Brisbane Broncos vs. Newcastle Knights Preview

For the first time this season (and hopefully the last), the Broncos square up for a Monday Night Football clash with the Knights. As usual there are sure to be many Novocastrians in support for their lads at Suncorp tonight. Yours truly is living the dream in Melbourne currently and is very thankful that Fox Sports will be telecasting it live as it seems that NRL doesn't exist much down here at all. The Broncos side for tonight is:

1. Beale
2. Copley
3. Reed
4. Hodges
5. Yow Yeh
6. Lockyer (c)
7. Wallace
8. Hannant
9. McCullough
10. Thaiday
11. Glenn
12. Gillett
13. Parker


Interchange (2 to be omitted)

14. Dodds
15. Te'o
16. McGuire
17. Tronc
18. Carlaw
19. Kenny
20. Norman


With the exception of Hunt and Hoffman, we are at full strength tonight. Carlaw and Kenny are likely to be dropped, unless McCullough has enough in the tank for 80 mins and if so, Norman will be left off the bench. Beale has proven me wrong and is playing quite well at fullback and Hunt isn't a major loss. The Knights have been very solid, they were unlucky against the Dragons although it can be argued they shot themselves in the foot with a few dumb penalties. This should provide a decent test for the Broncos but given our defence is the best in the NRL at this point, we should be able to bring this one home. Prediction? 22-10 to the Broncos.