R23 FNF - Brisbane v Bulldogs

[Timmah]

STATISTICS Courtesy to NRLStats.com

Individual Bests

Most Tackles
Andrew Ryan 33

Most Runs
Petero Civoniceva 17

Most Line Breaks
Luke Patten 3

Most Offloads
Brad Thorn 5


Team

BULLDOGS 25
Ben Roberts 2, Hazem El Masri, Luke Patten tries; Hazem El Masri 4/4 goals; Brent Sherwin 1/2 field goals
BRISBANE 24
Dave Taylor 2, Darius Boyd, Shane Perry tries; Corey Parker 4/5 goals

Crowd 35,199

Halftime 12-all

Possession
Bulldogs 53% Brisbane 47%

Completions
Brisbane 26/37 (70%)
Bulldogs 26/35 (74%)

Tackles
Brisbane 279 Bulldogs 267

Offloads
Brisbane 16 Bulldogs 10

Errors
12-all

Penalties
Brisbane 9-5

 

[Rovelli]

Great game.

 

[el magic]

We played like crap and still won, awesome stuff.

 

[leaguerules]

bulldogs vs taylor we just won
that guy killed us all night our guys couldnt tackle the big fella. Awesome pick up with one hand.

Take the win but our defense is crap

 

[jimmy_the_greek]

if we play like this against melbourne next week, then we may as well not even bother walking out of the tunnel im hoping for a big turn around next week.

Utai,Mason and hickey MUST play next week.

 

[Timmah]

Hickey's not necessary IMO. Armit and Shrek are solid and Briggs is doing great guns on the bench.

It's a tough call who to drop to bring people in but my lineup for next week would go:

Patten
Hazem
Millard
Tonga
Utai
Holdsworth
Sherwin
O'Meley
Roberts
Armit
SBW
Ryan
Maitua

Perry
Mason
Kouparitsas
Briggs

Hughes out due to suspension. Don't trust Perry as starting hooker. Want to bring Te Maari and Hickey in but the form of the current players indicates to me they just won't force their way in.