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.
PaulC
Guest
Anton, 50/50 possession I don't believe. When the Broncos had possession they made mistakes & as Viewer it looked like the Roosters had a large possession of the ball. After every Roosters try they received possession again. Have another look at the minutes each team had possession??
Albo
Roar Rookie
Yep ! A rest day for big T !
Albo
Roar Rookie
Maybe Kyle is going to Toronto ?
Albo
Roar Rookie
Without Haas, the Broncos only had Carrigan left to fight off the whole Chooks pack. And the Chooks even rested up Taukeiaho after giving him just the opening 20 minutes, and Friend missed most of the match after the early knock out. Teddy just did what he liked.
Gray-Hand
Roar Rookie
When I was 6 years old, my grandfather put more effort into stopping me getting past him in the backyard than Darius Boyd does these days.
Greg
Roar Pro
Rested due to playing big minutes the past month
Greg
Roar Pro
I thought Riki looked like he will live up to the hype around him. Never stopped trying and a few nice moments despite running off the back of zero momentum.
Steve
Guest
Not a Dogs fan but I hope and pray they can win one more game so the Broncs end up at the bottom of the heap where they belong this year. Come on Doggies...you can do it!
Geoff from Bruce Stadium
Roar Rookie
Not sure you can judge too much about the performance by the Roosters given they were playing against stationary objects. Jeez even I looked good on the training track. Looking forward to the Raiders v Roosters match next weekend. Should be a belter.
jamesb
Roar Guru
That's why it's important for a second Brisbane side to come in. Nine can't rely on the Broncos forever.
jamesb
Roar Guru
It will be interesting to see how many FTA games channel 9 gives the Broncos next year. On form, Broncos would be lucky to get more than a handful.
Paul
Roar Guru
Totally agree, BD. The only time I can get excited about lopsided games is when its my boys in the finals ( and that's been a while for the mighty Dragons, or if the Blues or Australia is playing a rep game. Otherwise, as you say, it's a tough watch.
souvalis
Roar Rookie
Interested to know what happened to Taukeiaho if anyone’s heard..
R N
Roar Rookie
Yep agree... would definitely add those two, Hass has been awesome. But jeez its slim pickings right! May be take Paix too... I think he has talent but been a tough introduction for him.
Big Daddy
Guest
Paul, the problem is CH 9 have been using the Broncos as a cash cow, unfortunately they no longer are. Many people would not have watched last night because they knew what the result would be and to be honest it's not good TV watching lopsided matches. People want entertainment and last night was not unless your a Roosters fan.
jimmmy
Roar Rookie
I would also take the one with the broken hand, ( the Turpin doll) and the giant human Haas doll but the rest of them are just not collectable.
jimmmy
Roar Rookie
Exactly and there are some really good imperative games. Usually on a Sat night. Nine are totally useless.
R N
Roar Rookie
There is acceptable rubbish – Doggies putting in week after week with obvious defects in rooster. There is hard to watch effort rubbish – Cows last weekend. There is entertaining rubbish – Titans for the large part have been good to watch or in entertaining games. Then there is rubbish rubbish…. Broncs for the last few weeks have just been a stinking heap of trash stacked on more trash. Is there any gold in the landfill? If you where Lisa and Homer at the Springfield dump what Mr Sparkle box or headless Malibu Stacy doll would you take home? Staggs, Farnsworth, Deardon…
Big Daddy
Guest
Aldi . Damn auto correct
Paul
Roar Guru
I'll bet the sponsors who've paid good money in tough times for a prime time Friday night advertising slot are thrilled as well with how the Broncos are going. I reckon more than a few would asking for some of their advertising money back.