PRE-GAME Round 9 - Broncos vs Bulldogs

[Foordy]

NRL - Round 9
Thursday, 3rd of May, 2018
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1. Darius Boyd (c) 2. Corey Oates 3. James Roberts 4. Tom Opacic 5. Jamayne Isaako 6. Anthony Milford 7. Jack Bird 8. Matthew Lodge 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Sam Thaiday 11. Alex Glenn 12. Jaydn Su'A 13. Tevita Pangai jnr 14. Payne Haas 15. Joe Ofahengaue 16. Kodi Nikorima 17. Korbin Sims 19. Todd Murphy 20. Sam Tagataese	1. Moses Mbye 2. Brett Morris 3. Josh Morris 4. Will Hopoate 5. Marcelo Montoya 6. Jeremy Marshall-King 7. Kieran Foran 8. Aaron Woods 23. Matthew Frawley 10. David Klemmer 11. Josh Jackson (c) 12. Raymond Faitala-Mariner 13. Adam Elliott 14. Clay Priest 15. Danny Fualalo 17. Kerrod Holland 19. John Olive 20. Rhyse Martin 21. Renouf Toomaga
Coach: Wayne Bennett	Coach: Dean Pay
Officials: Gerard Sutton, Chris Sutton Sideline Officials: Michael Wise, Chris Butler Video Review Officials: Ben Galea, Steve Chiddy	Venue: Suncorp Stadium Kickoff: 7:50pm Broadcast: Chanel 9; Foxleague

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[I bleed Maroon]

Haas to bring the Payne to Sharon.

 

[Lockysillegitimatechild]

Who replaces McGuire at hooker though? Nikorima can't play 80 mins

 

[Lockysillegitimatechild]

Haas to bring the Payne to Sharon.

Payne did well but TPJ is still my favourite bronco for years. Finally we have a big, scary, tough bastard in the middle who shows passion for the club. His second stints have been taumololo-like a couple of times this year...

 

[Morkel]

Broncos by 34.

 

[Foordy]

I think we go in with:

1. Boyd
2. Oates
3. Roberts
4. Opacic
5. Isaako
6. Milford
7. Bird
8. Lodge
9. Nikorima
10. McGuire
11. Glenn
12. Su'A
13. Pangai Jnr

14. Thaiday
15. Sims
16. Ofahengaue
17. Haas

It is a bit of a risk with no utility on the bench though

 

[_noosh]

I think we go in with:

1. Boyd
2. Oates
3. Roberts
4. Opacic
5. Isaako
6. Milford
7. Bird
8. Lodge
9. Nikorima
10. McGuire
11. Glenn
12. Su'A
13. Pangai Jnr

14. Thaiday
15. Sims
16. Ofahengaue
17. Haas

It is a bit of a risk with no utility on the bench though

I doubt we'll see Lodge next week.

 

[Unbreakable]

I'm highly doubtful Lodge plays, I think his ribs are fucked.

I'm thinking -

1. Boyd (c)
2. Oates
3. Roberts
4. Opacic
5. Isaako
6. Milford
7. Bird
8. McGuire
9. Murphy
10. Thaiday
11. Glenn
12. Su'A
13. Pangai Jr

14. Nikorima
15. Sims
16. Ofahengaue
17. Haas

Presumably just give Murphy & Nikorima roughly 40 mins each, maybe slightly fewer for Murphy, depending on how he handles defending in the middle. He was originally slated to be our bench utility for Round 1, so he can definitely play a bit of 9.

 

[Sproj]

It all depends on how bad McGuire's ankle is.

 

[Foordy]

It all depends on how bad McGuire's ankle is.

I think he has more to worry about from the spear tackle TBH

 

[Sproj]

I think he has more to worry about from the spear tackle TBH

Ahh see I didn’t get that in my intermittent freeze frames of the game.

 

[ZTop]

Ahh see I didn’t get that in my intermittent freeze frames of the game.

At some points your commentry of ads and your streaming issues was more entertaining than the game

 

[winslow_wong]

Bring on back to back wins.

 

[Sproj]

I’m still getting very pretty Chinese ladies asked by me on dates in the ads.

 

[holdzy]

Will have to see how the dogs go tomorrow night but I'm expecting a win.

 

[Renegade]

one of those games we should win easily so we'll definitely make life hard for ourselves.

 

[ZTop]

I’m still getting very pretty Chinese ladies asked by me on dates in the ads.

Have fun with your chinese ladies by the way

 

[Donny]

Bennett said that Haas will be on the bench for the “next few weeks” and that he will see how he goes!

Hope the kid kills it! My team for next week!

1. Boyd
2. Oates
3. Kahu if he is back but tommy if not
4. Roberts
5. Isaako
6. Milford
7. Bird (only because Bennett will pick him there anyway and Kodi needs to play hooker at the moment)
8. Lodge
9. Glenn
10. McGuire / Thaiday
11. Sims
12. Jayden
13. TPJ

14. Nikorima
15. Offa
16. Thaiday
17. Haas
18. Taga as cover for McGuire

Glenn to play hooker for the first 25mins and then slot back into the second row with Kodi playing there the rest of the game.