Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Broncos

[RoosterFanNZ]

great first 25 mins but We need to sharpen up, can’t throw this away.

Lost our shape a bit with no experienced props on the field

also where are the six agains. We’re running through them and apperently theyre making minimal infringements?

[Vee08]

Starting pack, especially middles great platform…

[RoosterBooster]

Why do we never improve on our set completion and errors?

we never learn, we needed to just kick to the corner and build pressure, something for Walker to work on

[Rooster R]

Momo looking OK tonight, playing well.

[stringaz]

**** me these guys can play footy. Loving it. But we did lose momentum for the last 20 minutes of that 1st half unfortunately. Ref has evened up possession for the ponies with some soft scoreline affected 6 agains.

We play like we are behind by 20 points sometimes. That surface dosen't look easy.

Victor the inflicted lol. Love this dude.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Great start by the boys which was really important in this game. Then the ball control got sloppy need to address.

JWH set the standard, great stint. Vic looked like the old self which is heart warming.

Special mention to Momo, top dig and clear points over Staggs Was that him who held Staggs up over line as well? Whoever did was a great effort.

[fletch]

Keary’s poor passes putting the team under pressure

He looks really unsure out there at times you can see he is really reluctant to dig into the line before promoting the ball and its totally throwing off the rhythm of that left side attack.

[roosterchook]

We’ve lost composure trying to score off every set instead building pressure like we did perfectly in the first 20 minutes. I just think it’s impatience to put the game away. If we don’t get our composure back we are in deep trouble. Broncos are hopeless but we are giving them every opportunity to win.

[Fairfax]

It's a fantastic start, defence is great, but we need to maintain composure.

[Maxy Walker]

Need to just grind out a few sets to start the 2nd half and forget about trying to score off every set. It’s starting to look like the manly game again, good start then they get overconfident and start pushing the passes

[roosterchook]

How many balls have we lost on first tackle? The only ones that can beat us today is ourselves.

[Chook Norris]

Social media saying Rads and JWH blowing up at Walker - anyone else see this?

[mightyrooster]

We need to stop trying to score off every play. Started brilliantly but if we keep up the errors, the great start will be completely wasted.

[King Salvo]

A Tail of 2 quarters - Chooks good first 20 and not so second 20 - too fancy when focus was needed- need to be better this second 40 with the Broncos with the wind at their backs - big 40 minutes coming up

1st half stats - Roosters 18 vs Broncos 4

• Posession - Roosters 50% vs Broncos 50%
• Set Completions - Roosters 76% (19/25) vs Broncos 76% ( 16/21)
• Running metres - Roosters 1008 ( 398 PC) vs Broncos 670 (276 PC)
• Offloads - Roosters 2 vs Broncos 8
• Line Breaks - Roosters 2 vs Broncos 1
• Play the ball speed - Roosters 3.44 seconds vs Broncos 3.42
• Kicking Metres - Roosters 312 ( 11) vs Broncos 307 (9)
• Tackles - Roosters 180 ( 14 MT) vs Broncos 166 (25 MT)
• Errors - Roosters 6 vs Broncos 5
• Penalties Conceded - Roosters 2 vs Broncos 4
• Set Restarts Conceded - Roosters 3 vs Broncos 2

[mightyrooster]

Social media saying Rads and JWH blowing up at Walker - anyone else see this?

They mentioned it on the Fox coverage.