POST GAME Finals Week 1 - Broncos vs Titans

[pennywisealfie]

This should be amended. Instead of Queensland it should say Brisbane... Due to us being the Brisbane Broncos and not the Queensland Broncos

Yes! 10000000000% agreed. I always sing Brisbane instead of Queensland because like you said, we are the Brisbane Broncos. Too many people get into the whole Queensland thing. Back in the 80s that's fine, but now there is more than one Queensland side. This team is for Brisbane.

 

[Porthoz]

It was a scrappy, but deserved win. We'll have to be much better against Cows or Storm next week...

Never mind most of the idiots on Fox, I thought the comments from Robbo were absolutely spot on, and they were backed by Walters as well.
- Our kick defusing sucks. Not so much the catcher himself, although Oatesy has been a bit dodgy, but the protection of said catcher is almost non-existent!
- Our attacking/short kicking game is crap, making us struggle to maintain pressure on teams by earning repeat sets. It appears we deliberately kick to the side line (Bennett applauded one of those kicks), out of fear of giving the opposition a 7 tackle set, due to our poor kick accuracy. We were lucky with the bounce of the kicks we scored of tonight, and our best kick came from... Kahu!
- In line with the previous, our 5th tackle options close to the enemy line are generally poor, and we seem much more effective at longer range.
- We compensate a lot of the above with our running game, which is probably the best in the competition, especially with Milford hitting his straps again. Hopefully Hunt can follow suit, as he still seems a bit shy, to make our expansive game style even more threatening.

I think our forwards definitely aimed up, giving our backs the room to create misery amongst the opposition. All deserve equal praise in my view, with Macca guiding them very well. Special mention to Glenn, whom has been a revelation in the ruck, and could well replace Parker as our next lock...

In the backs, Boyd was a bit rocks and diamonds, as was Oatesy, but I thought the rest of the backline was quite good, especially Milford and Kahu, who were my equal MOTM. As said before, if Hunt goes up a notch we will have a lethal attack from almost anywhere, as long as our forwards lay the platform.
Special mention to Jonus, who was very solid both carrying the ball and in defense and defusing kicks (he was pushed out of balance when catching the first).

I have no doubt the Broncos got the rub of the green tonight, except for the first no-try of the Titans, which should've been a penalty against the Titans for a push in the back of Pearson, and wouldn't have resulted in a Titans scrum feed. Of course, no one in the salty brigade mentioned it.


For mine, some decisions were correct, others not so much.


The correct ones:
- It was a penalty try. The ball was kicked out of a player's hand while in the process of grounding it.
- The scrum being overturned was also the correct call. It is the Titans player who knocks on first.
- There was no obstruction on Greg Bird, whom was the one who ostensibly targeted Thaiday.
- The Hayne pass was forward without a doubt. He passed it on the line and the ball was caught at least two meters past it.


The incorrect ones:
- As previously mentioned, Pearson was pushed when he was catching the bomb that resulted in the no-try and a Titans scrum. This was probably the only call that went against us.
- The Roberts kick should've been punished, although it should've happened on the spot, because the kick was before the PTB, and the subsequent action and try happened after the PTB.
- Parker's headbutt, as obnoxious as James was, although in this case I can understand it being missed by the refs.
- The Oates penalty was wrong in my eyes, albeit the dangerous position thing may actually be correct. Regardless, I don't think Mead did anything wrong in that one, he clearly went for the ball, not the player, imo.

P.S. Love the salty tears a LU... the butthurt is deliciously strong there!

 

[winslow_wong]

Time for the Broncos to go into siege mentality mode this week! No one likes us and no one thinks we can win. So let's bring an ambush to Townsville or Melbourne!

 

[Unbreakable]

I know he didn't have a great game, but I love what Pearson brings to the table, he attacks the ball and is constantly running it back hard and looking for gaps in the defensive line.

Couldve easily had another 2 tries last night.

 

[abashii]

Wow, it's amazing how perspectives are so skewed when you are at the game. I came home complaining about Hayne forward passes and Titan ruck slowing, and the rest of social media is blowing up because we had a scrum overturned in our favour and Roberts nudged a player with his shin. Sheesh...

Up on The Daily Telegraph right now:

Of course the Terror are going to have a sook about it. They hate it when the Broncos beat any NSW team.

 

[Bucking Beads]

I didn't watch the game but I was surprised to see how many points were scored in it. I expected a more dour affair considering it was a final and the weather wasn't great.

 

[uptheguts]

I thought this was a very good all round performance by all the boys. Attitude and intensity were great.

My personal favourites were Wallace and Thaiday. Also really appreciate the meters Boyd is consistently getting from dummy half.

i think Roberts has a good chance of getting off . Not much more then a guy trying to get up quickly and free his leg to play the ball IMO. In fact ,has he even been cited?


I give the Titans credit for a full hearted effort. They were really unlucky to loose Taylor who was playing brilliantly.

As a side note , I can't see much wrong with the Fox call. I think Robbo is a very good caller , and doesn't miss much at all. Brandy and Kevvie are also usually spot on.

 

[ningnangnong]

Why are some people saying Pearson didn't play well?

It's the bloke's second ever NRL game, in a bloody elimination final of all things.

He gets roughed up early with a push in the back that causes him to drop the ball - a lot of other inexperienced players would go into hiding after that. Pearson didn't, he kept looking for the ball, looking to help his team out. He didn't make as many metres as Oates or Boyd, but he only made one less run and put in the hard yards for his team-mates.

