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Only something special was going to redeem Anthony Milford after the Brisbane pivot’s mistake riddled first half in Saturday night’s NRL clash with Canberra.
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Final score
Brisbane Broncos 26
Canberra Raiders 22
It’s crunch time for the Canberra Raiders when they travel north to face the Brisbane Broncos. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage from 7:30pm (AEST).
This shapes as a virtual four-point match for Canberra, with the teams occupying eighth and ninth spot on the ladder coming into the weekend.
The Green Machine already find themselves four points behind the eighth-placed Broncos and a loss here, with nine rounds to play, would make a finals place difficult.
The Raiders have six wins and a bye to their name due to a slow start and a complete inability to close out games they should have won.
While they were much better in a 36-point mauling of the Tigers last week, they must become consistent both across 80 minutes and from week to week.
That starts in defence, then comes down to making smart decisions in attack, something they did last week but broadly speaking, haven’t.
The Broncos haven’t been all that convincing across the course of 2018 either, but are working into their games well now.
They have had some close wins, but the turning point for Brisbane’s season was a loss to the Storm. It was a game they were right in away from home and keeping that sort of form will serve them well.
While they weren’t perfect last week either, they came away with a hard-earned four-point win over the Sharks. It’s one which will undoubtedly ease some pressure to make the finals at the end of the season.
It highligted Brisbane’s need to dominate up front though. Do that and life becomes a lot easier for their creatives, who have been questioned plenty this season.
Prediction
It’s tough to tip the Raiders. Really tough. You just never know what they are going to serve up in the final 20 minutes. This will be all too much for them up north against a Brisbane team who have shown they are better than their ladder position suggests.
Broncos by 8.
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