 would be capable of bossing the forwards and steering Brisbane around the park.

"He has grown up in the No.7 his whole life and knows the game better than anyone in the whole building here. No one questions that he knows the game like the back of his hand so hopefully he can be loud and be that person we’ve been lacking," Lodge said. "He has got two weeks to put his best foot forward going into the finals. He has been waiting a while for the opportunity and knows he needs to take it. "Sean has had a bit of bad luck with injuries. He got that chance [against Cronulla] and came good before getting injured. He worked hard on his rehab and had two good games in the Q Cup. He knows he can get us around the park. "Hopefully he can transfer all that to the rest of the boys and fix some things up that he thinks he can do with our attack."

Lodge said the 38-6 loss to South Sydney in round eight was irrelevant to the outcome of Friday night’s clash. The Broncos, in seventh place on the ladder, can go a long way towards wrapping up a finals spot with a win over the misfiring Rabbitohs.

"If we want to be any chance of playing finals we need to turn up for games like this. I remember we hardly touched the ball the first 20 minutes [in round eight] and everything went against us early. If we do the little things well it will make a difference this time," Lodge said. "We have a different team to what ran out back then. It is a totally different scenario and we go into this game not worrying about what happened last time we played them. "I’ve noticed they have been on the slide a bit but I am sure Wayne will get them firing at the right end of the year. They will turn up at Suncorp ready to play."
 
I wonder if this is how you kill the oppositions playmaker....

8 - Lodge
9 - McCullough
10 - Offahengaue
11 - Haas
12 - Fifita
13 - Carrigan

14 - Flegler
15 - Segs
16 - Kennedy
17 - Peresesssesssessse
 

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