PRE-GAME Round 6 - Broncos vs Dragons

[Big Pete]

NRL - Round 6
Thursday, 7th of April 2016

1. Darius Boyd 2. Corey Oates 3. Jack Reed 4. James Roberts 5. Jordan Kahu 6. Anthony Milford 7. Ben Hunt 8. Josh McGuire 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Adam Blair 11. Alex Glenn 12. Matt Gillett 13. Corey Parker 14. Jarrod Wallace 15. Sam Thaiday 16. Joe Ofahengaue 17. Kodi Nikorima	1. Josh Dugan 2. Peter Mata'utia 3. Euan Aitken 4. Tim Lafai 5. Jason Nightingale 6. Gareth Widdop 7. Benji Marshall 8. Leeson Ah Mau 9. Mitch Rein 10. Russell Packer 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Joel Thompson 13. Jack de Belin 14. Mike Cooper 15. Will Matthews 16. Siliva Havili 17. Jake Marketo
Coach: Wayne Bennett	Coach: Paul McGregor
Referees: Gerard Sutton, Dave Munro Sideline Officials: Brett Suttor, Belinda Sleeman Video Referees: Ben Galea, Jason Robinson, Bernard Sutton	Location: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, QLD Kick-Off: 7:50pm Broadcast: FoxSports 1 & Channel 9

 

[Marty Deutschmann]

For once it would be nice to have a bit more than 4 or 5 days to turn around another game

 

[tommy]

For once it would be nice to have a bit more than 4 or 5 days to turn around another game

Is that a joke? I'm pretty sure we have it better than all the other teams when it comes to turn-arounds. All those 7 day turn-arounds for all the friday night games we get.

 

[Marty Deutschmann]

Is that a joke? I'm pretty sure we have it better than all the other teams when it comes to turn-arounds. All those 7 day turn-arounds for all the friday night games we get.

Well since we've been playing Thursdays after a Friday game it sucks. A Saturday after a Thursday would be nice

 

[Alec]

We SHOULD win this, but we've been looking a bit tired in 2nd halves and taking our foot off the gas, so who knows.

 

[Hammerman47]

If everyone is fit and Wayne rests the boys for a couple of days this could be the game we can put a big score on. Hunt, Milf, Roberts, Oates, Boyd playing at 100% and the forward playing as well as they are would be awesome to watch. Keep Macca on for as long as possible with Niko tearing them up at the back of each half.... whoa... :)

 

[rnabokov]

As BP posted in the Titans post game thread:

"I actually think the Broncos look their best when McCullough is leading the boys through the middle, supporting his forwards for offloads before going out-wide. When they went away from that formula and just tried to give it to Hunt or Milford off the ruck, the play looked disjointed. I really think it's up to players like McCullough, Parker, McGuire and Blair to spark something and for the halves to play off of it."

Do that consistently for 80 mins, defend up to our standards (like those we set last year in particular), more offloading and forwards passing the ball .... then I can't see why Roberts and Oates won't score a hat trick of tries and we win by 20 which is how it should be for mine with a team this good.

 

[I bleed Maroon]

The Dragons were bog average against the Cows. We should put them to the sword.

 

[Super Freak]

The Dragons were bog average against the Cows. We should put them to the sword.

Yeah, considering Bennett's record against his former clubs, I wouldn't be so sure.

 

[Broncoman]

If Dugan doesn't make an impact or isn't used by his halves the Dragons have nothing in attack, they are the lowest team in terms of points scored and there's a reason for it. We should win this game but the Dragons always seem to lift against us so it might be tougher than what we are expecting.

 

[jarro65]

If Dugan doesn't make an impact or isn't used by his halves the Dragons have nothing in attack, they are the lowest team in terms of points scored and there's a reason for it. We should win this game but the Dragons always seem to lift against us so it might be tougher than what we are expecting.

Agree.

They always seem to find a way to lift against us...although if we defend them out of the game, and pin them in their own end with a better kicking game, then there is no reason why we shouldn't win comfortably.

 

[rnabokov]

Agree.

They always seem to find a way to lift against us...although if we defend them out of the game, and pin them in their own end with a better kicking game, then there is no reason why we shouldn't win comfortably.

Hmmm, I keep reading that almost every team "lifts against us" and I wonder if that's really the case? Why does every team seem to lift just against us? If we were in the middle of the pack or say close to the bottom of the ladder, would teams still lift against us? I wonder if we have a siege mentality: Brisbane vs the World? Maybe that's accurate. It certainly seems to be with a number of commentators but we don't play them out on the park. Oh well. Just a thought.

All I know is that against a side as good as the Broncos, every team has to lift to have a chance, and we need to prepare for that as an integral part of being a top 4 side and a genuine premiership contender. It's no different for the Cowboys, or Bulldogs or any side playing really well.

If we play to our strengths which are enormous, there is no reason we can't do to the Dragons what the Cowboys did. Anything less than a solid win is for mine a reason for concern (especially since we beat the Cowboys).

 

[Mister Wright]

Is that a joke? I'm pretty sure we have it better than all the other teams when it comes to turn-arounds. All those 7 day turn-arounds for all the friday night games we get.

NRL 360 touched on 5 day turnarounds this week and actually found it a myth that the Broncos don't get any. This season only the Titans & Warriors have no 5 day turn arounds. The Broncos get 2, which is equal 5th in the competition with Manly getting the most with 4. They also showed a stat that in the last four years we have actually been a club who is in the top 20% in the competition with most 5 day turnarounds.

 

[tommy]

NRL 360 touched on 5 day turnarounds this week and actually found it a myth that the Broncos don't get any. This season only the Titans & Warriors have no 5 day turn arounds. The Broncos get 2, which is equal 5th in the competition with Manly getting the most with 4. They also showed a stat that in the last four years we have actually been a club who is in the top 20% in the competition with most 5 day turnarounds.

Did they talk about other turn arounds though? We probably have alot of 7 day turn arounds whereas other clubs only get alot of 6 day turn arounds. Aren't they talking about scrapping 5 day turn arounds next year anyway?

 

[vertigo]

We've won the last eight home games against the Dragons.

They'll do well to add to their tally of six tries for the season while we'll probably rack up that many in this game alone.

 

[Browny]

Key issues imo

Kicking game, Hunts in particular
Brain farts when in front
Defence fade out with Kodi and Co on. Hopefully WB has worked it out or is a toughening up plan.

 

[Dexter]

My only fear against sides like the Dragons is playing them coming off a thrashing. Average sides can often lift after an embarrassment like that and a week of ppl telling they are shit.

 

[Unbreakable]

Yeah this is a danger game imo, Dragons will be looking to prove they can score points against a good defensive side, we'll need to be on our A game, if we have another Panthers performance we'll get dusted.