NYC Round 26 - Broncos vs Storm

[Big Pete]

Brisbane Broncos v Melbourne Storm
Suncorp Stadium, Thursday 3 September 2015
Kickoff 5:30pm

1. Paul Byrnes 2. Nikau Terupe 3. Jordan Drew 4. Jarryd Dodd 5. Dan Russell 6. Will Brimson 7. Ashley Taylor 8. George Fai 9. Jayden Berrell 10. Keegan Hipgrave 11. Lachlan Lanskey 12. Alex Barr 13. Jai Arrow
Interchange: 14. Kalolo Saitaua 15. Sam Gee 16. Keenan Palasia 17. Sam Lavea

1. Latrell Robinson 2. Tony Tumusa 3. Josh Minhinnick 4. Junior Kirisome 5. Angelo Leaupepe 6. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 7. Mack Mason 8. Logan Houghton 9. Jake Turpin 10. Josh Kerr 11. John Filipo 12. Joe Stimson 13. Brendan Frei
Interchange: 14. Aaron Teroi 15. Shae Ah Fook 16. Jamayne Taunoa - Brown 17. Ben Nakubuwai 18. Jerry Leasi 19. Charlie Galo

 

[Splinter]

Good to see Byrnes back

 

[GCBRONCO]

Storm are belting the Broncos atm 18-0

 

[GCBRONCO]

28-0

 

[Fozz]

2nd half just kicked off. 32-0 geez.

 

[M.B.88]

Eww

 

[GCBRONCO]

48-6

 

[Danoz Direct]

Just shows how important Taylor is to the team.

 

[jarro65]

Where do both sides sit on the ladder ?

 

[Crazy Sam]

Last time, we beat the storm in NYC 74-6....

 

[Big Pete]

That was the worst Broncos NYC performance I've seen.

There have been games where the Broncos have been smashed by bigger scorelines. There were games where they were physically manhandled and made to look amaeteur.

This was the first time I've felt embarrassed for them.

In fairness, it was a really tough ask. Not only did they lose Taylor, they also lost Drew & Dodd before kick-off, leaving the Broncos with a make-shift centre pairing.

However, I couldn't blame the loss purely on those changes. It was just a soft and really dumb performance from a lot of players.

To give credit where it's due. This was one of Melbourne's best performances of the season. They won't qualify for the finals, but a lot of players will take something out of this game moving forward. I thought Nicoll-Klokstad and Turpin were brilliant among others.

Very interested to see how the Broncos respond next week.

 

[Big Pete]

Players	Minutes	All-Runs	Metres	Offloads	Tackles	Missed-Tackles	Line-Breaks	Errors
Paul Byrnes	N/A	10	68	0	4	2	0	1
Nikau Te Rupe	N/A	10	105	0	4	5	0	2
Will Brimson	N/A	6	75	0	22	2	0	0
Jarryd Dodd	N/A	1	6	0	5	0	0	0
Daniel Russell	N/A	9	106	0	9	1	1	1
Logan Spaander	N/A	7	87	0	11	10	1	2
Jayden Berrell	N/A	8	70	0	29	6	0	1
George Fai	N/A	7	68	0	24	2	0	0
Kalolo Saitaua	N/A	5	36	0	33	4	0	1
Keegan Hipgrave	N/A	5	41	0	24	12	0	0
Lachlan Lanskey	N/A	4	37	0	31	4	0	2
Alex Barr	N/A	7	61	0	46	1	0	0
Jai Arrow	N/A	19	201	1	37	1	0	2
Jadyn S'ua	N/A	11	166	1	13	2	0	3
Sam Gee	N/A	8	70	0	25	7	0	0
Keenan Palasia	N/A	9	84	1	22	2	0	0
Sam Lavea	N/A	1	10	0	8	1	0	0
Overall	1040	127	1291	3	347	62	2	15

 

[Big Pete]

I was a little late to the game, so I could have those positions mixed up. Didn't realise the Dodd even played - that means the Broncos ended the game with 15 fit players.

 

[Unbreakable]

Arrow making 200+ metres per week for fun, get him in Wayne.

 

[1910]

I was a little late to the game, so I could have those positions mixed up. Didn't realise the Dodd even played - that means the Broncos ended the game with 15 fit players.

Played in number 4.

 

[1910]

Very disappointing performance; they didn't handle anything well.

Nicholl-Klokstad did whatever he wanted he's a real handful.

One of the best halves performances I've seen in 20's. He broke too many tackles which gave space to everyone else.