POST GAME Round 26 - Cowboys vs Broncos

[Big Pete]

Also I can't stress enough how important Kodi Nikorima's performance was in the grand scheme of things.

I didn't think he was traveling along as poorly as it's been made out by the media, but it was important he stepped up. In the first half he seemed to call for the ball far more often and he was able to bring Gillett, Roberts and Kahu into the game.

He had a tough assignment at fullback, but I thought he held his own and didn't make any critical errors.

 

[broncos4life]

I will be cheering so hard for Manly and the Dragons.

 

[winslow_wong]

They would have to win by the biggest margin in the history of sport all over the world.

132 points.

Not if titans do a number on the roosters

 

[Mitchell_Broncos]

Happy we got the win and played like that :superhappythumbsup:. Our Defense was on peak just a cpl tries we conceded wasn't good, but funny at the end how they kept trying to score and we were holding them back until feldt scored. Hope Boyd plays next week and TPJ.

 

[Accept]

That was undeniably rigged. I have never seen a ref cheat so blatantly.

Well, if it was rigged, then they really fucked up.

 

[BroncsFan]

One thing that was apparent tonight is the broncos kicking game long and short is our biggest weakness. Seeing the difference Benji made with his long kicking game and the pressure and opportunities that brings Im tempted to bring him in over Kodi even though Kodi is playing well. Without a decent long and short kicking game we are always working twice as hard. Kicking to me is almost the most important asset we need in a half. Its a shame we have no one in 2018 that has any idea how to kick. And for this reason alone I think we will always struggle. Besides this as (nearly) always great defense.

You mean Benji's brilliant kicking game like his attempted torp bomb that went 15m after we'd just sustained a million repeat sets. Compared to kodi's kicking which was pinning the cows inside their own 10

 

[Alec]

The rigging was rigged against them.

 

[winslow_wong]

I pray that if Boyd isn't 100% the he doesn't play. Last thing we need is an already slow fullback to be hobbling around at the back.

So milf was pretty much invisible in attack for the second half. My question is did he take a back seat to benji or did the game just play out this way? I'm concerned if he went into his shell for benji.

 

[Broncapz]

What if you have Benji / Kodi alternate between half and full back. Bring Benji as halfback for last tackle kicking options etc, but Benji would generally play full back on D and early in tackle sets.

Just don't want to mess with a halfs combo this late into the season too much, and might even be able to improve it a little.

 

[Danoz Direct]

I pray that if Boyd isn't 100% the he doesn't play. Last thing we need is an already slow fullback to be hobbling around at the back.

So milf was pretty much invisible in attack for the second half. My question is did he take a back seat to benji or did the game just play out this way? I'm concerned if he went into his shell for benji.

Barely got to attack in the second half.

 

[Super Freak]

What if you have Benji / Kodi alternate between half and full back. Bring Benji as halfback for last tackle kicking options etc, but Benji would generally play full back on D and early in tackle sets.

Just don't want to mess with a halfs combo this late into the season too much, and might even be able to improve it a little.

Just seems like too much disruption and I could see it fucking with our cohesion.

 

[Danoz Direct]

Just let Milford be the dominant player in attack, no matter who is at halfback.

 

[broncsgoat]

lol why

Was just a joke to emphasise how poor the Titans are, and how unlikely the roosters are to lose.

Not much of a joke if I have to explain it ha

 

[Super Freak]

The Brisbane Broncos have defeated the North Queensland Cowboys 20-10 at 1300SMILES Stadium, with Anthony Milford and Kodi Nikorima carving up the Cowboys' left edge in the first half.

But the Broncos have been handed a host of injury concerns heading into the finals, with Darius Boyd and Tevita Pangai Junior both failing to complete the match due to hamstring injuries.

It was the Broncos who took first advantage of the fast-paced flow of the game after North Queensland hooker Jake Granville knocked on at dummy-half. Milford weaved his magic on fifth tackle, dodging an attempted tackle before putting in a tiny grubber which he recollected, before offloading to James Roberts who sent a brilliant flick pass to Matt Gillett out wide to score out wide.

The Cowboys were punished for another poor attacking set, with the Broncos rolling up the field before Kodi Nikorima decided to go left to test out Javid Bowen and Te Maire Martin. He found success before kicking back inside to Roberts who dived over under the posts.

The scenario on the Cowboys' left edge began to look dire, with a Nikorima bomb finding Jordan Kahu in the air, and the winger stretched out through the tackle to plant the ball down and extend the Broncos' lead to 14-0.

The home side began to mount some pressure with consecutive sets, and visitors cracked when Jason Taumalolo got a full head of steam up and man-handled Tautau Moga, before Morgan delivered a Johnathan Thurston-like pass to send Gavin Cooper crashing over to score.

A penalty against Antonio Winterstein for running a kick-chaser off his line gave the Broncos another opportunity to attack only minutes before half-time. They took a repeat set, Milford's grubber cleaned up by Kyle Feldt.

There was a major blow for the Broncos in the dying seconds of the half when Boyd went down clutching him hamstring, and he didn't return after the half-time break.

The Cowboys heaped on the pressure early in the second half, forcing multiple goal-line dropouts, but Brisbane's defence held firm and they were first to strike after the break.

After forcing repeat sets of their own, with Ben Hunt trapping North Queensland in goal twice, the Broncos wore the Cowboys' defence down and broke through when Adam Blair took a short ball to crash over next to the posts and extend Brisbane's lead.

Despite taking three consecutive sets the Cowboys still failed to cross the line, eventually relieving the pressure when Morgan's pass to Cooper was once again put down.

The Cowboys eventually crossed the line, but not until the 80th minute, and it was a Morgan cut-out pass to Feldt which eventually broke the Broncos' defence, although it was too-little too-late.

Broncos 20 (Matt Gillett, James Roberts, Jordan Kahu, Adam Blair tries, Jordan Kahu 3 goals) def. Cowboys 10 (Gavin Cooper, Kyle Feldt tries; Ethan Lowe 1 goal) at 1300 Smiles Stadium. Half-time: 14-6. Crowd 23,321.

http://www.nrl.com/broncos-bounce-back-to-beat-cowboys/tabid/10874/newsid/111628/default.aspx

 

[Accept]

I pray that if Boyd isn't 100% the he doesn't play. Last thing we need is an already slow fullback to be hobbling around at the back.

So milf was pretty much invisible in attack for the second half. My question is did he take a back seat to benji or did the game just play out this way? I'm concerned if he went into his shell for benji.

The Cowboys had 60% possession and 68% territory in the second half and the Broncos got caned in the penalty count.. It's hard to attack when you don't have the ball.

 

[BroncsFan]

What if you have Benji / Kodi alternate between half and full back. Bring Benji as halfback for last tackle kicking options etc, but Benji would generally play full back on D and early in tackle sets.

Just don't want to mess with a halfs combo this late into the season too much, and might even be able to improve it a little.

Knik has played plenty of fb compared to Benji and is quite good executing the sweep play whereas Benji will help with our kicking and is probably better defensively... I'm thinking it has to be Benji 7 Knik 1, but milf has to be the dominant half with Benji providing polish and a little bit of composure when needed

 

[broncsgoat]

The Cowboys had 60% possession and 68% territory in the second half and the Broncos got caned in the penalty count.. It's hard to attack when you don't have the ball.

I noticed a few times when we did have he was calling for the ball he didn't get it. Was a bit weird

 

[Scorchie]

Not enough to beat the Storm but was decent for tonight