I'm not sure what some folk are expecting for such a young, inexperienced player in a game like that. He did his job and didn't look out of place. I was very happy with him, and I can definitely see why the Broncos think highly of him.

 

[uptheguts]

Why are some people saying Pearson didn't play well?

It's the bloke's second ever NRL game, in a bloody elimination final of all things.

He gets roughed up early with a push in the back that causes him to drop the ball - a lot of other inexperienced players would go into hiding after that. Pearson didn't, he kept looking for the ball, looking to help his team out. He didn't make as many metres as Oates or Boyd, but he only made one less run and put in the hard yards for his team-mates.

I'm not sure what some folk are expecting for such a young, inexperienced player in a game like that. He did his job and didn't look out of place. I was very happy with him, and I can definitely see why the Broncos think highly of him.

Exactly. And he runs the ball back hard and fast. Great prospect.

 

[ettybay]

He just blocks anyone who doesn't agree with him.

Would have employ someone fulltime to block for him if this is the case.

 

[talanoa]

The headbutt was bloody stupid in my opinion and totally intentional.

yep i agree unfortunately. he and roberts are in all sorts.

 

[Foordy]

I'm not sure if it means anything, but when the Titans were penalised gor taking Oates out in the air, the Titans player said "i was always looking at the ball" NOT "i was playing at the ball"

 

[talanoa]

Not sure about nines commentary tonight but **** me dead, Brandy on fox was insufferable.

Even at the end all he said was that our kicking game was crap and it was just luck that they all came off. Then for Oates try at the end he didn't even acknowledge the try.

Terrible. Otherwise it was great to finally see a game where we got the 50/50 calls, and FINALLY got away with a fair few forward passes from dummy half.

Bring on next week.

i hardly ever watch channel 9 and normally stick with the fox crew, however after listening to kev walters for 15 mins last night i had to change the channel. he is a an old club fave and qlder but his tongue is so far up some of our boys rear ends its starting to make me sick. ill be muting from now on and running with the triple m calls.

 

[Broncos Maestro]

i hardly ever watch channel 9 and normally stick with the fox crew, however after listening to kev walters for 15 mins last night i had to change the channel. he is a an old club fave and qlder but his tongue is so far up some of our boys rear ends its starting to make me sick. ill be muting from now on and running with the triple m calls.

Try ABC Grandstand - much more unbiased and a hell of a lot more entertaining

 

[Pushkin]

i hardly ever watch channel 9 and normally stick with the fox crew, however after listening to kev walters for 15 mins last night i had to change the channel. he is a an old club fave and qlder but his tongue is so far up some of our boys rear ends its starting to make me sick. ill be muting from now on and running with the triple m calls.

I hope Foxtel crew was not that bad as channel 9 commentary. Gus, Peter sterlo And third commantator was how bad referee calls are. Whole night they were complaining whole match.

 

[Brett]

Mead on Oates was a rough call, but the referees had to make it.

The offensive side has the responsibility to ensure that when they put in a cross-field kick, that everything is above board. You can't accidentally take out the defensive player playing for the football, end of and unfortunately since Mead's half-hearted attempt caused Oates to topple over and land dangerously it had to be a penalty.

Put it this way, if Oates broke his neck, nobody would be calling the referee's into question. Offensive players should have to think twice and have to avoid making contact with the legs.

The more I think about it, the less sympathy I have for the Titans. I can't think of a single call the referees got wrong.

Other than Hoffman shoving Pearson in the back.

They need to look at this closely, the referees. The offensive players are coming in "looking at the ball" then just playing at the defensive players arms/shoulders whatever, and getting under their legs as they jump. It happened to Oates twice last night. The attacking team can't just say they were going for the ball when the defending player is 70 meters above them in the air trying to catch the ball. Have your eyes on the ball all you like, but you can't take out the legs or the player trying to catch the ball.

 

[Broncos Maestro]

Does anybody know the what day the round between Elimination Final winner (Broncos) and the Qualifying loser (Storm or Cowboys) will be played?

I've got the entire weekend by myself and wanted to fly out the game but it's on Friday, might not be able to.

 

[LittleDavey]

Geez the butthurt. It's delicious. I must admit I don't understand it either. God forbid we actually get the 50/50 calls, most of which were actually correct, which various commentators had to be dragged kicking and screaming to admit. The hate for our club is strong: **** them all!!

- The Hurrell kick is the absolute definition of a penalty try.
- Overturned scrum was legit and I was screaming it at the time..
- Mead on Oates was harsh, but he *did* put him in a dangerous position, the ref had no choice. Same as a high shot, or lifting tackle: it doesn't matter if it's intentional or not.
- I thought there was a forward pass from Hayne to I think McQueen(?) in the leadup to their first try, in the play before Hayne kicks for Mead; which for mine negates the harsh call on the forward pass late in the game (which I thought was flat at worst, but the Nine footage didn't really show it well enough to judge).

Props to the Tits, they never gave up and with a bit of luck could have won it. They're building a handy side and will have one of the best spines in the comp next year too in Hayne - Elgey - Taylor - Peats. I really dislike how niggly they get when behind though, there was a lot of rubbish in that game.

We will need to be a lot better next week. I'm actually expecting both Roberts and Parker to be out, & I think next week will be our last game tbh. I don't think Roberts should be charged, he pushed with his foot rather than struck (a-la ****-iano) and only because the fuckwit wasn't clearing the ruck (the Tits were terrible with that all night). I do think Cozza has a case to answer though - there was nothing in it, but you just can't do that. He knows better, and sadly I think that's the end of his career.