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Brisbane Broncos
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Match Complete
Melbourne Storm
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| A. Reynolds |  | 74 | ||
| S. Cobbo |  | 73 | ||
| A. Reynolds | | 54 | ||
| J. Riki | | 53 | ||
| A. Reynolds | | 51 | ||
| R. Walsh | | 50 | ||
| A. Reynolds |  | 38 | ||
| A. Reynolds | | 8 | ||
| K. Staggs | | 7 |
| 4 | Tries | 0 | ||
| 4 | Conversions | 0 | ||
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
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A place in a preliminary final is up for grabs tonight when the Brisbane Broncos take on the Melbourne Storm at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 7:50pm (AEST).
Normally, if two teams play back to back games, you would have a pretty good idea around the second result. We get none of that here, with both the Broncos and Storm resting the majority of their line ups last round.
The Broncos have been one of the best two teams in the NRL all year and deserve their home final against Melbourne. However, with the competition entering a different phase, all bets are off to a certain extent and we start again.
Brisbane have had limited finals experience in recent years whereas the Storm are thereabouts every season. In terms of big games though, there are plenty of Broncos with Origin and/or international games under their belt.
As expected, all the Brisbane stars return. With Kotoni Staggs coming back from suspension. Corey Oates has been replaced in favour of Jesse Arthars and will be the standby reserve. Keenan Palasia will start on the bench with Corey Jensen missing out.
The Storm’s season has been up and down to a certain extent yet here we are again. Craig Bellamy has done a wonderful job getting this team to finals after losing so much experience up front.
Melbourne still have plenty of star power in Harry Grant, Cameron Munster and the recently returned Ryan Papenhuyzen. If the Storm pack can achieve parity in the middle, they can create enough opportunities to win this.
Jahrome Hughes and Grant return from injury whilst all the rested players return. Nick Meaney will play at fullback and Papenhuyzen will come off the bench.
Whilst players won’t admit to knowing hoodoos, they can’t really avoid them. The Storm have won their last 14 games against the Broncos. It is an amazing statistic. I don’t think the Broncos season is done as they are too good a team for that. However, the Storm will get their measure at Suncorp. Storm by 4
Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Kick-off: 7:50pm (AEST)
TV: Nine, Fox Sports
Streaming: Kayo Sports, Foxtel
Odds: Broncos $1.60 Storm $2.35 – odds via PlayUp
Broncos: 1. Reece Walsh 2. Jesse Arthars 3. Kotoni Staggs 4. Herbie Farnworth 5. Selwyn Cobbo 6. Ezra Mam 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Thomas Flegler 9. Billy Walters 10. Payne Haas 11. Kurt Capewell 12. Jordan Riki 13. Patrick Carrigan 14. Tyson Smoothy 15. Brendan Piakura 16. Kobe Hetherington 17. Keenan Palasia 18. Corey Oates 19. Martin Taupau 20. Corey Jensen 21. Jock Madden 22. Tristan Sailor
Storm: 1. Nick Meaney 2. William Warbrick 3. Marion Seve 4. Young Tonumaipea 5. Xavier Coates 6. Cameron Munster 7. Jahrome Hughes 8. Tui Kamikamica 9. Harry Grant 10. Christian Welch 11. Trent Loiero 12. Eliesa Katoa 13. Josh King 14. Bronson Garlick 15. Tom Eisenhuth 16. Nelson Asofa-Solomona 17. Ryan Papenhuyzen 18. Tyran Wishart 19. Tariq Sims 20. Tepai Moeroa 21. Reimis Smith 22. Grant Anderson
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