POST GAME [Round 2, 2025] Broncos vs Raiders

[Battler]

Certain players had off games (Walsh), but at the end of the day we came up against a side peaking in the first month of the season who were fired up at their home ground. The wahs were embarrassed by them in Vegas and then comprehensively beat manly who many had as premiership contenders. People aren’t ringing alarm bells on Riff’s season after they got dominated (the game was only close from a points perspective because of ref game management at the end to set up a grand stand finish) by a reserve grade rorters.

Canberra played like this in the first month of last year and burnt out quickly.

Edit: the intentional six agains have been a joke this round. Both manly and Canberra were just blatantly infringing while defending their lines.

 

[broncos4life]

Too much nice guys going on, Canberra won from the mentality they started with and built from that, We have better forwards I think for a round by round basis, but they targeted this game like it was a GF and we got folded.

I agree with you but if Canberra want to play their GF in round 2 that’s fine. Happy to play like fuckheads in round 2 against a team that couldn’t play better and still only lose by 10. Congrats Raiders.

 

[Big Del]

Staggs will get the choice but a left side Mariner is better than a left side Shiba any day.

Shiba makes a lot more metres coming out of te red zone than either Mariner or Staggs .
He`s a big boy . I was taking note of his game last night .

Now to the Ezra haters . Yes BHunt can throw a nice pass . But how many tries is he gonna let in ? I dunno that he is an upgrade after all .

 

[Big Del]

but based on conments we werent far off.

Nah !
Out enthused .
Raiders ran harder , tackled harder . Wanted it more . Broncos were flattered by the score line .

Hunt and Gosiewski are gonna be targeted hard from here out . Both missed tackles that led directly to tries . Basically run right over the top of them .

 

[Big Del]

rhe 2 biggest examples were the right to left kick on our try line where he just walked and ball watched - the ball hits the deck and he then starts to run but had he at least been jogging toward where the ball was going he would’ve easily been able to get there before Papali.

Bring back Tesi !! LOL .

Isn`t that what people were heaping shit on Tesi about ? Not commiting his body to the contest ?

The time when Kris ran past him was under 10s stuff . Embarassing . This is the guy who was talking about being the games best player in the media a cpl of weeks ago .
Highly over rated ATM .

 

[Big Del]

The exit sets need an overhaul. Mariner might be able to make something of himself, if he retires that 3m slow play the ball run he's in love with. I don't get the logic, he positions himself like a decoy, gets the ball flat footed and proceeds to get smashed like a pinata.

And if I`m Selwyn I `m giving Mariner a spray for that pass high and wide from dummy half when he was like 2 metres out from the Broncos try line . That led to Cobbo getting steam rolled by 5 Raiders and losing the ball .
Basic fundamentals ....

 

[johnyE]

I always enjoy reading the salient points you all make, and on a night where we didn't mentally turn up, a few noticeable positive things I'm liking out of this game, is I feel we did not totally capitulate and played to the 80. Hallelujah, Payne Hass is finally starting to offload, but our forward pack needs to push up on him more on the edges and give the 1/2 's a chance for more 2nd phase play. I just though Hass had to go looking for support a bit last night, when it should have been a freight train behind him, ready to hot potato it. Deine Mariner is looking a much-improved runner and probably now earnt his 3/4 spot. Keep Selwyn on the wing. Put Jesse under more high ball at training! If they can really finesse this back line with Stags and Ezra , our running game looks really exciting, providing Reece Walsh can learn to chime in and draw and pass properly! I have no doubt this roster is very capable, and this may be the timely loss we needed to win going forward. Yes the Green Machine was very good last night but we can be 100% better. Flog em at training Madge , when some more combinations start working consistently, we'll be the outfit to beat. Let's Go Broncos.

 

[Big Del]

The defence was completely off from the start.

The catch and wrap garbage was back and we went away from those gang tackles to pick them up and drag them backwards, which has been evident since the trials.

Off loads stopped the gang tackles .

 

[Big Del]

Who is more overrated? Walsh or Ponga?

Why do you need to even ask ?
One guy carries his team week to week . The other , the team carries him .

 

[theshed]

Bring back Tesi !! LOL .

Isn`t that what people were heaping shit on Tesi about ? Not commiting his body to the contest ?

The time when Kris ran past him was under 10s stuff . Embarassing . This is the guy who was talking about being the games best player in the media a cpl of weeks ago .
Highly over rated ATM .

Yeah Tesi was atrocious at it too. As was Isaako.

Maybe we need to change the locks on old Darius “Just a Game” Boyd - seems to be infectious