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Round 2 Team News: Pangai Junior returns for Broncos clash​

Author bulldogs.com.au - Tue 15 Mar 2022, 03:59 PM

The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs have made several changes to the side that beat the Cowboys in Round One, for this Sunday's match against the Broncos at Accor Stadium (6:15PM AEDT).

After a hard fought 6-4 victory in Townsville, which was capped off with Jayden Okunbor's 50th try in all grades for the Bulldogs, the return of Tevita Pangai Junior is one of three changes:

• Pangai Junior will return in the second row, with Corey Waddell dropping back to the bench
• Luke Thompson will move into the starting prop position, with Ava Seumanufagai coming off the bench
• Chris Patolo will drop out of the starting seventeen

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No.	Player	Sponsor
1	Matt Dufty	AIWC
2	Jayden Okunbor	Tender Loving Care Disability Services
3	Braidon Burns	TLH Recruitment
4	Brent Naden	Hy-Tec
5	Josh Addo-Carr	MMX Projects
6	Matt Burton	Intello IT
7	Jake Averillo	Jay Productions & Events
8	Luke Thompson	Penny’s Pork Crackling
9	Jeremy Marshall-King	Daily Press
10	Paul Vaughan	Cincotta Chemist
11	Jack Hetherington	Khalil Lawyers
12	Tevita Pangai Junior	Accolade Wines
13	Josh Jackson (C)	Armour Cleaning
Interchange		Recovery Partners
14	Bailey Biondi-Odo	Dental on Evaline
15	Corey Waddell	Puppi Lovers
16	Max King	McDoanlds Punchbowl & Lakemba
17	Ava Seumanufagai	Guardian Venue Management
Reserves		Recovery Partners
19	Chris Patolo
20	Brandon Wakeham
21	Joe Stimson
22	Kyle Flanagan
23	Reece Hoffman
24	Joshua Cook
25	Aaron Schoupp

 

[Old Woof Woof]

wtach okunbor even when he makes a tackle its always as last man to tackle just laying his hand on other player and far far far too slow in attack

 

[Old Woof Woof]

We must have a better winger than him

 

[Captain Ibis]

Yeah BBO would be nice along side Burton.. Cook JMK hooker combo. Switch Burnes and Naden because Naden has a nice left to right offload but isn't offloading on the left

 

[Captain Ibis]

Thompson useless Okunbor double useless dogs best players Waddell ( i know) Jackson gets in the way of the attack useless and Burton A1 too but shame the players that came to the club are not going to get any joy with this type of coaching, Averillo still suspect in halves i might add

Waddell had his best game in years tonight.. he was a machine on both sides of the ball. We really could do with RFM too

 

[Old Woof Woof]

Yeah BBO would be nice along side Burton.. Cook JMK hooker combo. Switch Burnes and Naden because Naden has a nice left to right offload but isn't offloading on the left

you watch barrett in the after game news conf he will say well we played well but i know what they did wrong he said that after every game last season. If he know what is wrong why cant he fix it . I can tell you why because he just has no clue!

 

[Old Woof Woof]

Hetherington dropped the ball 4 times and it didnt help

 

[Old Woof Woof]

i agree Waddell standing wide was busting the line and making ground. Jackson slows the play down in attack by getting far too involved at the wrong times

 

[Captain Ibis]

you watch barrett in the after game news conf he will say well we played well but i know what they did wrong he said that after every game last season. If he know what is wrong why cant he fix it . I can tell you why because he just has no clue!

I think we attacked well tonight to be fair Broncos were amazing in D and what let us down is just new combos not quite clicking yet.. BBO looks more clued on than Averillo. Honestly the right line up with a few games together will trouble many teams..

All their tries were on Okunbor.

 

[Captain Ibis]

What annoys me is when Okunbor makes an error or misses a tackle he either stands and watches, or jogs back, meanwhile guys like Jack Hetherington are chasing from the middle all the way to the death

 

[Captain Ibis]

If we had more options, could you see Dufty in the halves JAC fullback?

Naden put his winger in for so many tries at Penrith while playing on the right side.. Burnes would be about the same on the right or the left side

 

[spiritofaslan]

Really encouraging signs despite the loss, but I'm annoyed that the strip wasn't called as held on Burns. What's a guy have to do to be classed as held?

Burton was brilliant tonight, and is only going to get better and more dangerous. His handling is ridiculous, and his ability to cut back inside defence is going to cause so many headaches.

JMK, Dufty and Burns really starting to find their feet as well. King is slowly becomming our new Tolman (just with an offload as well).

I can cop the loss though given the effort was there.

JAC needs to see more ball, which relies on Avo and Naden getting the ball to him more.

Jackson either needs to move back into the second row, or not play at all. He's getting in the way at lock and lacks the pace and ball playing ability we require from a lock.

TPJ was okay for his first hitout I thought.

 

[Captain Ibis]

Burton is super solid in defence too and covers well. Once the back line is sorted it will produce many more tries. Hopefully Avo can improve but I can see BBO or Kyle taking the spot.

 

[BomberBurton]

Averillo is a centre, grew up playing as a centre and should remain a centre.
Wakeham's confidence, along with Flanno's, must be shot with our genius coach giving a centre the nod over both of them.

I'm wondering if Okunbor is afraid of injury again.
If yes, someone needs to help him HTFU quicksmart, alas he's punted to reggies.

If logical footy decisions are made, it's almost like the teams problems solve themselevs!
Either that, or hire Nathan Brown with a slap happy mandate as assistant coach!

 

[spiritofaslan]

Round 2 Press Conference.

 

[Captain Ibis]

the media try to portray Trent a certain way but he carries himself alright.. you have to mention things like the Burnes obstruction for future notice

 

[spiritofaslan]

the media try to portray Trent a certain way but he carries himself alright.. you have to mention things like the Burnes obstruction for future notice

I like the way he stands up for the players and just calls it as he sees it.

 

[Captain Ibis]

I like the way he stands up for the players and just calls it as he sees it.

Yeah. At the end of the day they complain about things that might go in their favour next time. Ivan Clearly is good at it and before he got his premiership he used to cop shit for it too.

 

[Old Woof Woof]

Well team to meet Sea Eagles has been named and more of exactly the same no changes. Seriously i would have dropped dropkunbor and given another winger a chance the sea eagles will play that side and cut okunbor to shreds

 

[Old Woof Woof]

Every team has a downer but when they do they meet the dogs the next week and actually come out and win. just keep thinking of that disgrace last year dogs when we were thrashed by sea eagles and never scored . Try and keep focussed and reverse that decision

 

[Captain Ibis]

I don't mind him getting another chance if they have told him he's got to give 100% off the ball otherwise be replaced. He's on the books so might as well see if he truly wants it or not.