PRE-GAME Round 26 - Broncos vs Roosters

[Unbreakable]

NRL - Round 26
Thursday, 1st of September, 2016
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[TD="align: left"]1. Darius Boyd
2. Corey Oates
3. Tom Opacic
4. James Roberts
5. Jordan Kahu
6. Anthony Milford
7. Ben Hunt
8. Josh McGuire
9. Andrew McCullough
10. Adam Blair
11. Sam Thaiday
12. Matt Gillett
13. Corey Parker

14. Jarrod Wallace
15. Tevita Pangai Jr
16. Jai Arrow
17. Alex Glenn[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]1. Blake Ferguson
2. Daniel Tupou
3. Dale Copley
4. Shaun Kenny-Dowall
5. Latrell Mitchell
6. Connor Watson
7. Mitchell Pearce
8. Jared Warea-Hargreaves
9. Jake Friend
10. Dylan Napa
11. Ryan Matterson
12. Aidan Guerra
13. Issac Liu

14. Sam Moa
15. Kane Evans
16. Mitchell Frei
17. Nat Butcher[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Coach: Wayne Bennett[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Coach: Trent Robinson[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Referees: Ben Cummins, Grant Atkins
Sideline Officials: Russell Turner, Belinda Sleeman
Video Referees: Bernard Sutton, Steve Chiddy, Luke Patten[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Venue: Suncorp Stadium
Kick-Off: 7:50pm
Broadcast: Channel 9 & Fox Sports 1[/TD]
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[_wwong]

Let's pluck these chickens!

 

[Fozz]

Dear roosters, get fucked.

I hope they win this weekend and they come into this game full of confidence only to get smashed.

Only team I hate more is Manly.

 

[ivanhungryjak]

Hopefully, the Roosters will be too focussed on their Mad Friday to care about this game.

 

[Unbreakable]

Everyone seems to have forgotten about him, so I'll bring it up..

Nikorima suffered a 4-6 week injury.. more than 8 weeks ago. I think Wayne knows he's gone next season and doesn't want to disrupt this groove we've got happening with McCullough playing 80. I don't think we'll see him again in Broncos colours.

 

[_wwong]

Everyone seems to have forgotten about him, so I'll bring it up..

Nikorima suffered a 4-6 week injury.. more than 8 weeks ago. I think Wayne knows he's gone next season and doesn't want to disrupt this groove we've got happening with McCullough playing 80. I don't think we'll see him again in Broncos colours.

Agreed. We have a good balance now between the run on side and the guys on the bench. Nikorima is without a doubt very talented but he's just too small...

 

[Super Freak]

Another revenge match, but another danger game.

If we play like we did against Storm, we win.

But the problem is, Roosters love playing at Suncorp.

It doesn't matter what form they are in, they have a knack for turning up to play. That Preliminary Final was a rare victory at Suncorp against the Roosters.

We'll need to be just as ruthless in defence to stop their forwards from getting a roll on. They love taking it to the line and offloading, wrapping up the ball is key.

 

[Super Freak]

It's likely we'll be missing Opacic.

Shoulder charge on Vinuvalu.

Arm tucked in, no separation, came in with the shoulder and took a player out without the ball.

 

[LittleDavey]

We will beat them and beat them well. Broncos 13+, get on it! With a top 4 spot potentially up for grabs, and coming off the high of this week, there's no way we won't be up for this. We're peaking at just the right time. Giddy up!!

 

[Battler]

It's likely we'll be missing Opacic.

Shoulder charge on Vinuvalu.

Arm tucked in, no separation, came in with the shoulder and took a player out without the ball.

Kahu to centre Pearson to wing imo

 

[Stix]

We will beat them and beat them well. Broncos 13+, get on it! With a top 4 spot potentially up for grabs, and coming off the high of this week, there's no way we won't be up for this. We're peaking at just the right time. Giddy up!!

I hope we're not peaking too early, we need to be peaking 2 weeks from now and I just hope we have the improvement in us? With the body language the players are displaying and WB's menacing smirk it's hard not to think that they are gearing up for a full scale ambush on this finals series

 

[LittleDavey]

I hope we're not peaking too early, we need to be peaking 2 weeks from now and I just hope we have the improvement in us? With the body language the players are displaying and WB's menacing smirk it's hard not to think that they are gearing up for a full scale ambush on this finals series

Nah we're right. We still have improvement in us for sure - although if we play like lastnight, there's no-one we can't beat either. It's only a bit over a month to the GF now - we can sustain this until then. A week off with a top 4 finish and a win would be a massive help too though, but I firmly believe we can win it from wherever we finish. Reserving opinion on whether we WILL, but we certainly CAN.

I think you have to be hiding for an ambush....we've played our hand too early now haha...no doubt everyone is on notice though. We're definitely on the upswing and will be hard to beat if we keep it up.

 

[Stix]

So we got payback on the Bulldogs and the Storm now a comprehensive flogging of the Roosters and everything will be right in the universe... And we still owe the fucking Panthers!!

 

[Rhino1001]

every bad kick that hunt makes, is made up by the kick chase, as they say the kick is only as good as the chase

 

[vertigo]

FTS Boyd off a Kenny-Dowall intercept.

 

[broncos4life]

every bad kick that hunt makes, is made up by the kick chase, as they say the kick is only as good as the chase

Lol wut? So even when Hunt does well rather than give him some credit people just find another way to kick him in the guts.

Unbelievable.

 

[_wwong]

To me hunt looked like he was back to his scheming best

 

[KnToad]

I hope Opacic is not out - the kids a gun!