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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2574077, member: 1899"] Second half... The opening was fairly end to end with the Broncos holding a slight advantage on the back of a well placed bomb by Hoffman which caused a mistake from the Roosters custodian. Unfortunately, the Broncos can't capitilise on their opportunities for one reason or another. Naturally as a Broncos fan I feel a little bit miffed about the calls here. Gillett gets pinged for a forward pass which didn't like much if at all different from the RTS pass, Friend looked to have bobbled the ball from dummy half and gave himself up and Jennings lost the ball after racing around Copley but it was ruled backwards. On top of that, there were a number of occasions to penalise the Chooks but in the end, the only time the referees obliged was when they had no other choice. That's right, the first penalty of the half was the one where Hunt was held down after making a half break near the line which could have resulted in a professional foul. As a fan, you can cop the odd call here and there but it's these string of calls that makes life frustrating and it certainly helped the Roosters out here. 14-12 Broncos. Fortunately it didn't take Brisbane too long to score the try they richly deserved. Credit should go to Hoffman for his wonderful tackle on Guerra to force the mistake & on the back of an obvious penalty, Brisbane score a nice play down the short side on the back of a Thaiday run. This is something I'm sure a lot of us fans on here want to see. Hunt going to the line, finding his edge forward and playing off the back of that. It worked here and Hunt summed up the situation very well. 18-12 Brisbane. Unfortunately Parker made a mistake trying to shake Friend off of him and it resulted in a try to SKD. I see a lot of people blaming Reed on this try and I feel like that's a touch harsh. In Reed's defence, the Roosters had the numbers and SKD had a mile of room to work in. The question should be, how did the Roosters earn that room? Essentially, it came off the back of a RTS run which beat Gillett & Barba and forced Lowrie to come in and shut down the play with a good tackle close to the line. That opened up the space and the Roosters read the situation well. 18 all. It's funny how a game of Rugby League can turn in an instant. The next 5 or so minutes was basically all Roosters and they were certainly unlucky not to receive an important penalty on tackle 5 when Thaiday took Pearce in the air. Never the less, off a Gillett mistake, they just about score but SKD's bat on was just too difficult for Mini to handle & the Broncos turn defence into attack as Barba makes an important play sending Vidot 40m before he earns a penalty. I've heard others call it a professional foul, but from my understanding, it's only deemed as such when we're in their territory. Bit silly, but I haven't seen too many if any called in that sort of situation. It doesn't pay off right away but I want to highlight what might be a very important moment in our season. The Roosters as they're so used to doing work it off their line with relative ease and then out of no where BANG. Corey Oates has just checked in for the evening and laid Nuuausala out with a tackle that in of itself basically keeps the Roosters to 30m, their worst gain of the evening. Back to back sets later, Hoffman surprises just about everybody with a lovely ball to Reed and Jack that close to the line does a good job of planting it over and breaking the deadlock. That's more like it from Hoffman and it's nice to see he has that sort of play in him, now he needs to bottle it and reproduce that more than once a match - he needs to throw those passes more often and assist his playmakers as these outside men for Brisbane are more than capable of scoring points. 22-18 Moments later, Brisbane are in again off a penalty and a nice show and go from Hunt. While a lot has deservedly been made of Hunt's run, I believe the lead up play deserves more credit. Parker did a great job to earn a quick play the ball off basically nothing and Macca scooped the ball up like he was Cam Smith and really put the Broncos on the front foot. THAT'S the type of play he needs to be concerned about more the Broncos #9...Never the less 26-18 Broncos with not a lot left to go. A lot has been made of the Broncos inability to defend the short kick off but it's easier said than done, especially against a bloke like Tupou. I really don't know what more the Broncos defenders could have done, it was just good work from the winger in that situation. Like the previous try to Hunt, it was basically scored off the back of momentum. What happened was, since the kick caught the Broncos off guard, they didn't have time to get their line set, so Moa was able to charge straight at Ben Hunt and earn his team a precious quick play the ball. Two plays later, Mortimer does a fantastic job getting his side on the front foot and RTS with a good fend and a lot of room scores. 26-24 with 3 to go. The next passage is just filled with so many ifs and buts. What if Sam Thaiday had have been taken off the field? What if Ben Hunt hadn't impeded Maranta taking the intercept? What if the referees pinged the Roosters for the play the ball? What if the referees saw the bobble in Moa's run as a mistake? It doesn't matter because in the end, the Roosters get three sets of six in a row and make the most of it, scoring a trademark try as Cordner goes through a massive gap to win the game. 30-26 and at this point everything the Broncos had worked for, every big hit, big play has seemingly meant very little. To the Broncos credit, they show how difficult it is to defend a short kick off by nearly scoring off the play but it wasn't to be. [B]Overall:[/B] We hung in there against the champs and by rights should have won but in the end were ultimately outclassed. A lots of ifs and buts, however against the best, I thought the boys gave a very fair account of themselves. Still a few pieces that need to be worked on but if they can keep these type of performances up, they won't be the no-hopers a lot of people have written them off as. [/QUOTE]

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