NEWS Renouf: How Roberts can break my Broncos try-scoring record

[Lockysillegitimatechild]

Why does he look more a right side player? His highlight package from the raiders is probably more left than right and mostly from fullback. He steps better off his right and passes better to his left.

I'm not sure what highlights package you watched but the longer version definetly showed more right sided plays with him playing a 5/8th-like role from fullback

 

[Dexter]

I'm not sure what highlights package you watched but the longer version definetly showed more right sided plays with him playing a 5/8th-like role from fullback

 

[Kyall]

Milford doesn’t need to change sides he just needs to roam more and link up with Niko more like JT does.

 

[Dexter]

Stepping better off his right is better on the right side, like Hodges and Hunt. On the left, he'll step right over the sideline. I actually do seem to recall that even at the Broncs, he got most of his breaks angling his runs more towards the right.
Agree about the passing though, most right handers prefer throwing to their left. Then again, passing isn't his strongest game anyway.

Playing at 6 he would hopefully be trying to make space for his outside players not stepping back towards the ruck Especially if JTJ was on the left side with him the D would be shitting

 

[BroncsFan]

Why does he look more a right side player? His highlight package from the raiders is probably more left than right and mostly from fullback. He steps better off his right and passes better to his left.

He actually floats across the line from left to right leading to short balls (prev Jarrod Wallace and Korbin, Ofa and Glenn in that video below) and line breaks by getting outside the man (line break against sharks).

He doesn't seem to do that from right to left and when kicking balls to the in goal quite often has to kick off the outside of his boot because he's drifting left. I don't think he has all that much of a long passing game to suggest that he does favour right to left passing and I'm pretty sure he steps off both feet. Although a right foot step is more suited to the right side as it allows you to get inside your man if they're rushing.

I actually want him playing both sides and stretching the defence by moving across the line with ball in hand rather than sitting in a confined channel and having to find the right pass or beat a rushing defence.

I think his best position would be centrally as the first receiver as it gives him the entire field to work and plenty of room to drift across the line.

The highlights video below shows several examples of milf on the right and he wasn't even a right side player.

 

[Lockysillegitimatechild]

Lol same one I watched. 15-13 right side vs left with a few line breaks or tries in the middle. And he was definetly playing a running 5/8th role in most of them-running to the line with ball in hand creating the space himself rather then running off the hip of his 5/8th-half creating the space for him

 

[Wolfie]

The whole point of moving Roberts to the left is to get him linking up with Milford.

I don't see why Bird probably going to lock in 2019 would impact that decision.

Isn't it more though that our other current centers wont be as big a threat as Bird? I do agree though, wont have an impact on Milf and Jimmy playing same side

 

[roo-ted]

I haven't seen this one, thanks for uploading it. What an absolute weapon he was at fullback, reminds me of that red hot game he played a few years ago when the jerseys were purple against the Eels, no one could lay a hand on him.

 

[WASSHHH]

What the 2 videos confirm is either one of the following, or a combination of both:

- he isn’t as fit / electric off the mark as he used to be at the Raiders / early at the Broncos, and / or;
- teams are defending him better.

I tend to think it’s a bit of both.

 

[Marty Deutschmann]

It's easy to make those sorts of breaks when you're not doing as much D from fullback or coming in off the bench though..

 

[roo-ted]

It's easy to make those sorts of breaks when you're not doing as much D from fullback or coming in off the bench though..

Be good if Boyd made it look that easy. I don't think it would be easy to split a team of professional nrl players like that, even if your coming off the bench or playing full back, that's pure skill

 

[Broncapz]

Since Anthony Milford.....wait

wot?

As exciting as Milford is, Roberts still is still the long range try master.

 

[Super Freak]

As exciting as Milford is, Roberts still is still the long range try master.

Which he actually rarely does by himself and really Roberts hasn't really created something from nothing as much as he should be so I'm not sure how he is more of a something from nothing player than Milford who has done it on more occasions than what Roberts has.

 

[BroncsFan]

Which he actually rarely does by himself and really Roberts hasn't really created something from nothing as much as he should be so I'm not sure how he is more of a something from nothing player than Milford who has done it on more occasions than what Roberts has.

Serious Roberts in any sort of space has carved at will... just because he's not doing it from dummy half doesn't mean he needs help.

Roberts was enormous last year... below videos has plenty of highlights of him making something from nothing

 

[roo-ted]

Which he actually rarely does by himself and really Roberts hasn't really created something from nothing as much as he should be so I'm not sure how he is more of a something from nothing player than Milford who has done it on more occasions than what Roberts has.

I don't think we were watching the same games last year

 

[Cult]

Rugby league highlight videos always have the absolute worst music..

 

[Super Freak]

I don't think we were watching the same games last year

You're probably right.

Because Roberts didn't do it as much as people think.

 

[Broncapz]

Only created more long range tries than any other Bronco. But nah didn't do much.

Only scored the most tries of any broncos. But nah didn't do much.

Considering how little he touches the ball compared to the other side of the field, I'd say thats pretty damn impressive.