Round 7 - Dragons vs Broncos

[Big Pete]

Date: Friday, April 17 Venue: Jubilee Oval Kick-Off: 7:35pm Referee: Matt Ceccin Assistant Referee: Gavin Morris Touch Judges: Nick Beashall & Brett Suttor Video Referees: Bernard Sutton & Luke Phillips Channel 9: Live 7:30pm (Qld) Delayed 9:30pm (NSW) Fox Sports: Delayed 1am Live Radio: ABC (NSW + BRIS), Triple M (Sydney + Brisbane), 2GB + 4BC)

St George Illawarra Dragons	vs	Brisbane Broncos
Josh DUGAN	1/6	Anthony MILFORD
Eto NABULI	2/14	Corey OATES
Euan AITKEN	3	Jack REED
Dylan FARRELL	4	Justin HODGES
Peter MATA'UTIA	5	Daniel VIDOT
Gareth WIDDOP	6/2	Dale COPLEY
Benji MARSHALL	7	Ben HUNT
Leeson AH MAU	8	Josh McGUIRE
Mitch REIN	9	Andrew McCULLOUGH
Mike COOPER	24/10	Sam THAIDAY
Will MATTHEWS	11	Alex GLENN
Joel THOMPSON	12	Matt GILLETT
Trent MERRIN	13	Corey PARKER
Ben CREAGH	10/18	Adam BLAIR
Jack DE BELIN	15	Mitch GARBUTT
Jake MARKETO	16	Mitchell DODDS
Heath L'ESTRANGE	17	Kodi NIKORIMA
	Reserves
Paul MCGREGOR	Coaches	Wayne BENNETT

Head To Head
Brisbane 19, St George Illawarra 13

At Jubilee Oval
St George Illawarra 1, Brisbane 0

Past 5 Clashes
2014 - Brisbane defeated St George Illawarra 30-22 at Suncorp Stadium
2014 - Brisbane defeated St George Illawarra 36-20 at WIN Stadium
2013 - Brisbane defeated St George Illawarra 26-24 at Suncorp Stadium
2013 - Brisbane defeated St George Illawarra 22-6 at WIN Stadium
2012 - Brisbane defeated St George Illawarra 28-20 at Suncorp Stadium

Biggest Head To Head Wins
St George Illawarra defeated Brisbane 24-4 at Suncorp Stadium, 2005
Brisbane Broncos defeated St George Illawarra 44-14 at WIN Stadium, 2000

 

[Super Freak]

Let's hope we see this from Hunt again.

 

[Brett]

So does anyone have the final line up?

 

[Big Pete]

So does anyone have the final line up?

Not yet, they won't be released until around 6:30pm.

I have edited the post to reflect the reported late changes from the Courier Mail.

 

[Ari Gold]

I hear Hunt is in doubt?

 

[Big Pete]

Where?

Last I heard he failed to complete training but was expected to play.

 

[Ari Gold]

There was a tweet from League Unlimited earlier in the day that had something about him being in doubt.

 

[Big Pete]

They're just regurgitating yesterday's news report.

According to the latest report, Hunt and Hodges will play.

 

[Hug-Pug]

No Maranta?

 

[Huge]

No Maranta?

Been pretty widely reported. Old news

 

[Huge]

I was just looking over the team list and thought that if we get a dry surface and a reasonable bounce of the ball ,that our backline have a lot of go forward in them. Oates and Vidot tend to get us forward and Copley/Reed/ Hodges have some in them too. Then I looked at the forwards and liked what I saw there too.

I have two concerns though. Firstly, Hodges as a fullback is a terrible thing when in defence and hopefully he does'nt have much work to do there. Secondly, Hunt may not be a 100% and if whatever is troubling him flares we may be in trouble. The guys who left training early may be the ones most affected by the virus that has run through the team and others may just be starting to be affected. There are a few worrying things about tonight's game, not the least is the venue and opposition. I'm not quite as confident as I was two days ago.

 

[Super Freak]

Apparently it's been raining there today.

I'm not expecting a high scoring game.

 

[Super Freak]

Milford to fullback. Copley to 5/8.

Hunt is playing and Blair is back.

Late Mail - Dragons v Broncos - Broncos

 

[Porthoz]

Final Broncos team:

6. Anthony Milford
14. Corey Oates
3. Jack Reed
4. Justin Hodges ©
5. Daniel Vidot
2. Dale Copley
7. Ben Hunt
8. Josh McGuire
9. Andrew McCullough
10. Sam Thaiday
11. Alex Glenn
12. Matt Gillett
13. Corey Parker
Interchange:
15. Mitch Garbutt
16. Mitchell Dodds
17. Kodi Nikorima
18. Adam Blair

 

[GCBRONCO]

I'm assuming Copley is only there defensively, Hodges likely to be 5/8th or fullback(Milford to 5/8th, copley to centres) in attack?

 

[Super Freak]

I'm assuming Copley is only there defensively, Hodges likely to be 5/8th or fullback(Milford to 5/8th, copley to centres) in attack?

I reckon Milford to 5/8, Copley to right centre, Hodges to fullback.

 

[jarro65]

Well the Milf to fullback supporters have got their wish.

Will be interesting to watch the shuffled backline perform tonight.

 

[Alec]

Hodges will play fullback in attack obviously. Milford defends there?