Pick Your Team Brisbane Broncos v NZ Warriors - [Round 11, 2026]
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It is my version after all.
Manly trying to help us out this week.
Close, but CHT will be writing poetry from his compound at Port Moresby.Metcalf
Warbrick
Leiataua
Manu (Joey)
AKP
CHT
Boyd
JFH
Egan
Ford
Laban
Halasima
Clark
Vaimauga
Leniu
Bishop Neal
Healy
TSS
Kali
Edit - Opps, I thought this was round 11 2027
My bad
Because the warriors have to optimise for first grade. We have the ability to name 19, you’d be stupid to leave someone out so that they can get game time in a comp they’re way too good for. If he gets game time in cup and he’s good, what then? We put him on the bench of the first grade side?
Nobody tells premier league teams to leave their backup centre backs off the bench because they likely won’t play and that they should play reserves instead to get game time
The way he fizzed out at the back end of the last 2 or 3 seasons i see this as brilliant player management.
With Healey nipping at his heels and getting extra minutes against parra there's no worries fit players come finals time is going to be paramount.
From his performances in the 2 games he came on he was woefully short of match fitness and confidence. Sitting on the bench does not help either of these.
There is another scenario though, if he plays NSW and is ordinary instead of anticipated stand out (for whatever reason) that may well reduce his bargaining position should the situation get to that free to negotiate stage. Right now Luke's reputation remains based on first half of last season and the two games this season are so far not part of the consideration it seems. But it might be factored in if he disappointed in NSW Cup over 2-4 games? Bit of a dilemma.
If he's confident, he should be jumping at the chance to 'show 'em' in NSW Cup.
But then maybe Jett goes to Webby to discuss his options!
I don't thing he'd be playing Cup to see if he's good enough, we already know he's good enough, surely it's more about getting some gametime and some contact.
@Cces Do you think Tannah Boyd would be the player he is today if he spent the majority of last season as our 18th man?
Tanah Boyds partly the player he is this season because of a stacked Nsw cup team with two grand finals wins, and a solid pre-season.
No point sitting on the bench for too many weeks, steering the cup team around didn't hurt Tanah's pride and worked for him in the long term.
Tanah Boyds partly the player he is this season because of a stacked Nsw cup team with two grand finals wins, and a solid pre-season.
No point sitting on the bench for too many weeks, steering the cup team around didn't hurt Tanah's pride and worked for him in the long term.
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I don't think he would be. I doubt he would have even taken up his player option to remain at the club for this year
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From his performances in the 2 games he came on he was woefully short of match fitness and confidence. Sitting on the bench does not help either of these.
There is another scenario though, if he plays NSW and is ordinary instead of anticipated stand out (for whatever reason) that may well reduce his bargaining position should the situation get to that free to negotiate stage. Right now Luke's reputation remains based on first half of last season and the two games this season are so far not part of the consideration it seems. But it might be factored in if he disappointed in NSW Cup over 2-4 games? Bit of a dilemma.
If he's confident, he should be jumping at the chance to 'show 'em' in NSW Cup.
But then maybe Jett goes to Webby to discuss his options!
Think Barney also didn’t play until the Broncos negotiation started or went conditional on us getting a player back. His performance should be fine building back via cup but probably more fearful of injuring himself at the lower grade
I personally do not think that Tanah Boyd would be the player that he is today without an amazing pack to sit behind, and the fact that he played NSW Cup last season has very little to do with it, and if anything, the fact that he played NRL first grade two seasons ago is more relevant to his ability to play NRL. I also personally think that Metcalf’s confidence would decrease if he was languishing in cup, why are we worried about his confidence? This was the premier half in the comp in the first half of last season
But in any case this is childish talk, Webby has clearly said that we would be stupid to leave a gun half back, who we have available, off the bench so that he can get minutes in a reserve comp, so it’s relatively pointless in a pick your team thread to forget that we have that luxury in the year of our lord 2026
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For those talking about Broncos home crowd advantage, my 2c is this.
Having been to Magic Round about 4 or 5 times, the majority of the crowd will be supporting the Warriors. There's a MASSIVE contingent of Kiwis, and the majority of neutrals will be cheering us on.
There will definitely be a big number of Broncos fans, but I'm expecting them to be comfortably outgunned in terms of crowd support.
Having been to Magic Round about 4 or 5 times, the majority of the crowd will be supporting the Warriors. There's a MASSIVE contingent of Kiwis, and the majority of neutrals will be cheering us on.
There will definitely be a big number of Broncos fans, but I'm expecting them to be comfortably outgunned in terms of crowd support.
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