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The Roosters have absolutely demolished the Broncos by putting on 58 points in what was a game to remember for James Tedesco.
Speaking of the best fullback in the world, Tedesco put on a masterclass by scoring a try and having five try assists for 208 running metres along with nine tackle breaks, one line break and four line break assists.
Young halfback Kyle Flanagan chimed in with two try assists. He kicked nine out of his ten conversions, which now puts the Roosters halfback on top of the most points scored list for season 2020.
The Broncos’ defence was poor and everyone watching at home knew what type of game it was going to be when Isaac Liu and Sitili Tupouniua scored against very soft defence within the first 25 minutes.
Freddy Lussick – who only played around eight minutes last week – played 67 minutes against the Broncos after Jake Friend copped friendly fire from Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and ultimately failed his HIA assessment but Lussick was very strong in defence by making 36 tackles and only missing two.
Brett and Josh Morris once again prove that they only get better with age after Josh scored a double and Brett chimed in with a late try in the 78th minute of the game.
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Daniel Tupou in his return game from injury scored a double with Joseph Manu having a quiet night in the centres with no tries and only 83 metres made along with four errors.
Patrick Carrigan played the full 80 minutes at lock for the Broncos and has been their best player by far in season 2020. He ran for 207 metres, broke one tackle and made 43 tackles for only two misses.
David Fifita and Kotoni Staggs were the only players to score in the Roosters’ thrashing of the Broncos with both players running for over 150 metres and the only other Bronco who ran for over 100 metres was Joe Ofahengaue with 117 metres.
The possession was split surprisingly 50-50 but the Broncos missed 36 tackles and made 11 errors compared to the Roosters’ 21 missed tackles and 13 errors.
Brisbane completed their sets of six at 76 per cent and the Roosters completed at 80 per cent but considering the statistics don’t look that bad, the scoreline does.
The Broncos have Nathan Cleary’s Panthers next Thursday night while the Roosters have John Bateman’s Raiders next Saturday, which will be an exciting game to watch.
But it’s another week and another bad headline for the poor Broncos.
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