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Latest Brisbane Broncos News

Storm chasing Milford

May 3, 2017, 1:08 pm By Joel Leave a Comment

In a year filled with shock player movements, the Melbourne Storm could be on the verge of the most surprising coup of all.

The Herald Sun reports that the Storm are making a play for Broncos five-eighth Anthony Milford, as they search for a replacement for departing star Cooper Cronk.

The Broncos reportedly tabled a rich 3-year-deal to Milford earlier in the season, but as yet, it remains unsigned.

Losing Milford would be disastrous for the Broncos, who allowed halfback Ben Hunt to leave for the Dragons, after deciding to make Milford their priority.

On the bright side, new recruit Jack Bird would at least have the opportunity to play a spine position, something he reportedly covets.

Milford has played 104 first grade matches for the Broncos and Raiders; and 4 Tests for Samoa.

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Filed Under: NRL News and Rumours Tagged With: Anthony Milford, Brisbane Broncos News, Melbourne Storm News

Boyd, Thurston injury update

May 2, 2017, 5:06 pm By Joel Leave a Comment

Kangaroos fullback Darius Boyd has now joined halfback Johnathan Thurston as members of the Australian Test team under an injury cloud, heading into Friday’s Test against New Zealand.

According to AAP, the Broncos fullback failed to complete the team’s session this morning, withdrawing with “hamstring soreness”. 

A team spokesperson said he’ll “continue to be assessed over the next few days.”

In better news, Cowboys halfback Thurston successfully completed the session, and appears to be on track to play on Friday night.

According to back-rower Boyd Cordner, Thurston believes that if he gets through Wednesday’s session without issue, “he should be sweet.”

This news won’t be welcomed by Cowboys coach Paul Green, who last week said that Thurston wouldn’t have his blessing if he hadn’t first played for the Cowboys (which he didn’t).

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Filed Under: NRL News and Rumours Tagged With: Australia Kangaroos, Brisbane Broncos News, Darius Boyd, Johnathan Thurston, North Queensland Cowboys News

Roberts out for four weeks

April 28, 2017, 4:25 pm By Joel Leave a Comment

In a blow to both the Broncos and Blues, Brisbane have today confirmed that centre James Roberts will be out for four weeks, as a result of an ankle injury suffered in his team’s victory over the Panthers last night.

Scans today confirmed that Roberts suffered ligament damage, but no fracture to the ankle. 

Regardless, the news all but rules him out of the race for a State of Origin debut for New South Wales.

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Filed Under: NRL News and Rumours Tagged With: Brisbane Broncos News, James Roberts

NRL Tips and Previews: Round 9

April 27, 2017, 5:06 pm By Joel Leave a Comment

2017 Season Results:

Head-to-Head Tipping: 41/64 (64%) [Last week: 3/8]

Margin Betting: 16/29 (55%) [Last week: 3/4]

2016 Season Results:

Head-to-Head Tipping: 71%

Margin Betting: 54%

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NRL Round 9 Tips and Previews

Broncos v Panthers

Offense VOA: Broncos -2.70% (8th), Panthers -26.50% (14th)

Defense VOA: Broncos -30.77% (5th), Panthers -1.12% (8th)

Round 9 opens with Bennett v Griffin XI, a contest in which the Panthers mentor has an impressive record of 8 wins, a draw and just a single loss. He’ll need every ounce of that dominance if the struggling Panthers are to overcome the Broncos this week though.

Since hammering the Roosters three weeks ago, the Broncos have fallen into something of a slump (as much of a slump as a team on a three-game winning streak can be in). They’ve looked totally unconvincing in fluking a late win over the Titans, and required divine intervention (the referees are gods, right?) to beat the Rabbitohs. And that’s the same Rabbitohs who barely squeaked past what was essentially Penrith’s reserve grade team three weeks ago. So yes, the Broncos form line is scratchy at best.

However, if the Broncos form has been scratchy, the Panthers have been rolling around in poison ivy (and in their particular case, they’ll need more than just an ocean of the proverbial calamine lotion). Up until they met the Storm, the Panthers had been rolling along alright, and arguably should have been 3-1 after four rounds. However, the afore-mentioned loss to Souths, sandwiched between hidings from competition heavyweights Melbourne and Cronulla, left the Panthers’ confidence shot, and they certainly played like it against the Eels. The Panthers and Eels put on a bludger of a game, combining for 32 errors between them, as both sides appeared to do their best to lose the match. It was ultimately the Panthers who proved the worst, and as a result their season sits precariously on the brink of disaster.

We still believe the Panthers have the talent to go on tear soon enough, but they first need a confidence-boosting win. Will it come this week? Probably not, but it’s not as ridiculous as it first seems.

The Broncos have been unusually ill-disciplined the past two weeks, making a combined 26 errors across those two games. And despite scoring 24 and 25 points respectively in those matches, it’s worth noting that the Broncos were facing the league’s 16th and 13th ranked teams in Defense VOA. The Panthers, in contrast, rank 8th.

Combined with the Panthers’ well-documented attacking struggles, this leads us to expect a relatively low-scoring affair, which would tend to give the Panthers a better chance of an upset. We don’t have the courage to tip them, but we do think this shapes as a more competitive game than most prognosticators are expecting.

Our tip: Broncos

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The Weekend Wrap: 23/4/17

April 23, 2017, 10:12 pm By Joel Leave a Comment

St George Illawarra confirmed the signing of star five-eighth Gareth Widdop on a four-year deal.

Rabbitohs forward George Burgess faces a four-match suspension after being charged with a grade-two shoulder charge on Broncos five-eighth Anthony Milford.

NRL Referees boss Tony Archer admitted that officials made a mistake in awarding a key try to Broncos centre Tautau Moga during their victory over the Rabbitohs.

The NRL reportedly won’t register the contracts of Aaron Woods and Kieran Foran without first seeing how the Bulldogs will fit them under the salary cap.

Eels centre Brad Takairangi faces 4-6 weeks on the sideline after picking up a knee injury in his side’s 18-12 victory over the Panthers.

Tigers boss Justin Pascoe wants compensation for his own inability to keep top local talent.

Titans fullback Jarryd Hayne is expected to activate his option to remain at the Gold Coast in 2018.

The Titans could be without centre Dale Copley (back), utility Karl Lawton (hamstring) and back-rower Chris Grevsmuhl (shoulder) going forward, after they all failed to finish their upset victory over the Sharks.

Cowboys halfback Johnathan Thurston is expected to be named for Australia, despite not having played since injuring his calf against the Tigers a fortnight ago.

 

 

 

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Filed Under: NRL News and Rumours Tagged With: Aaron Woods, Anthony Milford, Brad Takairangi, Brisbane Broncos News, Canterbury Bulldogs News, Chris Grevsmuhl, Dale Copley, Gareth Widdop, George Burgess, Gold Coast Titans News, Jarry Hayne, Johnathan Thurston, Justin Pascoe, Karl Lawton, Kieran Foran, North Queensland Cowboys News, Parramatta Eels News, South Sydney Rabbitohs News, St George Illawarra Dragons News, Tautau Moga, Wests Tigers News

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