2017 R1 - Sharks 18-26 Broncos @ SCGS

[MilkShark]

Lol yeah mate it is the touchies job, the ref relies heavily on the touchies to call these. Its a lot easier when you are standing in line with the play rather than in front or behind it.

''Relies heavily''

I rely heavily on my wife to cook dinner also, but I can do it too.

 

[Hutty1986]

Brisbane will go a lot better than the dooms-dayers have been predicting. Still a quality side. Both teams with a heap of improvement in them and will be serious contenders once again. Benny Hunt's awful game management and inconsistent kicking game is a huge concern for saints

 

[Bronco18]

Two things I learnt tonight...

1. Edrick Lee is not a Rugby League player of ANY standard.

2. Gus Gould is Darius Boyd's new stepfather. Whatever Boyd has digested, Gould has eaten. Wayne "Bentface" Bennett has been sacked.

One thing I questioned tonight....

Has the voluntary tackle rule been scraped? On two occasion, Boyd, and on one occasion, Kahu, dropped to the ground like expelled tampons when covering a last tackle kick by the Sharks. As I didn't see the whole game, there was probably more of the same occurrence by both teams.

Round One and I'm already pissed off. Probably because the Broctards won.

 

[Munted]

If saying he missed about 14 forward passes is taking a loss badly, then yes i'm taking the loss badly.

Salty merkin.

 

[betcats]

Brisbane will go a lot better than the dooms-dayers have been predicting. Still a quality side. Both teams with a heap of improvement in them and will be serious contenders once again. Benny Hunt's awful game management and inconsistent kicking game is a huge concern for saints

Their forward pack is average, origin will f**k them worse than usual and if they pick up any long term injuries in the forwards they are gone.

 

[betcats]

''Relies heavily''

I rely heavily on my wife to cook dinner also, but I can do it too.

Yeah but I bet your wife does it a lot better. Either way that doesn't explain how forward passes aren't the touchies job as you said.

 

[Hutty1986]

Their forward pack is average, origin will f**k them worse than usual and if they pick up any long term injuries in the forwards they are gone.

Sims, Thaiday, king of the meetings, Gillett, Glenn. Still a pretty solid pack. Even Blar doesn't embarrass himself sometimes. Let's not forget a bloke named Jai Arrow. Absolutely cracking name.... so there's that.

 

[betcats]

Sims, Thaiday, king of the meetings, Gillett, Glenn. Still a pretty solid pack. Even Blar doesn't embarrass himself sometimes. Let's not forget a bloke named Jai Arrow. Absolutely cracking name.... so there's that.

Their middle rotation sucks. Blair and sims are solid and the rest are kids, I just don't see it holding up over the year. They have some good prospects but if you're already relying on good prospects to step up at full strength it's not a good sign. You need depth to do well in this comp or a shitload of luck.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Their middle rotation sucks. Blair and sims are solid and the rest are kids, I just don't see it holding up over the year. They have some good prospects but if you're already relying on good prospects to step up at full strength it's not a good sign. You need depth to do well in this comp or a shitload of luck.

I'm pretty sure we have Mitchell Dodds, George Fai, Joe Ofahengaue and Salesi Funaki waiting in the wings. Not a rep standard depth setup but not horrible either.

 

[betcats]

I'm pretty sure we have Mitchell Dodds, George Fai, Joe Ofahengaue and Salesi Funaki waiting in the wings. Not a rep standard depth setup but not horrible either.

I don't know a lot about these blokes tbh though I liked Ofahenguue whenever I saw him last season. To me it just feels like your a solid experienced nrl prop or two short. Next season will be different, these prospects will be fairly battle hardened by then.

 

[ed-grimley]

Buy your GF tickets, champagne and get the t-shirts printed - the Broncos are going all the way.

 

[THE CHAMP]

Broncos win away to the reigning premiers.
The salt is flying around everywhere.
They have more depth than any team in the comp

 

[isaiah]

Buy your GF tickets, champagne and get the t-shirts printed - the Broncos are going all the way.

Somewhere between missing the 8 and making the gf

 

[ed-grimley]

Broncos win away to the reigning premiers.
The salt is flying around everywhere.
They have more depth than any team in the comp

They did. It is. They have.

 

[blaza88z]

Our pack isn't THAT bad, the one thing that I think will keep us in the games is those 2 hulking backs we have in Corey Oates and Moga (no idea how the f**k you say his first name), our second row is still really good and obviously our props are lacking but they're not the worst

It's a case of let's wait and see but we absolutely need to see more from Ben Hunt, we can't just give it away due a poor kick when we're in a threatening position