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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2712665, member: 1899"] [B]Round 23 2010 Brisbane Broncos vs Parramatta Eels[/B] 7th vs 10th in a game that would have finals repercussions. Brisbane went into the game without star five-eighth and captain Darren Lockyer and his absence was obvious right away. Brisbane had great field position early but were guilty of pushing passes and coming up with rushed options which let the Eels off the hook. Ultimately it was the Eels who scored first points through a freak try to Jarryd Hayne where he was able to juggle a cross-field kick, regather and plant it to open the scoring. 6-0 Parra after 7. Parra were all over Brisbane at this point, but a wayward pass from McCullough tripped everybody up allowing Glenn to race up field. On the next place, Brisbane shift it right to Yow Yeh who puts an in and away on Inu to score a nice try. A soft effort from Inu, but a strong finish from Yow Yeh all the same - 6-4 Eels after 15 minutes. It appeared the scores would remain that way heading into half-time. Both teams had their opportunities but couldn't convert them. Brisbane found a lot of success with the cross-field kick to Folau's corner but couldn't score off any of those plays, while Mateo was causing Sam Thaiday all sorts of problems down his left fringe. He helped create a number of opportunities but the last pass would usually find the hands of the Broncos, killing whatever chance they had created for themselves. Ultimately, they had to rely on a controversial call from Tony Archer to score first points. In an attempt to defuse a bomb, it appeared as if Josh Hoffman was taken off the ball illegally by the Eels chaser. Archer called play on, which ultimately led to Hayne finding Inu with a great pass and the Eels went into the break with a 12-4 lead. 2 minutes into the second half and it was the Broncos who were first on the board. A cheap turnover by Kris Keating gave Wallace an opportunity to find Te'o with a bullet pass who turned it back on the inside for Hoffman to dive over. That made it 12-10 Parra with plenty of time remaining. Brisbane appeared to be gaining the ascedency when all of a sudden they produced their worst set of six of the contest. Peter Wallace was forced to kick under all sorts of pressure, which saw the ball sail well clear of the sideline giving Parra easy field position. They made the most of it, with Kris Keating scoring an incredibly soft 40m try where he raced pass Corey Norman to open up a sizeable lead 18-10 after 52 minutes. The Eels looked well in control until halfback Jeff Robson put in a dinky little chip kick for nobody. It gave Brisbane good field position, which they were able to capitilise on with a good team try to Ben Te'o. Off a good play the ball from Norman, Hoffman found Parker, who turned it back in-field for Wallace, who turned it back to Tronc, Tronc drew in 3 before getting an offload to McCullough who found Parker on the wrap around. After accepting the pass, Parker was able to put Wallace through a gap before Pete found Te'o in the centres to score a nice try that brought Brisbane back into the contest 18-14 after 63 minutes. At the 70th minute, Brisbane were playing hot potato football when Josh McGuire of all players found himself into some space down the left hand touchline. He tried to link up with his inside support in Peter Wallace but Wallace fell over before he could retrive the pass. Replays would show that Wallace was taken out without the ball but referee Tony Archer called play on. In the ensuing set, Mateo skipped around field before finding Burt who put a chip in for himself to all but wrap the game up for the Eels, 24-14 with 8 minutes to play. Brisbane had one last roll of the dice with Folau throwing a miracle ball which put Thaiday in under the posts, but Slammin' Sam had the ball raked out as he dove over the line. In the final stages, Wallace tried to grubber it for himself only for the ball to ricochet and allow debutant Anthony Mitchell to score adjacent from the posts. FT Eels 30-Broncos 14. Misc Thoughts - A really frustrating loss. Even without Lockyer, Brisbane should have won this game but they got caught up playing Parramatta football. Silly offloads, poor options and some very feeble defence. I could forgive some of it given they were without Lockyer so naturally timing on certain plays would be off but there were sets where nobody took any ownership and there was a clear lack of communication or planning. - I remember being OK with Tronc's signing at the time as desperate times called for desperate measures but geez he was garbage. Second phase aside, he was a liability out there and should have been a benchy only. I have no idea what happened to Sims around this time but even he would have been a better pick. Sadly, this was the year where Broncos best front row forward was Nick Kenny. - Gould was laying into Hayne big time. In fairness to Jarryd, he pulled off some big plays but he was invisible and apparently there were Eels sets where he was 20m behind the play for no good reason. When people point out Hayne's role in the Eels being bad, it's periods like this I believe they're referring to. - In general 2010 fascinates me. I remember this was the year where I began taking a really analytical approach to the game but a lot of my prejudices shaped the narrative for me. As a result, I don't really remember anything about a lot of teams. All I remember is that it was the Dragons year and everyone else was just playing for second. I wouldn't mind going back and seeing what was happening with teams like Penrith and Wests. [/QUOTE]

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