NYC Prelim Final - Dragons vs Broncos - LIVE Discussion

[Big Pete]

St. George Illawarra Dragons v Brisbane Broncos
ANZ Stadium, Friday 26 September 2014
Kickoff 5:15pm

Referees: Chris Sutton, Matt Noyen; Sideline Officials: Phil Henderson, Belinda Sleeman; Video Referees: Steve Chiddy, Ben Galea;

1. Matthew Dufty 2. Sitiveni Moceidreke 3. Eua Aitken 4. Brent Anderson 5. Izaac Thompson 6. Shannon Crook 7. Adam Clune 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 9. Thomas Freebairn 10. Vincent Stowers 11. Wesley Lolo 12. Jack Bird 13. Jay Gallagher
14. Andrew McCarthy 15. Hayden McRae 16. Jack Kavanagh 17. George Lolo 18. Drew Hutchison 19. Luciano Leilua 20. Jacob Host 22. Hame Sele

1. Kodi Nikorima 2. Paul Byrnes 3. Tom Opacic 4. Jordan Drew 5. Jack Tuttle 6. Duncan Paia'Aua 7. Ashley Taylor 8. Aaron Rockley 9. Jayden Berrell 10. Jo Ofanhengaue 11. Brett Greinke 12. Brendon McBryde 13. Jai Arrow
14. Jayden Nikorima 15. George Fai 16. Ajuma Adams 17. Alex Barr 18. Kalolo Saitaua

 

[Big Pete]

Thought I'd set this thread up early as a reminder for fans and to generate some interest in this do or die game.

Should be a beauty.

 

[Unbreakable]

Coverage starts on FoxSports in ~10 minutes for those watching.

 

[Tera]

Is there anyway to follow the score online? I'm at work and want to keep up with it.

 

[Ari Gold]

http://live.nrlstats.com/matches/nrl/match33658.html will list scores.

For live updates, here or a well put together Twitter feed is your best bet.

 

[Big Pete]

Too easy there for the Dragons.

That run from Fonua-Blake really hurt us there and just gave them the numbers.

That's a bad try to give away.

 

[Ari Gold]

Gee Nikorima looks awful under the high ball. Did the same thing last week under relatively no pressure.

 

[Big Pete]

He's generally good for one spilled bomb.

That forward pass call against Taylor was rotten.

 

[Ari Gold]

Dragons bomb a try, but our left edge defence looks awful.

Is it just me, or is Jai Arrow a dead ringer for Simon Mannering? Not in terms of what their faces look like, but the running action and work rate are remarkably similar IMO.

 

[Big Pete]

That was bad from Drew.

He's been pretty decent in defence but that was a bad decision.

 

[Big Pete]

Good work from Nikorima and Opacic there.

Broncos are back baby.

 

[Ari Gold]

Finally on the board through Opacic after good work from Kodi.

 

[Big Pete]

Good set after scoring.

They could have potentially scored tho.

 

[Ari Gold]

Ofahengue scores a fairly soft try after fast dummy half work from our hooker. Something you'll never say about our NRL side.

 

[Big Pete]

That was a good run from McBryde in the lead-up and good work from Ofahengaue to force his way over close to the line.

12 all.

 

[Ari Gold]

Poor kick from Taylor but great chase from Barr and Byrne to tackle him and force the error.

 

[Unbreakable]

Boy, 3 of those calls against us in the first 20 were horrible, the forward pass against Taylor and the two "1 on 1 strip knock-on's" were all just plain wrong.

 

[Big Pete]

HT

Broncos 14
Dragons 12

Brisbane have done well to not only hang in there but lead. St. George played with plenty of bluster early and looked like going close on a number of occasions but the Broncos came up with some really good try saving tackles and I reckon it forced the Dragons into make errors as well.

Ofahengaue has once again been a big stand-out in the middle. Have also been impressed with McBryde & Opacic.