2020 R17 Thu - Broncos 12-25 Panthers @ Suncorp

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NRL 2020 - Round 17
Brisbane Broncos v Penrith Panthers
Suncorp Stadium, Milton
Thursday 3 September 2020

Kickoff 7:50pm - Nine/Fox

1. Darius Boyd 2. Corey Oates 3. Kotoni Staggs 4. Herbie Farnworth 5. Richard Kennar 6. Sean O'Sullivan 7. Tom Dearden 8. Payne Haas 9. Issac Luke 10. Rhys Kennedy 11. David Fifita 12. Ben Te'o 13. Patrick Carrigan
Interchange: 14. Cory Paix 15. Jordan Riki 16. Ethan Bullemor 17. Jamil Hopoate 18. Jesse Arthars 19. Pride Petterson-Robati 20. Tyson Gamble 21. Brodie Croft

1. Dylan Edwards 2. Josh Mansour 3. Brent Naden 4. Stephen Crichton 5. Brian To'o 6. Jarome Luai 7. Nathan Cleary 8. James Tamou 9. Mitch Kenny 10. Moses Leota 11. Viliame Kikau 12. Liam Martin 13. James Fisher-Harris
Interchange: 14. Tyrone May 15. Spencer Leniu 16. Kurt Capewell 17. Zane Tetevano 18. Apisai Koroisau 19. Billy Burns 20. Matt Burton 21. Pat Hollis

Referees: Matt Cecchin
Sideline Officials: Chris Butler, Belinda Sharpe
Video Referees: Steve Chiddy, Bryan Norrie

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[Rodney Rude]

Panthers by 50.

They are so so good. I predict they will go through the next 5 years unbeaten.

 

[The_Frog]

Some interesting trivia about this game:

1. The Broncos stand to equal their club record of 8 consecutive defeats, originally set against this same opponent in week 1 of the finals in 2003, a game the Broncos lost after leading 18-2. At the same time the Panthers stand to set a new club record of 12 successive wins.
2. This will be the 6th time running these sides have met at Suncorp. One of those was a final, all the others regular season games. Brisbane have won 4 from 5.
3. The points start being offered to Brisbane for this game (20.5) is less than one score short of their biggest ever defeat against this opponent (46-20 in 2004).

For what it's worth, I expect the Broncos to come out snarling before being outclassed in the second half.

 

[The_Frog]

Panthers by 50.

They are so so good. I predict they will go through the next 5 years unbeaten.

If only you had half the wit your namesake had in his fingernail.

 

[Pete Cash]

Broncos are in trouble here the way the Panthers run inside the 20m

 

[roofromoz]

Adversity v Smugness

 

[lockyno1]

80+ for Penrith

 

[Fangs]

Broncos have a lot of class but Penrith are very smug. Probably enough to get them home in this one.

Panthers by 16 dismissive glances at the scoreboard.

 

[Dragon Slayer]

Mercy rule to be used at half time for the first time in NRL history.

 

[Valheru]

Panthers by as many as they want

 

[footy75]

Panthers by 20

 

[GongPanther]

Panthers by 50.

They are so so good. I predict they will go through the next 5 years unbeaten.

Make it 20 years. We're ambitious.

Panthers by 28-6.

 

[mxlegend99]

Could our B side get the job done? I think we will see a very conservative side here.

Might be our best chance to get some minutes in players like Laurie and Burton.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Smug on you smuggy smuggers.

 

[Blues Riff]

Too smug to care.

 

[soc123_au]

Smug as a bug in a rug. I'm hard, is anyone else hard?

 

[mxlegend99]

Panthers by as many as they want

Honestly the lesser teams tend to bring out our ugly footy. We win kind of comfortably in the end but never look that good.

I wouldnt be expecting a 50+ performance like the Roosters would do to Broncos. I expect the game will be close for 60ish minutes before Panthers put it to bed due to superior fitness more than anything.

Unfortunately we will probably still celebrate the win and cause harm to our premiership chances.

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

Everybody!

HEY EVERYBODY!!

IT'S PENRITH!!!!!!

 

[gerg]

Everybody!

HEY EVERYBODY!!

IT'S PENRITH!!!!!!

What are you, the forum cop? Trying to restrict Panthers related discussion to a Panthers related thread? Didn't you know this is the Panthers forum?

 

[ACTPanthers]

Only 1 page? We must be losing confidence.