Big League Weekly Edition – August 01, 2019

GAME THREE: Brisbane v Melbourne

Round 20 BIG LEAGUE 2019 41

ATTACK

DEFENCE

MATCH AVERAGES

HEAD-TO-HEAD

AT SUNCORP STADIUM

WINNING FORM

PAST8 CLASHES

2019 –

2018 –

2017 –

2016 –

BIGGEST HEAD-TO-HEAD WINS

NEXT CLASH

CASUALTY WARD

DATE:FRIDAY,AUGUST 2
VENUE:SUNCORPSTADIUM
KICK-OFF:7.55PM
REFEREE:GERARDSUTTON
ASSISTANTREFEREE:ZIGGYPRZEKLASA-ADAMSKI
TOUCHJUDGES:K ASEYBADGER& NICKBEASHEL
SENIORREVIEWOFFICIAL:ASHLEYKLEIN
REVIEWOFFICIAL:BRYANNORRIE
CHANNEL9 & FOXLEAGUE: 7.30PM
LIVERADIO: ABC, 2GB

STORM

1st( 32 )

463

228

76

80%

47

16

13

37

24

11

2

4

2

26

13

182

328

1662

8

8

5

81%

BRONCOS

8th(19 )

335

355

57

78%

37

15

4

61

37

18

6

3

3

19

20

179

337

1642

8

11

4

76%

HEAD-TO-HEADLEADERS

AVERAGE METRES

Matt Lodge 164

Curtis Scott 139

AVERAGETACKLES

Andrew McCullough 42

Kenny Bromwich 35

Matt Gillett 33

LINE-BREAKS

Jahrome Hughes 9

Anthony Milford 7

STATS

SuncorpStadium

Friday7.55pm

Form:TheBroncos’formhas

improveddramaticallyoverthe

pastmonthandaftersitting14th

ontheladdera fewweeksago,

they’veclimbedtoeighthafter

claimingthreewinsanda draw

fromtheirpastfourgames.

Thereis littlequestionthat

theirintensityandurgencyhas

improvedontheirinertefforts

earlierintheseasonandeven

thoughtheystilllookshortof

a finalscertainty,confidence

is returning.TheStorm’s

nine-gamewinningstreakcame

toa haltatAAMIParklast

Saturday but it was not for lack

ofeffortintheirgoldenpoint

losstotheSeaEagles.

History:Noteamcauses

greateranguishfortheBroncos

thanMelbourne,whohave

establishedanimposingrecord

ofdominanceinthisfixture

thatstretchesbackto1998.

In46 clashes,theStormhave

won 32 totheBroncos’ 13 (with

onegamedrawn)fora success

ratethatis closinginon 70 per

cent.Theseteamsmetinthe

season-openinggameatAAMI

Parkanddespitea competitive

effortbytheBroncos,the

Stormclaimedvictory22-12.

Dangersign:Outsideof

therepresentative period

whentheycanbemissing

half-a-dozenplayers,thereis

nevera goodtimetoconfront

theStorm.A weekafterthey’ve

suffereda lossis definitelynot

thetimeyouwanttotakethem

on.CoachCraigBellamywould

haveredoubledhiseffortsthis

weektoaddresseveryperceived

failureintheirperformance

againsttheSeaEaglesand

ensurehismenrectifyanyfault.

BestBet?LookfortheStorm

toreturntotheirdominantbest

withvictoryby13+points.

Money-spinner:CoreyOates

andSuliasiVunivaluaresound

optionsforFirstTryscorer,while

David Fifita will offer good value.

byDAVIDMIDDLETON

@Middleton_David

NRLPreview

Stirred Storm ready to strike back

ANTHONY MILFORD

203

metresin

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