PRE-GAME Round 19 - Broncos vs Tigers

[Big Pete]

Brisbane Broncos vs Wests Tigers
Suncorp Stadium, Sunday July 19 2015
Kick Off 4:00pm

1. Darius Boyd 2. Lachlan Maranta 3. Jack Reed 4. Justin Hodges 5. Jordan Kahu 6. Anthony Milford 7. Ben Hunt 8. Sam Thaiday 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Adam Blair 11. Alex Glenn 12. Matt Gillett 13. Corey Parker
Interchange: 14. Jarrod Wallace 15. Mitchell Dodds 16. Corey Oates 17. Matt Parcell 18. Daniel Vidot

1. James Tedesco 2. Kevin Naiqama 3. Nathan Milone 4. Tim Simona 5. Pat Richards 6. Mitchell Moses 7. Luke Brooks 8. Aaron Woods 9. Dene Halatau 10. Sauaso Sue 11. Kyle Lovett 12. Chris Lawrence 13. Martin Taupau
Interchange: 14. Manaia Cherrington 15. Ava Seumanufagai 16. Keith Galloway 17. Brenden Santi 18. Jack Buchanan

 

[Alec]

Good chance to rest some players.

 

[Big Pete]

Love a Sunday afternoon at the footy.

Sadly Suncorp Stadium rarely plays host but I love the family atmosphere and the flexibility the time-slot allows you.

I'm feeling pretty confident about this one. Almost prepared to the count the Broncos chickens before they hatch. The only thing that prevents me from doing so is the class of James Tedesco and his support crew in Aaron Woods, Martin Taupau and Luke Brooks. If they're 'on' they'll trouble any side.

Interesting to look back at the last Suncorp Sunday fixture between both teams. On that occasion, Brisbane succumbed to a disappointing 20-6 defeat. The game is perhaps best remembered for the debut of 17 year old schoolboy Chris Lawrence scoring a great try on debut where he burned Shaun Berrigan for pace down the touchline.

Hopefully history doesn't repeat itself.

 

[redbur95]

The Broncos are currently on a 6-game winning streak and don't play a side in the top 8 for three weeks (Bulldogs @ Suncorp). Before then, we have two straight home games against the Tigers and Titans before we face Manly in Gosford.

I don't want to sound pessimistic, but I don't see us winning 9 games in a row. I'm not sure Bennett wants to win too many games before the finals. I think he would like to lose as many games as possible while still winning the Minor Premiership, if that makes sense.

As the cliche goes, you learn a lot more from a loss than a win, and a couple of losses before the finals would realistically serve this team better than a huge winning streak.

 

[abashii]

I'm so looking forward to this game, it's the only one I can attend all year. We'd bloody well better win.

 

[Splinter]

Rest Parker or Thaiday but not both

 

[ivanhungryjak]

Parker was saying today that they have days off until the captains run on Saturday so you wouldn't think they'd be rested after that.

 

[Super Freak]

Hopefully Thaiday isn't rested.

I want to see Thaiday vs Kapow.

 

[I bleed Maroon]

Pfff, oh please.

Broncos by as many as they care to score.

 

[vertigo]

Give anyone who thinks they need it a rest, or play them off the bench for a short stint.

 

[Unbreakable]

Yeah if we rest all origin players from training during the week that should be enough, we need to win as many games as possible in this easy period coming up, the difference between finishing first/second and third/fourth could be at stake, we need top 2.

 

[1910]

Kahu a cork.

 

[I bleed Maroon]

Kahu a cork.

Expecting Copley to return and Oates stays on the bench. Copley really hasn't had a productive 2015 and I'm starting to wonder if he is out of favor with Bennett if he isn't selected.

 

[Unbreakable]

Expecting Copley to return and Oates stays on the bench. Copley really hasn't had a productive 2015 and I'm starting to wonder if he is out of favor with Bennett if he isn't selected.

We resting Hodges again?

 

[I bleed Maroon]

We resting Hodges again?

Copley can play wing?

 

[Unbreakable]

Copley can play wing?

We dropping Vidot or Maranta? o_o

 

[I bleed Maroon]

We dropping Vidot or Maranta? o_o

Bennett has shown a tendency to move Vidot in and out of the team. I can't see Maranta being dropped ever again at this point.

 

[1910]

Expecting Copley to return and Oates stays on the bench. Copley really hasn't had a productive 2015 and I'm starting to wonder if he is out of favor with Bennett if he isn't selected.

Copley played last night; I'm assuming at 50-6 he might not have done too much. Nikorima had his second game back too.