Gameday Brisbane Broncos v NZ Warriors - [Round 11, 2026]

Who will Win?

  • Warriors 13+

    Votes: 13 37.1%
  • Warriors 12-

    Votes: 15 42.9%
  • Warriors JANFIN Special by 6

    Votes: 6 17.1%
  • Broncos 12-

    Votes: 1 2.9%
  • Broncos 13+

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    35

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Brisbane Broncos v NZ Warriors - [Round 11, 2026]
GAME DAY
Sunday 17th May 6:05pm NZST
Go Media Stadium, Auckland

Welcome to your NZWF game day thread for todays clash.

Follow the game live at Warriors Live for live updates.

This thread will be locked following the final whistle with or without warning. Discussion will then be shifted to the POST MATCH thread.

UP THE WAHS!!!
 
So much deep history vs these Broncos.
Best games of the season when we win (yep better than Penrith coz of the history).

I was pretty nervous yesterday (long two weeks, the un mentionable off field distractions).

Every mini era there are the big three in the NRL. Predominantly that has been the Storm, Panthers, and Roosters. But in recent times the Broncos have pushed the Roosters out of that class and are one of the trinity of clubs frankly too good for us, and the Storm are having their problems.

The seats at the top table are looking take able, I dunno if we quite have the Roster yet to be one of the super clubs, we're definitely getting there, all of us have been waiting for this test, the first time we played one of the powerhouses we ran into a hapless Melbourne how dam sweet was that night!
Forget ladder rankings, tonight is going to be a blood fest, someone is gonna get smashed).

I want a win so bad, so I gotta temper me expectations coz you can't predict which Warriors side comes out of this bye. I would have been a lot more confident with Roger out there I think, his try savers on the edges have been epic, and we need that because the Broncos have the best attacking fullback in the game.

We win by strangling teams, it ain't pretty, it ain't sexy, we don't have those types of Xfactor backs. But we choke you out and throw body punches in the clinch (those little short range Try's we rely so heavily on).

My main concern though is the officiating, it is hard to effect a strangle if you are constantly retreating and hanging on. Shame this game is not a night game, it deserves to have been scheduled the closing game of the tournament (I know it isn't a tournament, but it has that atmosphere and hype).

Instead we get a dead rubber to close things out (wot genius thought that up, I am guessing the greedy bean counters thought that we would draw the crowds in for the Dead rubber and they would stick around rather than void the stadium or just not show up at all).

Come on lads, do this for the 95'vers.
 
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Looking forward to this one, feels like there is gonna be some feeling in this with all the origin selections, Broncos getting stomped last week, and with all this Metcalf drama.

Lets gone boys!!!
 
GAME DAY!!!!
Man I hate byes. It seems so long since we played.
Warriors 12 and under. Hopefully all the fans on the streets of Brisbane will be in the stands to make it a real home game.
 
Really looking forward to this matchup tonight. Game of the round with a large warriors contingent in attendence. No win is sweeter than beating the Broncos in Brisbane!

-The Broncos concede most of their points down the left edge and can become vulnerable with Mam liable to jamming in. Mixing up using Leka as a lead runner/decoy should give our left side plenty of attacking oppurtunities with youngster Phill Coates on debut as well.
On the right side, Reynolds is super vulnreable as well so i'm expecting a lot of traffic to be sent his way.

-They aren't a patient team defensively and start compressing tightly in the middle when exposed to repeat sets opening up their weak edges, so i'd like to see us build some pressure through grubbers in behind.

-Kicking early could be a key move to limit Walsh's broken-play influence. The Bronx have some of the best broken play attack in the leauge so this is a key area im worried about. Kick chase, linespeed and controlling the ruck will all be key to limiting this so will be interesting to see what type of Mood Ash Klein is in tonight.

The Broncos spine is still intact other than Billy Walters but their weak pack will limit their field possesion which plays into our hands. Despite this, im sure the Broncos will be up for this one after 2 consecutive losses away from home.

Warriors 28-16
 
Our pack vs their backline.
We need to bust down the front door and get some space on the edges.
They just need to hold us to parity in the yardage game then Reynolds and Walsh can work their magic.

I can see this going anywhere, could come down to discipline/refs, 6 agains are killer.
 
The start of a tricky three game sequence. Win and we open up a buffer to the chasing pack after Roosters and Souths stumbled, consolidating top 2.

The stage is set for our origin contenders to have the best game of the season and smash the door down. Expect massive games from Jacko, Wayde and of course, Tannah after all the Metcalf bullshit in the last 10 days.

I just want to suffocate them on their 10m line and squeeze the life out of them. Tire their forwards and win the ruck, and the flashy backs have nothing to play off.

If we win today and knock off the Dragons next week, then that sets up a tasty Penrith encounter for top spot.

Down the middle boys.
 
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TEAM LIST
Taine Tuaupiki 1
Ali Leiataua 3
Right Centre
Adam Pompey 4
Left Centre
Tanah Boyd 7
Halfback
James Fisher-Harris 8
Right Prop Captain
Wayde Egan 9
Mitchell Barnett 10
Leka Halasima 11
Right Second Row
Kurt Capewell 12
Left Second Row
Erin Clark 13
Sam Healey 14
Interchange
Jackson Ford 15
Interchange
Demitric Vaimauga 16
Jacob Laban 17
Interchange
Tanner Stowers-Smith 19
Te Maire Martin 20
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