PRE-GAME [Round 2, 2023] Broncos vs Cowboys

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TimWhatley said:
I think Storm and Bunnies were better.
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theshed said:
he only needs to win the battle in defence. I don’t mind if he doesn’t do anything in attack.

I think Toni will have a big year. His defence was brutal against Penny
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Completely disagree, I've had enough of him being lazy and not putting in the hard work like our other backs. I want him up over 100m gained like the rest of our backs.
 
kman said:
Completely disagree, I've had enough of him being lazy and not putting in the hard work like our other backs. I want him up over 100m gained like the rest of our backs.
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Don’t care how many metres Kotoni makes so long as his defence is solid. While he could make more carries, conceding tries will cost us a game more than him not taking hit ups will
 
kman said:
Completely disagree, I've had enough of him being lazy and not putting in the hard work like our other backs. I want him up over 100m gained like the rest of our backs.
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Re-watch last week’s game, the amount of clean up work Toeni did in defense was amazing. We had almost no ball in that second half and every time we did, Oates or Cobbo dropped it. So you can’t use last week as a yardstick for attack, plus the ball rarely went right. Staggs was excellent last week, put in effort upon effort.
 
The coaching staff needs to tell Katoni that he needs to take at least 4-5 hit-ups per half he only needs to go looking for the ball more or just do what Justin Hodges did and scoot out of dummy half a few times. His defense was good last week.
 
He just needs to make his tackles (something he did really well against Penrith) and provide the odd moment in attack, if he does that every week then I really don't know what else can be asked of him.
 
Teams are pretty even on paper. I have advantage us. Big difference for the Broncos IMO is Reynolds. His kicking game can win it for us. Meanwhile, the Cowboys have Holmes. Staggs will need to be top of his game. Like last week.

Most of these could go either way.

Advantage Broncos

Reynolds over Townsend <- where the game is won
Walsh over Drinkwater
Oates over Feldt
Cobbo over Taulagi
Farnworth over Hiku
Haas over McLean
Capewell over Hess
Flegler over Taunoa Brown

Advantage Cowboys

Holmes over Staggs < - where the game is won
Cotter over Jensen
Robson over Walters
Nanai over Riki
Granville over Paix
Neame over Palasia

Too hard to call

Mam vs Dearden <- Ezra for skills, Tommy for composure
Carrigan vs Taumalolo <- good luck with this one
Tamou vs Taupau <- as above
 
theshed said:
Katoni will need to stand up this game. Holmes has bathed him every time they’ve met in the centres.
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Understatement. Holmes is one of the few players to make me feel actively jealous of another team's roster. Grant and Nanai are maybe the only other ones.
 
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