Q-CUP 2026 Queensland Cup Discussion

Fitzy said:
Yeah Mozer was clinical first half. Was best player on the field at that stage. Came back on completely on the back foot and never really had a chance to do more than he did. Very good first stint and good game overall.

Duffy however, sign the kid up. I’m seriously considering Jonah and Duffy halves long term at the minute. 2 man of the matches in a row for mine. That’s super impressive, significantly lesser cattle than Burleigh all over the park. To ping that score down. Well done young man. Well ****ing done. He’s very skilled, looks likely, sucks in defenders and then can swing it with the ball playing or excellent short kicking game. Has achieved more with that team in 2 weeks with very little help than Magpies teams of the past. Superb game.
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Yeah. I think Duffy is someone we want to resign for next year. He has a really good skillset that we need. Duffy,Pezet Mam and Hunt is good half coverage.
 
Sproj said:
Would be nice to see Reynolds go on 'gardening leave' and see what Duffy could do. Keep Bunt as a 9 and see what happens.
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I am happy to have Reynolds this year. I think he still plays an important role in our team on and off the field. I think we made the mistake over the last decade removing out senior leaders to early. Don't want to do it again.
 
Broncx252 said:
I also thought mozer was decent when came on paix honestly needs to leave the team anyone is better than him
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Paix is probably (I'm hoping) a placeholder. We only resigned him for a year and I can see his role diminishing. Mozer/Bukowski will take over at some point and Walters to come back. We have really missed Walters.

I think Paix will end up at the bears or somewhere else next year. I will give Maguire credit he has got much more value out of his contract last year and I think he is on a reduced deal this year.
 
1910 said:
Duffy has engaged the line 20 times in two games, 5 passing try assists, 3-line break assists.

Just for reference and not bagging anyone.

Black engaged the line 53 times in 16 games at 3 a game and had eight try assists in 16 games and nine-line break assists in 16 games.
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Yeah it was Blacks weakness. Great kicking game but Duffy has the running upside with the kicking skills. If you want a Townsend/Fogarty halfback black may end up do that job but Duffy seems much more complete in skillset
 
I thought Francis wasn't at his best on Saturday and said he's going at 85% and needs to stop passing.

70 minutes.
133m
39 tackles
Awesome chase to try and stop the winning try.

Take that at 85% and with passing.
 
ivanhungryjak said:
Resign? I thought we would want to keep him.
(Sorry - an oldie but a goodie). :happy:
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Old Man Boomer GIF
 
1910 said:
Two weeks, I did not love the NRLQ it was pretty simple football. But what it did allow the Broncos to do was clean house a bit and make some decisions with the thought process being if this was our NRL side in three years and this was the Dolphins NRL side where would we be.

Think it also allowed a few players to reflect and realise they're not playing NRL for the Broncos.

Physicality is one area I think the Dolphins particularly just had their way with the Broncos; the other clubs were well ahead of the Broncos.

With it being expanded I would like the Broncos to treat it like a season and pick a best side that they think has the most potential to the NRL side.

12 games is a good length.
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I wasn't a fan of it. The extended length adds value to the product as it acts as a proper development, recruitment and talent management tool but I still think its a product in which its 90% made up of players who are at the stage where they are falling out the system and the clubs are just trying to reinforce that they are ok with that. And to be honest from what I watched last year for the most part that's where the masses belonged. I think it definitely makes the club look at there development system closer because beyond shiny toys I'm not happy with where the club is at regarding the ability to identify sharpe, smart, tough operators that go about there job and work hard. Jackson Koina was a shocking loss from the club.

I for one am a little less motivated to watch it this year after the average product it was last year but interesting to see how it plays out.

Agreed that the Broncos should probably take a more consistently best team approach.
 
1910 said:
Two weeks, I did not love the NRLQ it was pretty simple football. But what it did allow the Broncos to do was clean house a bit and make some decisions with the thought process being if this was our NRL side in three years and this was the Dolphins NRL side where would we be.

Think it also allowed a few players to reflect and realise they're not playing NRL for the Broncos.

Physicality is one area I think the Dolphins particularly just had their way with the Broncos; the other clubs were well ahead of the Broncos.

With it being expanded I would like the Broncos to treat it like a season and pick a best side that they think has the most potential to the NRL side.

12 games is a good length.
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Last year it seemed like all the clubs treated it as an experiment.

However as the season wore on, you could see a lot of improvement in the team particularly the Broncos. Brisbane were very unlucky to lose against the Dolphins in that final round. They dominated the majority of the game but a couple of errors proved costly and the class of the Dolphins shone through.

It was a far cry from the previous game where they weren't even in the same stratosphere.

I believe the vast majority can back-up again? Waqa, Turner, Cassidy, McConnell. Allen and Shibasaki also qualify if the Broncos want to go in that direction.

It will be interesting to see if they decide to go national again with the U/21s. Would more players feel inclined to stay in Queensland if the pathway was strong enough? Vice versa, will clubs be willing to stick with players knowing they'll need them until they're 21?
 
Big Pete said:
Last year it seemed like all the clubs treated it as an experiment.

However as the season wore on, you could see a lot of improvement in the team particularly the Broncos. Brisbane were very unlucky to lose against the Dolphins in that final round. They dominated the majority of the game but a couple of errors proved costly and the class of the Dolphins shone through.

It was a far cry from the previous game where they weren't even in the same stratosphere.

I believe the vast majority can back-up again? Waqa, Turner, Cassidy, McConnell. Allen and Shibasaki also qualify if the Broncos want to go in that direction.

It will be interesting to see if they decide to go national again with the U/21s. Would more players feel inclined to stay in Queensland if the pathway was strong enough? Vice versa, will clubs be willing to stick with players knowing they'll need them until they're 21?
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Berrigan too will be an addition.
 
Franics off after 30, he's not usually subbed.
 
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