Big League Weekly Edition – July 25, 2019

GAME FIVE: Gold Coast v Brisbane

Round 19 BIG LEAGUE 2019 45

ATTACK

DEFENCE

MATCH AVERAGES

HEAD-TO-HEAD

AT CBUS SUPER STADIUM

WINNING FORM

PAST8 CLASHES

2019 –

2018 –

2017 –

2016 –

2015 –

BIGGEST HEAD-TO-HEAD WINS

NEXT CLASH

CASUALTY WARD

DATE:SATURDAY,JULY 27
VENUE:CBUSSUPERSTADIUM
KICK-OFF:5.30PM
REFEREE:BENCUMMINS
ASSISTANTREFEREE:BELINDASHARPE
TOUCHJUDGES:NICKMOREL& JARRODCOLE
SENIORREVIEWOFFICIAL:STEVECLARK
REVIEWOFFICIAL:BRYANNORRIE
FOXLEAGUE:5PM
LIVERADIO: ABC, 2GB

BRONCOS

10th(17 )

301

343

51

78%

33

14

3

59

36

17

6

3

3

18

20

179

339

1633

9

11

4

77%

TITANS

16th(10 )

284

397

48

79%

29

16

3

68

50

14

4

3

4

17

23

177

343

1543

8

10

3

77%

HEAD-TO-HEADLEADERS

AVERAGE METRES

Matt Lodge 164

Jarrod Wallace 153

AVERAGETACKLES

Andrew McCullough 42

Kevin Proctor 38

Payne Haas 34

LINE-BREAKS

Dale Copley 8

Anthony Milford 6

STATS

CbusSuperStadium

Saturday5.30pm

Form:Theemotional‘kick’that

resultedfromthesackingof

coachGarthBrennanandthe

installationofcaretakerpair

CraigHodgesandLukeBurt

lastedallofa dozenminutes

atCbusSuperStadiumlast

Sunday.TheTitanssprungout

oftheblockstoscoretwotries

againstcompetitionleaders

theMelbourneStormandopen

upa stunning12-0lead.The

expectationsofsuccess-starved

Titansfanssuddenlysoared

butwerejustasquicklydashed

asCameronSmithensured

normalservicewasresumed

witha seven-try onslaught

thatlefttheTitansanchoredto

thebottomoftheladder.The

Broncos’recentperformances

haveyieldedfivecompetition

pointsfroma possiblesixand

ensuredtheyremainin the

huntfora placein thefinals.

History:TheBroncoshold

a commandingleadin overall

resultssince 2007 howeverthe

GoldCoasthaveclaimedupset

victoriesin twoofthepastthree

encounters.TheTitansachieved

oneoftheirfourwinsforthis

seasonagainstanout-of-sorts

BroncosoutfitatSuncorpa few

daysaftertheopeningState

ofOriginmatchwhenthey

triumphed26-18.It hasbeen

a different story at Robina, where

theTitanshavenotmanaged

a victoryovertheBroncos

since2014.Thelasttworesults

havebeenembarrassingforthe

homeside,whohavesuffered

54-0and34-0shut-outs.

Dangersign:LookforTevita

Pangai,PayneHaasandMatt

Lodgetoleadtheforward

chargefortheBroncosandpave

thewayfora decisivevictory.

BestBet?TheTitanshave

neverbeatentheBroncostwice

in a seasonandthey’reunlikely

tobreakthatrecordhere.Look

fora Broncoswinby13+points.

Money-spinner:Optionsfor

FirstTryscorerincludePhillip

SamiandCoreyOates,or

consider Kevin Proctor.

byDAVIDMIDDLETON

@Middleton_David

NRLPreview

Broncos building for finals run

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