PRE-GAME Round 19 - Broncos vs Panthers

[Foordy]

NRL - Round 19
Friday, 20th of July, 2018
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1. Darius Boyd 2. Corey Oates 3. James Roberts 4. Jordan Kahu 5. Jamayne Isaako 6. Anthony Milford 7. Kodi Nikorima 8. Matthew Lodge 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Sam Thaiday 11. Alex Glenn 12. Tevita Pangai Junior 13. Josh Mcguire 14. Kotoni Staggs 15. Joe Ofahengaue 16. Korbin Sims 17. Patrick Mago 18. Gehamat Shibasaki 19. David Fifita 20. Sam Tagataese 21. Troy Dargan	1. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 2. Josh Mansour 3. Waqa Blake 4. Dean Whare 5. Christian Crichton 6. James Maloney 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Trent Merrin 9. Sione Katoa 10. James Tamou 11. Viliame Kikau 12. Isaah Yeo 13. James Fisher-Harris 14. Tyrone Peachey 15. Corey Harawira-Naera 16. Jack Hetherington 17. Moses Leota 18. Jarome Luai 19. Tyrone May 20. Kaide Ellis 21. Wayde Egan
Coach: Wayne Bennett	Coach: Anthony Griffin
Officials: Ashley Klein, Chris Sutton Sideline Officials: Michael Wise, Nick Beashel Video Review Officials: Jared Maxwell, Ben Galea	Venue: Suncorp Stadium Kickoff: 7:55 pm Broadcast: Chanel 9; Foxleague

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[I bleed Maroon]

Pack it up, we're done. Griffin's record over Bennett is the nail in the coffin of our season. How about that.

 

[bb_gun]

Pack it up, we're done. Griffin's record over Bennett is the nail in the coffin of our season. How about that.

Oh boy!

 

[holdzy]

If TPJ and Roberts are back, we won't lose by quite so much. Will Maloney miss this one?

 

[Battler]

Time to start Offa at prop instead of Thaiday and TPJ instead of Glenn. Give Thaiday 10 mins either side of half time: Offa and Lodge can and should play 55-60 mins.

 

[PerthBrissy987]

Apparently Joffa was limping from the field at ft

 

[The True King]

The thought of Kikau and Yeo running at our edges scares the **** out of me.

Our only chance is if Maloney isn't fit, if he's playing we're going to get a lesson in what a dominant half looks like.

 

[ningnangnong]

Pack it up, we're done. Griffin's record over Bennett is the nail in the coffin of our season. How about that.

Righto mate, well guess we'll see ya next season.

 

[broncos4life]

Pack it up, we're done. Griffin's record over Bennett is the nail in the coffin of our season. How about that.

See you next year champ, already the rest of the season is looking up.

 

[winslow_wong]

When does bennetts mid season pre season end?

 

[I bleed Maroon]

Yeah @broncos4life is totally not butthurt because he was completely and utterly wrong about McC.

 

[Donald Garner]

The way our season has gone so far we win this game. Everytime we play well and things start to look up we put in a performance like today and everytime we have put in a performance like today we have found a way to win the next game.

Sad thing is we have lacked any consistency this year and ultimately because of this I’m of the opionion we are just making up the numbers this season.

 

[Renegade]

We'll win this and the Rollercoaster will continue.

 

[winslow_wong]

Hopefully griffin gets complacent and gives the panthers an easy training week.

 

[Morkel]

Broncos by 22.

 

[Number6]

Need to get a rocket but need to rest Oates and limit McGuire for a week since so short on forwards. We have 3 games in 12days so have to manage squad.

1. Boyd (can’t bother arguing this one at this point)
2. Isaako
3. Roberts (only if fully fit)
4. Staggs (if allowed if not might be stuck with Kahu)
5. Kahu (Pearson if not Oates looks like needs a week off)
6. Milf
7. KNik (another why bother)
8. Lodge (if enough troops might need a rest week after)
9. Macca (first 30 then rested or if short lock for another 20)
10. Thaiday (is protected species too)
11. Glenn
12. TPJ
13. Offa (needs to lead the pack this week assuming fit after limp)
14. Turpin
15. McGuire (lower minutes as looks tired).
16. Sua (another kid who needs less minutes to take pressure off for a week or two)
17. Staggs/Sims
18.Fifita

If had more troops and finals situation less of a worry then McGuire, Macca, Sua and Lodge all look like they could use a week off to freshen for push to finals but have to make do. Fifita looks like needs to go back to QCup for a month after his initial taste not cause he was poor but looks like needs some time to take it back to lower level to show what he’s learnt.

 

[Scorchie]

Broncos by 14

 

[Alec]

They'll probably keep picking Staggs, since he can't start and is a big talent, but I really want to see Turpin get more time instead. Someone elsewhere mentioned how he was Cam Smith's understudy for some time too, and he's only 21 himself. We've always looked better when we had a dummy half playing off the bench too.