2026 Pre-Season Discussion

1910 said:
I think the two extra are a perfect spot for some out of the box coaching and thinking. I would be taking a "special teams' approach and have two players on the bench that fit certain situations- a Fuller or Faalogo and you bring them on if you have the ball and need 10 minutes of special.
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Yeah I can definitely see teams that will be able to do it... storm did it in the past with Paps and Hynes... I think that qld origin approach of having a natural spine player be a 'lock' for 10-15 mins a game will become more prevalent.

For us it would be something like carrying Perham as an X factor player or something like that.

However this is mostly suited to teams that have versatility across their 13 -16 players, and are able to plug injuries without being at a huge disadvantage.

I can also see some teams trying to be too cute with it and getting caught out.

I could definitely see a coach trying to run a bench of 3-4 big bodies with the thought of short sharp bursts... and then carrying an outside back and an edge as 18 & 19.

Then they'll lose a half and get exploited to lose... at which point they'll complain about needing more players on the bench.
 
Im feel so happy watching this. Was just randomly smiling the whole time for some reason ☺️

 
1910 said:
Mariner and Tawha my MOTM from camp. Coming home now and season launch is the 9th and leave for UK on the 9th.
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About the same time the Artemis mission leaves for the moon. I wish them both success.

Mariner had such a strong finish to the season, that try against the Panthers to tie the scores wouldn't be scored by many. Also he's the most resistant to head knocks I think I have ever seen a player?

Interested in watching how Tawha goes.
 
Alihaider said:
What about Blake mozer
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Pictures the other day seem to show him with the back ups... there was also a photo in the same set of Bhunt looking like he was doing a 5th tackle kick from halfback.

If they were around the same time then potentially Paix was in dummy half with the main squad and Mozer with the renegades team.... I couldn't really see any photos of Paix to know what shirt he had on... might be him in the background of the Hunt photo below.

I would say that makes sense... Paix just won the GF for Madge... so he's giving him the chance to retain his place and it will be up to Mozer to take the jersey from him.

Gos also in the main squad shirt, Anderson and Aublix in the renegades shirt. Interestingly Willison was in the main squad shirt... has he jumped Jensen or maybe just running around with a different setup for a few reps


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BroncsFan said:
Pictures the other day seem to show him with the back ups... there was also a photo in the same set of Bhunt looking like he was doing a 5th tackle kick from halfback.

If they were around the same time then potentially Paix was in dummy half with the main squad and Mozer with the renegades team.... I couldn't really see any photos of Paix to know what shirt he had on... might be him in the background of the Hunt photo below.

I would say that makes sense... Paix just won the GF for Madge... so he's giving him the chance to retain his place and it will be up to Mozer to take the jersey from him.

Gos also in the main squad shirt, Anderson and Aublix in the renegades shirt. Interestingly Willison was in the main squad shirt... has he jumped Jensen or maybe just running around with a different setup for a few reps


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Maybe kicking from dummy half ?
I like #9s that kick . Every one except the guy playing the ball , is behind the kicker and extra metres .
That with bonus 40 / 20s was a feature of Billiam`s game .
 
Big Del said:
Maybe kicking from dummy half ?
I like #9s that kick . Every one except the guy playing the ball , is behind the kicker and extra metres .
That with bonus 40 / 20s was a feature of Billiam`s game .
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Bhunt kicking from dummy half is a big threat.

I put the picture there and to me Patty on the inside looks like he's running kick chase for a half... also cant see anyone playing the ball when Hunt is picking it up... looks very much like a stock Bhunt kick to the corner which as broncos fans we've seen a lot across his career (griffonball and all that).

I think Bhunt is primed for a good year this year though.

Coming into last year he knew he was playing 6 for the first 8 weeks and then to hooker, but this year he knows he's hooker, he's talking about it in pressers.

He can focus 100% on that role
 
BroncsFan said:
Bhunt kicking from dummy half is a big threat.

I put the picture there and to me Patty on the inside looks like he's running kick chase for a half... also cant see anyone playing the ball when Hunt is picking it up... looks very much like a stock Bhunt kick to the corner which as broncos fans we've seen a lot across his career (griffonball and all that).

I think Bhunt is primed for a good year this year though.

Coming into last year he knew he was playing 6 for the first 8 weeks and then to hooker, but this year he knows he's hooker, he's talking about it in pressers.

He can focus 100% on that role
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Or maybe Reynolds is already injured and Bunt is already filling in for him.
 
Sproj said:
Or maybe Reynolds is already injured and Bunt is already filling in for him.
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Or Reyno not needing to be in every preseason training session... I'd say it was more a situational rep and they would be thinking there is a big chance that Bhunt would be playing 7 at some point.

Even if there's a game where we're up by 20 and let's just get Reyno off the field with Paix at 9 and Bhunt at 7.
 
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