Sea Eagles
20
Match Complete
Broncos
18
| R. Garrick |  | 70 | ||
| R. Garrick | | 64 | ||
| R. Garrick |  | 56 | ||
| M. Suli |  | 54 | ||
| R. Garrick | | 44 | ||
| D. Cherry-Evans | | 43 | ||
| T. Funa | | 36 | ||
| 31 | | J. Isaako | ||
| 29 | | D. Boyd | ||
| 17 | | J. Isaako | ||
| 15 | | X. Coates | ||
| 6 | | J. Isaako | ||
| 5 | | K. Staggs |
| 3 | Tries | 3 | ||
| 2 | Conversions | 3 | ||
| 2 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
The Brisbane Broncos are under all sorts of pressure to get a win, but that won’t be easy against the Manly Sea Eagles. Join The Roar for live scores from 7:50pm (AEST).
Two games, one try, no competition points… the last fortnight hasn’t been pretty for Brisbane.
After dominating in the first two weeks of the season prior to the coronavirus-enforced shutdown, the Broncos have been meek since the NRL restarted. Blown off the park by Parramatta the night the season resumed, it only got worse last week when they were touched up 59-0 by the James Tedesco-less Roosters.
Coach Anthony Seibold has made a raft of changes in an attempt to rejuvenate his side, including switching regular winger Corey Oates to the back row and bringing new recruit Ben Te’o straight into the matchday side. The dual-code international will be playing his first NRL game since 2014, having enjoyed a successful stint in rugby union which ended with the Sunwolves’ Super Rugby tenure.
Manly are also coming off a loss, but theirs was a close-run thing against premiership fancies Parramatta, one Sea Eagles fans will think should have gone the other way.
At any rate, Des Hasler’s men are genuine contenders this year on the back of a strong pack, and talented backline led by captain Daly Cherry-Evans and fullback Tom Trbojevic.
Hasler has made a couple of late changes to last week’s side, Curtis Sironen (knee) and Jorge Taufua (omitted) replaced in the squad by Jack Gosiewski and Brendan Elliot respectively.
Game information
Kick-off: 7:50pm (AEST)
Venue: Central Coast Stadium
TV: Fox Sports, Channel Nine
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel, NRL Live Pass, 9Now
Teams
Sea Eagles
1. Tom Trbojevic, 5. Reuben Garrick, 3. Brad Parker, 4. Moses Suli, 21. Brendan Elliott, 6. Dylan Walker, 7. Daly Cherry-Evans (c), 8. Addin Fonua-Blake, 9. Danny Levi, 10. Martin Taupau, 11. Joel Thompson, 15. Corey Waddell, 13. Jake Trbojevic
Bench/Reserves: 14. Lachlan Croker, 16. Sean Keppie, 17. Taniela Paseka, 19. Jack Gosiewski
Broncos
1. Jamayne Isaako, 2. Xavier Coates, 3. Kotoni Staggs, 4. Darius Boyd, 5. Herbie Farnworth, 6. Anthony Milford, 7. Brodie Croft (c), 8. Matthew Lodge, 9. Cory Paix, 10. Payne Haas, 11. Corey Oates, 12. Joe Ofahengaue, 13. Patrick Carrigan
Bench/Reserves: 14. Tesi Niu, 15. Ben Te’o, 16. Rhys Kennedy, 17. Thomas Flegler
Joe
Roar Rookie
Parkers defense was outstanding.
Hard Yards
Roar Rookie
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William Dalton Davis
Roar Rookie
Broncos lost that on a garbage challenge. That was laughably bad, and arguably would’ve came in handy on their final play.
William Dalton Davis
Roar Rookie
Tbf he still kept taking them. It’s hard to give penalties for that when they’re still ending up with it.
The Spectator
Roar Guru
Love you Baz ????
The Barry
Roar Guru
Not really I don’t knock DCE for doing it, it was a clever manipulation of the rules and exactly what his team needed. If the Dogs do it in the same situation, good for them But I’d still disagree that a rule that can be so easily manipulated and is fundamentally contrary to the spirit of the game should be in the game, in its current format
The Spectator
Roar Guru
Until the Dogs use it to give themselves a breather hey bro ! ????
The Spectator
Roar Guru
No!
The Spectator
Roar Guru
Why when the arms wrapped around the player , didn’t watch the replay mate !
The Barry
Roar Guru
What if Manly take an intercept and go length of the field? I don’t think pulling up the odd knock on or fumble is worth the delays to the game or situations like we saw at the end
Nambawan
Roar Rookie
Midway through this game I was thinking this was the loss that Manly had to have - In that it was being revealed that a couple of the reserve or interchange players were not quite top flight NRL standard players. I still think that view is just about right as the absence of first choice players like Taupau and Sironen was glaring, and the Manly pack looked ineffective. Luckily Fonua-Blake stood up as did the Turbos and Thompson. I did like the look of Funa on the wing after a tough start for a first gamer. I think he is twice the footballer of Taufua. Also the Many centres Parker and Funa have developed into very good first graders.
matth
Roar Guru
Yeah I’m not saying they should have won the count
Geoff from Bruce Stadium
Roar Rookie
Its not like it happens all the time - unlike wresting in the ruck which was virtually destroying the game as a spectacle - you only get one challenge and if you blow it its gone - I can live with it
Fraser
Roar Rookie
Oh John, you dear old boy. DCE showed infinitely more intelligence than Watson ever did. DCE knew he was out, but wanted his team to have a breather. Well played Cherry.
Louis McIntyre
Roar Guru
I agree with what your saying about time wasting but what about the dropped ball that Manly had overturned just before halftime coming out of their own end? Broncos score there and they’re down 24-4 going into the break.
Red Rob
Roar Rookie
Yeah but has it actually improved the decision making? Is the game better overall? Not that I’ve seen.
matth
Roar Guru
No it’s the equivalent of the last two batsmen calling for gloves and the physio as the light fails.
elvis
Roar Rookie
I heard commentators crapping on about not using being the youngest team as an excuse during the week. But that is what happens when you ARE the youngest team. You can't put an old head on young shoulders. Or the ref should have upheld the rules and pinged the Manly players till they stopped doing it....
thomas c
Guest
In honesty, I thought so, but after the first couple, the broncos should have pivot and tried a different tactic.
Joel Erickson
Roar Guru
I had enough of a go at the refs last week, would be hypocritical of me to turn around and pretend everything was hunky-dory this week. Just looking for a game without controversy next week I reckon.