2016 Wk 2 Semi - Cowboys 26-20* Broncos @ 1300SMILES

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NRL 2016 - Semi Finals
North Queensland Cowboys v Brisbane Broncos
1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville (TICKETS)
Friday 16 September 2016

Gates Open 5pm / U20s SF (NQL v WST) 5:15pm / NRL 7:55pm

1. Lachlan Coote 2. Kyle Feldt 3. Justin O'Neill 4. Javid Bowen 5. Antonio Winterstein 6. Michael Morgan 7. Johnathan Thurston 8. Matthew Scott 9. Jake Granville 10. James Tamou 11. Gavin Cooper 12. Ethan Lowe 13. Jason Taumalolo
Interchange: 14. Rory Kostjasyn 15. Coen Hess 16. Scott Bolton 17. Ben Hannant

1. Darius Boyd 2. Corey Oates 3. Tom Opacic 4. James Roberts 5. Jordan Kahu 6. Anthony Milford 7. Ben Hunt 8. Josh McGuire 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Adam Blair 11. Sam Thaiday 12. Matt Gillett 13. Corey Parker
Interchange: 14. Jarrod Wallace 15. Tevita Pangai Junior 16. Jai Arrow 17. Alex Glenn 18. Jonus Pearson

Referees: Matt Cecchin, Alan Shortall
Sideline Officials: Michael Wise, Jeff Younis
Video Referees: Bernard Sutton, Luke Patten, Ashley Klein

ISC QLD
Redcliffe v Falcons @ Dolphin Oval, Sun 2:30pm (CH 9 QLD)

Head to Head
Overall 45 - Cowboys 13 Broncos 30 Drawn 2
At 1300SMILES 24 - Cowboys 8 Broncos 15 Drawn 1
Finals 5 - Cowboys 4 Broncos 1
Last 5 Meetings - Cowboys 3 Broncos 2

Last meeting
2016 Round 10 - Cowboys 19 Broncos 18 at 1300SMILES Stadium

Biggest winning margins
2006 - Cowboys 36 Broncos 4 at Suncorp Stadium (32 points)
1998 - Broncos 58 Cowboys 4 at QEII Stadium (54 points)​

 

[Clifferd]

Honestly reckon Cowboys will rhomp it home in this one, they weren't that far off Melbourne last night and Brisbane weren't that crash hot on Fri

Cows win 30-10

 

[Hawkins]

Goodbye Townsville

 

[DiegoNT]

WAR! War never changes...

 

[user_nat]

Would be nice to break the Cowboys finals domination in Townsville.
Can't see it happening on most recent efforts unfortunately.

 

[Shorty]

Broncos will obviously lift.
If we have our heads in the game and cut out the errors I think we win easily.
Storm is a top defensive side and we managed multiple dropouts.
Broncos goal line defence is a shadow of what it was.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Tough game, but I'm somewhat at ease going into this one which is interesting. We'll see I guess.

 

[Apey]

Haha Cowboys 20+

 

[BWNB]

I don't know why but I have a feeling the broncos will get up. Hope its a tough game and they beat each other up.

 

[The_Shield]

I think the Cowboys will win this but I want the Broncos to win. Would much rather face the Broncos then the Cowboys or sharks in the grand final

 

[THE CHAMP]

Quietly confident of a win here.
If we fall behind McGuire should take one for the team and take jt out.
Without him we beat them with 12

 

[The_Shield]

Quietly confident of a win here.
If we fall behind McGuire should take one for the team and take jt out.
Without him we beat them with 12

That's stupid. Even if it works, you'll then have to face the sharks without your #1 prop.

 

[Bronco18]

That's stupid. Even if it works, you'll then have to face the sharks without your #1 prop.

You're right - Arrow is the most replaceable, he can fall on the sword.

 

[THE CHAMP]

You're right - Arrow is the most replaceable, he can fall on the sword.

True but he'd have to come on much earlier if things go pear shaped early in the game.
Shit the dogs did a double high tackle today and didn't even get penalised. Should try that.

 

[blaza88z]

are you seriously suggesting that we try to take out JT?

I want to win as much as the next guy but that is deplorable

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Cowboys by 50

 

[Big Pete]

Thurston is a made man, if you go after him, you're done in this state.

Really looking forward to the contest. Either way, I believe both teams will be up for the game and hopefully it lives up to the past five clashes these teams have had, they've all been beauties.

On the face of it, it's difficult to go past the Cowboys. I'm not sure if they'll necssarily go back to back, but they're a different team in Townsville and the Broncos simply didn't show enough on Friday to convince anybody they can beat the Cowboys. It would take a special performance from the Broncos key men to get up.

I'll admit though, between Melbourne and North Queensland, I much preferred the latter. Melbourne were sporting after the Round 25 performance. You just get the feeling if those two teams played again in Melbourne that the Storm would go into overdrive. If the Broncos were going to get up against any side, it'd be the Cowboys.

 

[TheFrog]

Cowboys take too long to get going and cough up too much pill. The Broncos, for all their appalling traits and immense hateability, do have a sharp backline and tend to be very nicely treated by the whistlemen, as we all saw the other night. The Cows need to come out ready to play and I reckon they will.

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

Broncos won't get the HOME TOWN decisions in this game .
If they win they'll have to do it on their own .

 

[Card Shark]

Wouldn't be so sure, refs will still do all they can.