Anzac Day’s feast of football continues with the Brisbane Broncos hosting the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Lang Park. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 7.30pm (AEST).
It will be interesting to see how South Sydney bounce back tonight after last week’s narrow one point defeat to the Bulldogs.
Having led for over 70 minutes of the contest, the Rabbitohs failed to hold out a fast finishing Bulldogs outfit en route to a tough defeat.
Such a defeat would have frustrated Rabbitohs fans immensely given that South Sydney were on the mend after two straight wins.
The loss to Canterbury however in front of a big crowd once again raises questions about South Sydney’s ability to produce their best form on the big occasion.
The Rabbitohs face another litmus test of sorts when they clash against Brisbane in front of another big crowd at Suncorp Stadium.
Brisbane are coming off a convincing 32-6 victory over the Knights away from home and will be tough to stop in front of a big home crowd on Anzac Day.
The head-to-head battle between Greg Inglis and Ben Barba should be terrific to watch, as will the battle in the forwards.
Broncos forwards Sam Thaiday, Corey Parker, Matt Gillett and Ben Hannant are all in strong form at the moment and will tough to stop at home.
Rabbitohs big men George and Sam Burgess, Ben Te’o and Chris McQueen will all have to produce solid shifts tonight if South Sydney hope to match a physical Brisbane pack.
Tonight’s contest promises to be a well contested affair. Both teams are fairly evenly matched across the park with neither holding an obvious advantage over the other.
While the Rabbitohs will certainly ask Brisbane questions, the Broncos at home should rise to the occasion and secure a tough win.
Broncos by 4
Jenny White
Guest
Oh ok....cheers craig,personally id luv 2 see it even out,but its bn all broncos for yrs... enjoy your teams ppl....
Statler and Waldorf
Roar Guru
It should be shared around the three qld teams - maybe it will even out by the end of the year
Jenny White
Guest
Um but WHY the broncos ??? "Every week" ...??? So is the draw based around friday nights/broncos ??? Still cant get my head around it being a "Fair Draw" .... !!!
SlugaBch
Guest
What If Huh come on at the end of the day its about reffs consintsiy baging Corey Parker OMFG wake up......looks at his stats My question is if the rabbits didnt drop the ball on that quick tap and score a try ...whould it have been given ???? WELL!! as a QLD win after win ......you think all NSW team would at lest ty and hang on to the ball ...instead of crying wolf ...
Calum
Guest
On that point we are in loud agreement my friend. Hate when commentators are so insistent they are right... Half the time they are bloody wrong, or at least the decision is nowhere near as clear cut as they make out. EPL is the worst for it.
Statler and Waldorf
Roar Guru
Surely your not serious! NSW teams get as many bad calls as qld ones do its just that the qld teams pretend that there is a conspiracy against them as part of their us V them SOO campaign
Statler and Waldorf
Roar Guru
So that there is always qld team to put on ch9
steveg
Guest
The referees have too much of a say in how a game is played and finally how a game is decided this has been always the case in rugby league but in the current age its becoming a normality. The referees have to let the game flow and not continually penalise or give stupid penalties that either interrupt or decide the game. But all said the referees (and there is 6 of them more than at any time in the NRL) still can’t get decisions right or can’t see a blatant try or discrepancy.
Jenny White
Guest
Can anyone tell me WHY Broncos get every friday night games??? How iz that a fair draw ??? Cheerz :-)
Ur kidding
Guest
Im not a fane of either team,but if you think that was a strip you dead set need your eyes tested.
Sleiman Azizi
Roar Guru
The front view shows he attempted to strip it. Was it 'incidental contact'? Perhaps. But everyone knows that in this day and age, such contact is likely to lead to a penalty. But until they change the rules on stripping, then for now, I have no dramas at all with the penalty. My biggest beef is the way Channel 9, especially through Paul Vautin, went on an anti-ref tirade. As soon as that front camera angle was shown, there was the briefest of pauses by the commentary and then Vautin had to shake his head and pretend that Brisbane were still robbed. Pathetic.
funnssy
Guest
How many people think its time the queensland rugby league teams should pull out of the nrl and join a revamped queensland comp? A quensland super league so to say. 10 teams ( logan, ipswich, mckay, png, 2 teams from gold coast area including the titans, cowboys, and 3 from brisbane including the broncos. Friday night game at suncorp every week. I would like any feed back you would like to give
Clark
Guest
Well the Roosters are the most penalised team so no... If you actually watch South Sydney this year and last you will agree with me, just ask Geoff Toovey...
Mogiie of png
Guest
How many more games will corey parker cost the game for broncos with his goalkicking? He shouldve convertd the last try by reed.
peeeko
Roar Guru
i am a fan of neither team so can say without bias that the refs got the call right. it was a strip, saying that i dont like the rule
Brendan
Guest
Yep really got carried the week before when they lost the game to the dogs with a suspicious obstruction call
calum
Guest
laser beams would be cool. in my superfatigued state I think roarsome has pointed it out above; the broncos tackler wasn't back ten from where the penalty for the 'strip' on Burgess took place. When souths took the quick tap the Broncos tackler was therefore offside or advanced before the tap or not back ten or whatever its called. Time for bed I think!
Bee bee
Guest
The kickoff becomes very important in your no tackle league. But there will have to be concessions. I propose arming the defence with bean bag guns to knock the ball put of the attacking teams hands.
calum
Guest
His arms were up and did seem to knock the ball out, but he didn't seem to be actually trying to affect a strip? Is 'incidental contact' allowed? because to me that was what it was. Anyway, I'll try and catch it again and have another look. BTW, after that I think the broncos player got pinged for not being back ten from the quick tap....
Bee bee
Guest
No one seemed to even remember that second strip which was the far more puzzling one. These fast games are leading to fatigued refs. Maybe they should have a ref interchange. Or maybe they need motorised scooters. Or could the ten metres be policed by a giant laser beam so the refs don't have to run at all and finally Phil Gould can be a ref. Or we could just accept bad calls happen sometimes and that's fun too. Myself. I want laser beams.