Eels
Broncos
Preview
Parramatta’s finals hopes took a blow on Sunday afternoon, as Clint Gutherson suffered a season-ending knee injury.
The Eels are currently two games clear of ninth position, but with a poor points differential, they can’t afford to drop too many more games.
Corey Norman’s 77th-minute field goal was enough to see them beat the Tigers last weekend, and the Eels will bring in Josh Hoffman to replace Gutherson from that side in the only change.
Brisbane’s big win last weekend over the Bulldogs sees them move into third position, and stay just one win outside of the top two.
Darius Boyd returns at fullback after overcoming injury, as Kodi Nikorima drops down to the reserves.
Both sides have been in form of late, but Brisbane should just have enough.
Broncos by 4.
Team Lists
Team Lists
| Fullback |
| Wing |
| Centre |
| Centre |
| Wing |
| Five-eighth |
| Halfback |
| Prop |
| Hooker |
| Prop |
| Second Row |
| Second Row |
| Lock |
| Interchange |
| Interchange |
| Interchange |
| Interchange |
Team Stats
Scoring Plays
| Eels | Broncos | |
| 4 | Tries | 2 |
| 4 | Conversions | 2 |
| 2 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
Attack
| Eels | Broncos | |
| 187 | All Runs | 172 |
| 1,888 | All Run Metres | 1,646 |
| 8 | Line Breaks | 3 |
| 12 | Offloads | 11 |
Defense
| Eels | Broncos | |
| 504 | Kick Metres | 570 |
| 0 | 40/20 | 0 |
| 341 | Tackles | 359 |
| 26 | Missed Tackles | 38 |
Discipline
| Eels | Broncos | |
| 6 | Penalties Conceded | 9 |
| 6 | Errors | 7 |
| 0 | Sin Bin | 0 |
| 0 | Send Offs | 0 |
Player Stats
Top Point Scorer
| Player | TOT | |
 | Mitchell Moses | 10 |
| Kirisome Auva'a | 8 | |
| Jordan Kahu | 6 | |
| Bevan French | 4 | |
| James Roberts | 4 |
Top Goal Kicker
| Player | TOT | |
| Mitchell Moses | 5 |
| Jordan Kahu | 3 | |
| Corey Norman | 1 | |
| Adam Blair | 0 | |
| Cameron King | 0 |
Top Try Scorer
| Player | TOT | |
 | Kirisome Auva'a | 2 |
| Bevan French | 1 | |
| James Roberts | 1 | |
| Tepai Moeroa | 1 | |
| Matt Gillett | 1 |
Top Try Assists
| Player | TOT | |
| Mitchell Moses | 3 |
| Anthony Milford | 1 | |
| Matt Gillett | 1 | |
| Adam Blair | 0 | |
| Cameron King | 0 |
Top Runs
| Player | TOT | |
 | Nathan Brown | 20 |
| Jonus Pearson | 17 | |
| Josh McGuire | 16 | |
| Semi Radradra | 16 | |
| Tautau Moga | 15 |
Top Run Metres
| Player | TOT | |
| Nathan Brown | 223 |
| Jonus Pearson | 203 | |
| Tautau Moga | 184 | |
| Kirisome Auva'a | 155 | |
| Michael Jennings | 150 |
Top Linebreaks
| Player | TOT | |
| Kirisome Auva'a | 3 |
| Bevan French | 2 | |
| James Roberts | 2 | |
| Michael Jennings | 1 | |
| Tautau Moga | 1 |
Top Offloads
| Player | TOT | |
 | Tevita Pangai | 4 |
| Adam Blair | 3 | |
| Anthony Milford | 3 | |
| Semi Radradra | 2 | |
| Kenny Edwards | 2 |
Top Tackles
| Player | TOT | |
 | Matt Gillett | 45 |
| Nathan Brown | 43 | |
| Daniel Alvaro | 40 | |
| Cameron King | 38 | |
| Andrew McCullough | 38 |
Top Missed Tackles
| Player | TOT | |
 | Josh McGuire | 6 |
| Matt Gillett | 5 | |
| Adam Blair | 4 | |
| Tautau Moga | 4 | |
| Corey Norman | 4 |
Top Tackle Breaks
| Player | TOT | |
 | Bevan French | 9 |
| Kenny Edwards | 5 | |
| James Roberts | 5 | |
| Matt Gillett | 5 | |
| Michael Jennings | 4 |
Top Linebreak Assists
| Player | TOT | |
| Mitchell Moses | 3 |
| Matt Gillett | 2 | |
| Nathan Brown | 1 | |
| Anthony Milford | 1 | |
| Kenny Edwards | 1 |
Top Kick Metres
| Player | TOT | |
 | Ben Hunt | 386 |
| Mitchell Moses | 270 | |
| Andrew McCullough | 92 | |
| Corey Norman | 89 | |
| Cameron King | 88 |
Top Penalties
| Player | TOT | |
 | Alex Glenn | 2 |
| James Roberts | 2 | |
| Adam Blair | 1 | |
| Cameron King | 1 | |
| Josh McGuire | 1 |
Top Errors
| Player | TOT | |
 | Anthony Milford | 2 |
| Semi Radradra | 2 | |
| Ben Hunt | 2 | |
| Josh McGuire | 1 | |
| Nathan Brown | 1 |
Summary
Kenny Edwards is the nrls number 1 grub. A dog, a blight on the game. What he did to jonus was disgusting
+1. As a parra fan I agree with you – he is a liability for Parra and sets a terrible example
A poor defensive and offensive performance by the Broncos with too many missed tackles caused by poor tackling technique and the lack of an evident attacking plan. That said, I thought Pengai Jnr and Sims (surprisingly) were both very good in terms of their offensive and defensive contributions. And while Ofahengaue, Gillet, McGuire, Moga, Roberts and Pearson made some good yards offensively, their defence was very poor, particularly McGuire and Gillet who missed 11 tackles between them. Conversely, I thought Boyd was ineffectual offensively but was one of the few players in the Broncos side who was defensively solid. Blair, Glenn, Thaiday, Kahu, McCullogh, Hunt and Milford however all underperformed both with and without the ball. This Broncos team has some bad offensive and defensive habits which were very much on show versus the Eels.