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Broncos
17
Match Complete
Eels
16
| J. Isaako |  | 81 | ||
| 77 |  | M. Moses | ||
| 76 |  | K. Evans | ||
| 66 | | B. Ferguson | ||
| J. Isaako | | 43 | ||
| D. Boyd | | 42 | ||
| J. Isaako |  | 39 | ||
| J. Isaako | | 30 | ||
| D. Fifita | | 29 | ||
| 23 | | M. Sivo | ||
| 18 | | M. Moses | ||
| J. Isaako | | 6 |
| 2 | Tries | 3 | ||
| 2 | Conversions | 1 | ||
| 2 | Penalty Goals | 1 | ||
| 1 | Field Goals | 0 |
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The Brisbane Broncos have come out one-point winners in a genuine thriller on Friday night, hosting the Parramatta Eels at Suncorp Stadium.
Final score
Broncos 17
Eels 16
The race to the NRL finals continues this Friday night as the Brisbane Broncos take on the Parramatta Eels at Suncorp Stadium. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the game, starting from 7:55pm AEST.
This match is critically important for both teams, with the Broncos needing the win to retain its spot in the top eight, and the Eels needing the win to ensure a home semi-final. Both sides are coming off last-start losses.
The Broncos will be ruing missed opportunities after their loss to the Rabbits last weekend. With South Sydney missing the Burgess brothers, the Broncos forwards dominated for long periods of the game, but couldn’t translate that dominance into enough points. The Souths spine combination of Cook, Reynolds and Walker had too much chance when it counted.
The onus is firmly on Darius Boyd and Anthony Milford to control the attack this week, which will be required to get the points over the Eels.
Anthony Siebold has named an unchanged line-up, with Turpin and Pangai Jnr still to return from suspension.
After a shock loss to the resurgent Bulldogs last week, the Eels now have a hard run home with games against the Broncos and Sea Eagles. If they lose both of those games and the Sharks win their final 2 games, the Eels will lose their home semi-finals. A lot of ifs, but the Eels will want to make it certain this weekend.
There is good news for the Eels this weekend, with Blake Ferguson named to make his return on the wing. This sees Brad Takairangi reverting to the bench. Marata Niukore comes in for the suspended Nathan Brown. Peni Terepo has been named on the bench in place of Tepai Moeroa.
Prediction
The Eels were flat against the Bulldogs last weekend but they will be surely up for this game. As we know, the Broncos season is close to being on the line. Both sides will be desperate.
The Broncos problems all year, and in past years for that matter, have surrounded the creativity of the halves. I don’t think that will change tonight and, with Mitchell Moses in career best form, I think the Eels will win.
Eels by 4.
When: 7:55pm AEST
Where: Suncorp Stadium
TV: Nine, Foxtel
Online: NRL App
Betting: Brisbane Broncos: $1.65; Parramatta Eels: $2.20
Brisbane Broncos
1. Anthony Milford 5. Jamayne Isaako 3. Kotoni Staggs 4. Alex Glenn 2. Corey Oates 6. Darius Boyd 7. Sean O’Sullivan 8. Matthew Lodge 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Payne Haas 11. David Fifita 12. Matt Gillett 13. Joe Ofahengaue
Interchange: 14. James Segeyaro 15. Thomas Flegler 16. Gehamat Shibasaki 17. Patrick Carrigan
Parramatta Eels
1. Clint Gutherson 2. Maika Sivo 3. Michael Jennings 4. Waqa Blake 5. Blake Ferguson 6. Dylan Brown 7. Mitchell Moses 8. Kane Evans 9. Reed Mahoney 10. Junior Paulo 11. Shaun Lane 12. Manu Ma’u 13. Marata Niukore
Interchange: 14. Peni Terepo 15. David Gower 16. Daniel Alvaro 17. Brad Takairangi
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