Broncos
26
Match Complete
Sharks
36
| 79 |  | S. Johnson | ||
| 77 |  | B. Hamlin-Uele | ||
| 76 | | S. Johnson | ||
| 74 | | C. Tracey | ||
| 72 | | S. Johnson | ||
| 70 | | S. Katoa | ||
| K. Staggs | | 57 | ||
| K. Staggs | | 55 | ||
| K. Staggs | | 51 | ||
| R. Kennar | | 49 | ||
| 40 | | S. Johnson | ||
| 39 | | J. Ferris | ||
| R. Kennar | | 36 | ||
| K. Staggs | | 33 | ||
| R. Kennedy | | 32 | ||
| 26 | | S. Johnson | ||
| 24 | | S. Talakai | ||
| K. Staggs | | 18 | ||
| 8 | | S. Johnson | ||
| 6 | | R. Mulitalo |
| 5 | Tries | 6 | ||
| 3 | Conversions | 6 | ||
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
The Brisbane Broncos are spiralling out of control, but will hope to get back on track with a primetime upset over the Cronulla Sharks at Suncorp Stadium. Join The Roar for live scores from 7:55pm (AEST).
This season continues to go from bad to worse for the lurching Broncos, with last weeks 46-8 demolition at the hands of Melbourne their eighth loss in nine games since the season resumed. It was also the second week in a row they let in more than 40 points in what’s been a shambolic year for the club.
Cronulla, on the other hand, find themselves back in the top eight after a controversial win over the Dragons last week and, with plenty of teams hot on their heels, will be hoping to stay there. A win is obviously the bare minimum here, with the opportunity to rack up a few points an important one too.
One thing going in Brisbane’s favour is their stellar record against the Sharks of late. They’ve taken the points in all of their most six most recent encounters, including 29-6 and 24-22 triumphs last year.
Game information
Kick-off: 7:55pm (AEST)
Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
TV: Nine, Fox Sports
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel, NRL Live Pass
Teams
Broncos
1. Darius Boyd, 2. Richard Kennar, 3. Kotoni Staggs, 4. Herbie Farnworth, 5. Xavier Coates, 6. Anthony Milford, 7. Tom Dearden, 8. Thomas Flegler, 9. Jake Turpin, 10. Payne Haas, 11. Joe Ofahengaue, 12. Tevita Pangai Jr., 13. Patrick Carrigan
Bench/Reserves: 14. Isaac Luke, 15. Rhys Kennedy, 16. Ethan Bullemor, 17. Ben Te’o, 18. Cory Paix, 19. Jordan Riki, 20. Pride Petterson-Robati, 21. Jesse Arthars
Sharks
1. Will Kennedy, 2. Sione Katoa, 3. Josh Dugan, 4. Jesse Ramien, 5. Ronaldo Mulitalo, 6. Shaun Johnson, 7. Connor Tracey, 8. Braden Hamlin-Uele, 9. Blayke Brailey, 10. Aaron Woods, 11. Briton Nikora, 12. Wade Graham, 13. Toby Rudolf
Bench/Reserves: 14. Siosifa Talakai, 15. Jack Williams, 16. Teig Wilton, 17. Royce Hunt, 18. Bryson Goodwin, 19. Braydon Trindall, 20. Jackson Ferris, 21. Billy Magoulias
Ralph Malph
Roar Rookie
Enjoy this season as all League fans can sit back and watch Brisbane collect their first Wooden Spoon.
elvis
Roar Rookie
Considering Darius saved a couple, created a couple and the whole mob mob looked more organised than they have for weeks, I'd be buying an experienced FB for next year. Or Jack Bird.
elvis
Roar Rookie
Just another learning curve for the young guys, how to close out a match. They won't lose that one next year.
Rellum
Roar Guru
The Cows have played for 80mins a couple of times since the restart. The Broncs haven't come close.
