2018 R5 Sat - Knights 15-10 Broncos @ McDonald Jones

[League Unlimited News]

NRL 2018 - Round 5
Newcastle Knights v Brisbane Broncos
McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton (TICKETS)
Saturday 7 April 2018

Gates 3:15pm / Flegg 3:30pm / ISP 5:35pm / NRL 7:35pm

1. Kalyn Ponga 2. Shaun Kenny-dowall 3. Sione Mata'utia 4. Nathan Ross 5. Ken Sio 6. Brock Lamb 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. Herman Ese'ese 9. Slade Griffin 10. Jacob Lillyman 11. Lachlan Fitzgibbon 12. Aidan Guerra 13. Mitchell Barnett
Interchange: 14. Jamie Buhrer 15. Chris Heighington 16. Jacob Saifiti 17. Daniel Saifiti 18. Luke Yates 19. Jack Cogger 20. Danny Levi 21. Cory Denniss

1. Darius Boyd 2. Corey Oates 3. James Roberts 4. Jack Bird 5. Jamayne Isaako 6. Anthony Milford 7. Kodi Nikorima 8. Matthew Lodge 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Korbin Sims 11. Alex Glenn 12. Matt Gillett 13. Josh Mcguire
Interchange: 14. Sam Thaiday 15. Joe Ofahengaue 16. Tom Opacic 17. Jaydn Su'a 18. Jonus Pearson 19. Tevita Pangai Junior 20. Gehamat Shibasaki 21. Payne Haas

Referees: Chris Sutton, Chris Butler
Sideline Officials: Ricky MacFarlane, Nick Morel
Video Referees: Jared Maxwell, Ben Galea

Feeder team matches
KNIGHTS (NSWRL)
SAT
Newcastle v Norths (SOU) @ McDonald Jones Stadium, Flegg 3:30pm / ISP 5:35pm

BRONCOS (QRL - Norths, Redcliffe, Souths Logan, Ipswich, Wynnum)
SAT
Ipswich v Pride (NQL) @ North Ipswich, ISC 3pm
Norths v Thunderbolts (MEL) @ Bishop Park, Colts 3:50pm
Capras v Ipswich @ Maurie Webb Park Yeppoon, Colts 4:30pm
Norths v PNG Hunters @ Bishop Park, ISC 5:30pm
SUN
Easts (MEL) v Redcliffe @ Suzuki Stadium, Colts 11:30am / ISC 3pm
Souths Logan v Wynnum @ Davies Park, Colts 11:50am / ISC 3pm​

 

[Das Gupta]

Knights by 8.

 

[Knightmare]

We don't always play the Broncos.

But when we do, it's the week after they got rolled.

At home.

To the Titans.

They'll feel like they've got a point to prove and the past two weeks have highlighted the Knights have plenty of room for improvement when it comes to their completion rates and respect for possession.

Either the Knights will click, spurred on by their home crowd and dispose of the Broncos by the hour mark- or the Broncos will simply make less mistakes than the Knights and win by attrition in a boring game, with Thaiday and Daaaaaarius playing the one game of the season where they actually give a shit...

I really, really want to believe the former will happen and the home crowd factor will cancel out the Broncos inspiration to redeem themselves after the Titans shit show...

Knights by 10, but not confident...

 

[TheFrog]

Benny will play the adversity card again. It worked, mainly thanks to the goalposts,against the Cows, who as we've seen recently are in peak form, so it might work again in Newcastle, in front of 27,000 screaming Novocastrians.

The Bronco forwards were exposed badly yesterday by a patched together also-ran footy team. You can always tell when they've been exposed, because they start getting grubby. If the Knights keep their head, they will win this.

 

[Noname36]

The NRL’s worst attack vs the NRL’s worst defence?

 

[Maroon4life]

Newcastle would hate that we’re coming off an embarrassing loss & will be raped in the media.

In saying that you have to tip Newcastle on form.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Knights by 16

 

[Vic Mackey]

Knights were pretty good last week, they just ran into a red hot dragons side. Broncos pack is there to be trampled over, not sure if the Knights pack is good enough to do that though.

Think the crowd should get the good guys home by 2.

 

[9701]

If only the Broncos weren't facincg so much adversity, they are the only team in the country that could overcome it, we are done

 

[perverse]

Well, head and heart both say the good guys get up here... but I do wish we were playing them on the back of a scrappy win rather than the embarrassing loss last week. There's a few in the Broncos camp that will have chips on their shoulders regarding our club too (Boyd and Sims come to mind) - so expect their best games of the season.

 

[GongPanther]

Knights by 2,or Broncos by 20.

I'll go Knights.

 

[mozza91]

Knights- 28
Cousin f**kers -12

Ross to have a blinder. Korbin Sims to get smashed. Get a dog up ya Wayne.

 

[blaza88z]

Knights

We were deplorable last week, the scoreline doesn't do it justice as to how bad we actually were

 

[Miller was a legend]

Knights.

If frieday plays, knights twice in one game

 

[matrightyeh]

knights

 

[Buzzard Breath]

Knights.

 

[JamesRustle]

But for a goalpost and a favourable penalty in E/T, the Broncos would be 0 and 4.

I think Knights will cherish being back at home and put in a winning performance against a team lacking cohesion, confidence and talent.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Depending on how the players react to Walters departure this game just became season defining.

Knights by 12 until my mob proves me otherwise.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Lillyman to bag a meat pie under the posts

 

[ed-grimley]

Broncos unfortunately.