Round 19 vs. Parramatta Eels Discussion

[Big Pete]

Parramatta Eels vs. Brisbane Broncos
CommBank Stadium, Thursday 21 July 2022
Kick Off: 7:50pm

1. Clinton Gutherson 2. Maika Sivo 3. Viliami Penisini 4. Waqa Blake 5. Bailey Simonsson 6. Dylan Brown 7. Mitchell Moses 8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard 9. Reed Mahoney 10. Junior Paulo 11. Shaun Lane 12. Isaiah Papali'i 13. Ryan Matterson

Interchange: 14. Makahesi Makatoa 15. Jakob Arthur 16. Oregon Kaufusi 17. Marata Niukore

Reserves: 18. Ky Rodwell 19. Ofahiki Ogden 20. Bryce Cartwright 21. Tom Opacic 22. Sean Russell

1. Tesi Niu 2. Corey Oates 3. Kotoni Staggs 4. Brenko Lee 5. Jordan Pereira 6. Ezra Mam 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Corey Jensen 9. Jake Turpin 10. Payne Haas 11. Kurt Capewell 12. Jordan Riki 13. Patrick Carrigan

Interchange: 14. Cory Paix 15. Kobe Hetherington 16. Thomas Flegler 17. Keenan Palasia

Reserves: 18. Deine Mariner 19. Zac Hosking 20. Rhys Kennedy 21. Delouise Hoeter 22. Te Maire Martin​

 

[Big Pete]

Brisbane welcome back a host of players as they travel to take on Parramatta with a Top 4 spot up for grabs.

The Broncos were able to navigate their way through a testing Origin period and they've done a good job to put themselves in this position. However, CommBank hasn't been a happy hunting ground for the Broncos losing their past three games their 12-26, 0-58 and 10-38 respectively.

Granted the Broncos are traveling much better than they were in 2019 and 2020 respectively. It's just a matter of putting that form into practice and whether they can compete in the bigger games.

The team has continued their camp in Kingscliffe in preperation for the game. The camp is designed to get all the representative players together with the squad to get their minds on the finals. Everyone that's been named are right to play and it appears that Te Maire Martin will be rested ahead of next week's clash against his former club the Wests Tigers.

Billy Walters suffered a hip injury so he'll miss out with Turpin getting another opportunity in the starting halves. Fortunately Paix makes his return from his concussion. On the other side of the field, State of Origin representative Ryan Matterson will return and will give the Eels pack an extra dimension against the Broncos.

 

[DeeJ]

Another good win when we are missing key players. Especially impressive was the ability to hold composure when Parra could have got back into the game when Reynolds had 3 bad kicks in a row and some other players took the wrong option.

I would like things to just click and put 50 on a team. I feel as though we have been in the position to do that the last few games but it has not yet come to fruition.