JVGO
Guest
I don’t think he’s under pressure at the moment. Safe till the end of the season. If makes the eight safe for next season. Also only on $350k and cheapest coach in the comp. Flanno is the one starting to get worried. Morris might ask for an upgrade and swing a couple hundred k to Flanno as defensive coach or assistant maybe.
farkurnell
Roar Rookie
Bombers got a lot of pleasant problems,still has Faf ,Chad,Duggs ,Jessie and Moysa to come back.The chooks can have SBW for the finals he hasnt played NRL for 5 years.Sharks have current NRL experence replacements ready for the Finals.Up Up
Danno1
Roar Rookie
Jets for NRL, Tigers back to Canterbury Cup... :stoked:
R N
Roar Rookie
Oh…don’t list them like that Joe. It hurts! It hurts…
Renegade
Roar Guru
The Sharks junior development has been recognized as arguably the best for a few years now and Johnny Morris deserves credit for his input in that. That was a fantastic win, it was the Broncos best performance of the year, yet some may still discredit the sharks tonight by saying “it’s just the Broncos”... well let’s just bring some perspective to that. 7 rookies in the sharks side tonight (3 on debut, the other 4 have played less than a handful of games) 6 sharks players are in only their 2nd NRL season Half the team on the sidelines including Moylan, Townsend, Fifita, Ramien and Dugan. These baby sharks gained a proud win for the club tonight, and most praise to John Morris - he had them ready and has built a resilient team that plays what is in front them.... people were stating he is under pressure at the start of the season but the players seem to love him and he has his team sitting in 5th and well under the radar. Cronulla have been starting seasons slow for the past decade yet still make the finals every year, they appear to be following that trend this season also but will need to sort out their defence at some point.... that said I’ll state again, I love the current “we’ll score more than you do” attitude, it has been thoroughly enjoyable watching the sharks this year, they have been the most entertaining team in the comp - again Johnny Morris deserves credit for that! Anyways they get a proper litmus test to measure themselves next week against Parra to see where they are genuinely at... they’ll definitely need the troops back for that one, and also defend :stoked: or come crashing back down hard! A good exciting game of footy tonight, plenty of effort from both sides! Up Up the Baby Sharks :thumbup:
JVGO
Guest
Was clearly onside on replay
jamesb
Roar Guru
And yet there was talk of Morris been under pressure. Not sure why. He knows who the kids are coming through.
Jacob Cocciolone
Roar Pro
I think Darius Boyd summed up the attitude of this team a few weeks back when he said ‘you have to play well for 60-70 minutes to get the result’.
JVGO
Guest
All the players except three or four played in Newtown Grand Finals 2018 and 2019. Big win for Bomber. They’re his young guys from U20’s. We have a club building here.
Danno1
Roar Rookie
yep those Jets, Rudolph, Kennedy and Williams carried the Sharks... :stoked:
JVGO
Guest
Seibold failed to watch the replays of the Jets TWO Grand Final wins last year. They never say die.
Rellum
Roar Guru
So we still concede more than 35 points. We still loose and people are happy with well you tried a bit harder than last time. We lost. We lost badly. We collapsed in the last 15 mins. The last 10 were just awful. This isn't a QRL side playing in the NRL. We don't get two points for trying for a bit longer.
thomas c
Guest
Not sure what you do with that. The defensive line retreated a bit, but no one was awful. Do you try again with the exact same team? Broncs probably messed up in game management in the second half. If you have cam smith, then long kicks on tackle 4 is an idea. But if you can't execute, maybe you need the instinct to extend a lead rather than defend it (badly). And if that was an improved showing to the point where they almost made sense, then the broncos need to manufacture a fullback for next year.
Soda
Roar Rookie
Isaac Luke doesn't add much in this team
Fraser
Roar Rookie
Seems like they wasted two interchanges with Turpin for Luke times two?
Soda
Roar Rookie
Lighten up Luke, save the self loathing for us dragons fans. We've had a worse coach for longer