Thursday, June 18,  7.50 PM, Round 6, Central Coast Stadium, Newcastle Knights take on Brisbane Broncos NRL Match Preview

The Knights losing to the Melbourne Storm last round showed a lot of fight after winning the second half and looking to stage a comeback to take the win, although it never happened it showed the rest of the competition they are serious competitors this year, the Brisbane Broncos also staged some fight against the Manly Sea Eagles beating Manly 18-4 in the first half but then losing the second half and losing the match 20-18, make no mistake the Knights will be assembling the cavalry this week so the Broncos need to turn up.

TEAM CHANGES

The Newcastle Knights

Newcastle Knights 2020 squad list excluding above changes below;

 
1. Kalyn Ponga 2. Edrick Lee 3. Enari Tuala 4. Bradman Best 5. Hymel Hunt 6. Kurt Mann 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. David Klemmer 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Daniel Saifiti 11. Lachlan Fitzgibbon 12. Sione Mata’utia 13. Herman Ese’ese

Reserves: 14. Tex Hoy 15. Jacob Saifiti 16. Tim Glasby 17. Aidan Guerra 18. Gehamat Shibasaki 19. Pasami Saulo 20. Phoenix Crossland 21. Starford To’a

Coach: Adam O’Brien

The Brisbane Broncos

Brisbane Broncos 2020 squad list excluding above changes below;

 
1. Jamayne Isaako 2. Corey Oates 3. Herbie Farnworth 4. Darius Boyd 5. Xavier Coates 6. Anthony Milford 7. Brodie Croft 8. Matthew Lodge 9. Cory Paix 10. Payne Haas 11. Alex Glenn 12. Tevita Pangai Junior 13. Patrick Carrigan

Reserves: 14. Tesi Niu 15. Ben Te’o 16. Joe Ofahengaue 17. Thomas Flegler 18. Issac Luke 19. Rhys Kennedy 20. Tom Dearden 21. Jamil Hopoate

Coach: Anthony Seibold

LAST TIME THEY MET

The last time these two teams met the Newcastle Knights at home thumped the Broncos 26-12. Previously, in earlier years and most recent form, matches played between the Newcastle Knights and the Brisbane Broncos have favoured the Broncos having won in total 22 from the 36 total matches played giving the Broncos a 61% chance of winning before this match even begins, on the flip side all the head to head statistics for this season ways heavily in favour of the Knights as their scoring is almost double the Broncos and overall their defense has been almost twice as good.

WHO WINS THIS ONE

THE ERL PREDICTION

Brisbane Broncos for the win.

WHERE CAN I VIEW OR LISTEN TO THIS MATCH?

Nine (Sydney/Brisbane), GEM (Melbourne/Adelaide/Perth)
Foxtel – Fox League (nationally)
Sky Sport 4 (New Zealand)
9Now
Kayo Sports
NRL app: Live Pass or Telstra customers
Watch NRL: Not available in Australia, New Zealand or Pacific regions
Radio: ABC, Triple M Sydney/Brisbane, 4BC, NRL Nation
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