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Tonight’s team lists
Brisbane Broncos
1. Reece Walsh 2. Josiah Karapani 3. Kotoni Staggs 4. Grant Anderson 5. Jesse Arthars 6. Thomas Duffy 7. Ben Hunt 8. Preston Riki 9. Cory Paix 10. Payne Haas 11. Brendan Piakura 12. Jordan Riki 13. Xavier Willison.
Bench: 14. Blake Mozer 15. Ben Talty 16. Aublix Tawha 17. Jack Gosiewski 18. Hayze Perham 19. Josh Rogers
Sydney Roosters
1. James Tedesco 2. Billy Smith 3. Hugo Savala 4. Robert Toia 5. Mark Nawaqanitawase 6. Daly Cherry-Evans 7. Sam Walker 8. Naufahu Whyte 9. Reece Robson 10. Lindsay Collins 11. Nat Butcher 12. Siua Wong 13. Victor Radley.
Bench: 14. Connor Watson 15. Spencer Leniu 16. Egan Butcher 17. Salesi Foketi 18. Rex Bassingthwaighte 19. Tommy Talau
Watch: Last time these teams met
See highlights from the round nine contest that started the Broncos’ current six-game losing streak.
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Meanwhile at the World Cup: A big day for the Socceroos
Of course this is a rugby league blog but today was a big day for that other football code, with the Socceroos earning a place in the World Cup knockout stages via a 0-0 draw with Paraguay. Whether you were able to watch the game or not, we have all the coverage you need from today’s game:
Welcome
Hello and welcome to tonight’s live coverage of the Broncos’ Friday night clash with the Roosters at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium. Dom Brock on blog duties with you tonight.
It’s a dire time for reigning premiers Brisbane, who have lost six games on the trot – a stretch that started against the Roosters back in round nine. They’re coming off a bye and have Origin stars Reece Walsh, Payne Haas and Kotoni Staggs back in the side tonight, so are every chance of bouncing back into form.
The Roosters have had a bit of a rocky time of it lately too, losing three of their past five games. They were thumped at this ground a fortnight ago 48-10 by the Dolphins, but enjoyed a big turnaround with a 27-8 win over Cronulla last week.
Hugo Savala returns for them in the centres tonight, and with seven current Origin players and a couple of ex-Origin stars they’ll start favourites away from home. Kick-off is at 8pm.
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