Big Pete
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- Mar 12, 2008
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Pouring through NRL.com's numbers.
3 Tries
0 Conversions
2 Penalty Goals
Three tries, all down the left hand edge to Kahu, Milford and Oates respectively. Unfortunately they left Parker with difficult conversions, and he struggled to claim them with the wind.
In fairness to Parker, even Michael Gordon who kicks at 82% missed his sole conversion of the evening from the right hand touchline.
David Middleton had an interesting theory surrounding the option of taking the two. While he doesn't have an exact figure, he believes that teams often score a try after kicking the conversion. On this occasion he was right with Milford scoring after the Parker shot at goal off the Gutherson spill. The Broncos almost scored after their second penalty goal, but a forward pass in the lead up denied the Broncos such fortune. Perhaps this is something to keep in mind moving forward?
Brisbane had 51% of the ball
Completed 28/40 sets
For a 70% completion rate
Parramatta completed 21/35 for a 60% completion rate
The Broncos typically have a better completion rate than that. Last year they averaged a completion rate of 78%, which includes their diabolical performance where they completed at 72%. However, the difference on that occasion is the Broncos made 20 errors, tonight they made 12 with Greg Eden making 4 errors (and being responsible for Wallace's fumble off the kick off).
Parramatta did more with the ball when they had it. They ran it more (171 runs v 164) and incoporated more second-phase (18 offloads to 8). However, the Broncos were far more effective with the ball gaining more ground (1356m v 1248m) and breaking the Eels line five times to the Eels two.
In defence, the numbers suggest the Eels were more solid in the middle making 368 tackles to the Broncos 309 yet conceding less missed tackles at 17 versus the Broncos 29. Clearly the line-break numbers show the Broncos took more advantage of their opportunities (5 to 2 Broncos) and they may demonstrate the Broncos stronger capacity to make cover tackles. Furthermore, the Broncos came up with two big efforts forcing two goal-line drop outs with their defence, where as Parramatta did not apply any pressure in that regard.
In terms of individual performances, 5 players made over 100m and three made 30+ tackles. Corey Oates made the most metres of anyone, gaining 193 impressive metres while McGuire was the most effective of the forward gaining 163 through the middle. In defence Nathan Peats was the most impressive player on the park amassing an impressive 60 tackles without a single miss while for the Broncos Andrew McCullough got through his usual 43 tackles but had 3 misses to his name. New recruit Beau Scott was also impressive for the Eels making 40 tackles for only 1 miss. The Broncos new recruit had his work cut-out for him facing off against the lethal pairing of Jennings and Radradra and handled himself nicely make 17 tackles for only 2 misses, easily the most of any back on the night.
Before the game, Gus Gould singled out the two benches of each side as a point of difference. While he thought the Eels bench was good, he thought the Broncos bench was great.
The numbers say differently.
Parramatta's bench made more runs (34 runs Parra v 26), more metres (267m Parra v 192m), more tackles (87 tackles Parra v 67) while conceding the same number of missed tackles (3 v 3). While not a huge area of concern, these figures suggest the Broncos bench failed to play to expectations and will need to deliver in the future.
3 Tries
0 Conversions
2 Penalty Goals
Three tries, all down the left hand edge to Kahu, Milford and Oates respectively. Unfortunately they left Parker with difficult conversions, and he struggled to claim them with the wind.
In fairness to Parker, even Michael Gordon who kicks at 82% missed his sole conversion of the evening from the right hand touchline.
David Middleton had an interesting theory surrounding the option of taking the two. While he doesn't have an exact figure, he believes that teams often score a try after kicking the conversion. On this occasion he was right with Milford scoring after the Parker shot at goal off the Gutherson spill. The Broncos almost scored after their second penalty goal, but a forward pass in the lead up denied the Broncos such fortune. Perhaps this is something to keep in mind moving forward?
Brisbane had 51% of the ball
Completed 28/40 sets
For a 70% completion rate
Parramatta completed 21/35 for a 60% completion rate
The Broncos typically have a better completion rate than that. Last year they averaged a completion rate of 78%, which includes their diabolical performance where they completed at 72%. However, the difference on that occasion is the Broncos made 20 errors, tonight they made 12 with Greg Eden making 4 errors (and being responsible for Wallace's fumble off the kick off).
Parramatta did more with the ball when they had it. They ran it more (171 runs v 164) and incoporated more second-phase (18 offloads to 8). However, the Broncos were far more effective with the ball gaining more ground (1356m v 1248m) and breaking the Eels line five times to the Eels two.
In defence, the numbers suggest the Eels were more solid in the middle making 368 tackles to the Broncos 309 yet conceding less missed tackles at 17 versus the Broncos 29. Clearly the line-break numbers show the Broncos took more advantage of their opportunities (5 to 2 Broncos) and they may demonstrate the Broncos stronger capacity to make cover tackles. Furthermore, the Broncos came up with two big efforts forcing two goal-line drop outs with their defence, where as Parramatta did not apply any pressure in that regard.
In terms of individual performances, 5 players made over 100m and three made 30+ tackles. Corey Oates made the most metres of anyone, gaining 193 impressive metres while McGuire was the most effective of the forward gaining 163 through the middle. In defence Nathan Peats was the most impressive player on the park amassing an impressive 60 tackles without a single miss while for the Broncos Andrew McCullough got through his usual 43 tackles but had 3 misses to his name. New recruit Beau Scott was also impressive for the Eels making 40 tackles for only 1 miss. The Broncos new recruit had his work cut-out for him facing off against the lethal pairing of Jennings and Radradra and handled himself nicely make 17 tackles for only 2 misses, easily the most of any back on the night.
Before the game, Gus Gould singled out the two benches of each side as a point of difference. While he thought the Eels bench was good, he thought the Broncos bench was great.
The numbers say differently.
Parramatta's bench made more runs (34 runs Parra v 26), more metres (267m Parra v 192m), more tackles (87 tackles Parra v 67) while conceding the same number of missed tackles (3 v 3). While not a huge area of concern, these figures suggest the Broncos bench failed to play to expectations and will need to deliver in the future.
