Broncos too good
The Broncos beat the Bulldogs 32–12 at Suncorp Stadium in front of 42,775 in Round 8. They led 20–0 at half-time and never looked back.
Xavier Willison (Broncos) was the standout with 79 fantasy points, 170 run metres, 4 tackle breaks and 1 try.
Our Final Tip had the Broncos at 53% (a coin flip) and got it right. The bookies had the other side as favourites, so this one was an upset.
Broncos
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Bulldogs
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Game flow
Broncos · above
Bulldogs · below
Show scoring as a table
| Min | Team | Player | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16' | Broncos | Gehamat Shibasaki | Try | 4–0 |
| 17' | Broncos | Adam Reynolds | Conversion | 6–0 |
| 21' | Broncos | Josiah Karapani | Try | 10–0 |
| 28' | Broncos | Adam Reynolds | Penalty goal | 12–0 |
| 32' | Broncos | Deine Mariner | Try | 16–0 |
| 37' | Broncos | Cory Paix | Try | 20–0 |
| 45' | Broncos | Ezra Mam | Try | 24–0 |
| 47' | Broncos | Adam Reynolds | Conversion | 26–0 |
| 55' | Bulldogs | Matt Burton | Try | 26–4 |
| 56' | Bulldogs | Stephen Crichton | Conversion | 26–6 |
| 68' | Bulldogs | Lachlan Galvin | Try | 26–10 |
| 69' | Bulldogs | Stephen Crichton | Conversion | 26–12 |
| 78' | Broncos | Xavier Willison | Try | 30–12 |
| 79' | Broncos | Adam Reynolds | Conversion | 32–12 |
Team stats
Better on the day
BroncosBulldogs
49%
Possession
51%
93%
Completion rate
72%
1,527
Run metres
1,717
477
Post-contact metres
595
5
Line breaks
3
23
Tackle breaks
21
7
Offloads
5
822
Kick metres
385
91.2%
Effective tackle %
91.8%
21
Missed tackles
23
4
Errors
14
2
Penalties conceded
7
| BRI | CBY | |
|---|---|---|
| Six-again (ruck) | ||
| Dangerous Tackle | ||
| Offside inside 10m | ||
| Ball Strip | ||
| Escorts | ||
| Flop | ||
| Tripping | ||
| Total | 5 | 8 |
Positional battles
Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle
Halves
BRI 104-100
Mam, Reynolds
Burton, Galvin
3
Try assists
0
3
Line-break assists
1
774
Kick metres
368
1
Errors
3
Hookers
BRI 46-22
Paix
Hayward
30
Tackles
18
47
Run metres
11
103
Passes
51
0
Errors
0
Middles
BRI 194-144
Talty, Gosiewski, Willison
Hughes, Thompson, Salmon
349
Run metres
402
108
Post-contact metres
168
119
Tackles
92
5
Missed tackles
3
Back row
BRI 81-50
Piakura, Riki
Kikau, Preston
237
Run metres
89
4
Tackle breaks
0
47
Tackles
52
1
Missed tackles
5
Outside backs
BRI 156-117
Karapani, Staggs, Shibasaki, Mariner
Sua, Xerri, Crichton, Montoya
530
Run metres
624
4
Line breaks
1
3
Tries
0
2
Errors
6
Best performers
BRI
Xavier Willison
79
BRI
Jordan Riki
62
BRI
Jack Gosiewski
58
BRI
Ben Talty
57
BRI
Adam Reynolds
57
CBY
Lachlan Galvin
56
CBY
Stephen Crichton
53
CBY
Jaeman Salmon
52
Show performers as a table
| Player | Team | Fantasy | Run m | Tackle breaks | Line breaks | Tries | Try assists | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xavier Willison | Broncos | 79 | 170 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 |
| Jordan Riki | Broncos | 62 | 140 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Jack Gosiewski | Broncos | 58 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Ben Talty | Broncos | 57 | 114 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Adam Reynolds | Broncos | 57 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Lachlan Galvin | Bulldogs | 56 | 119 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Stephen Crichton | Bulldogs | 53 | 142 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Jaeman Salmon | Bulldogs | 52 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Head-to-head
2025 R18Bulldogs home
BRI
22
18
CBY
Broncos by 4
2025 R8Broncos home
BRI
42
18
CBY
Broncos by 24
2024 R21Broncos home
BRI
16
41
CBY
Bulldogs by 25
2023 R20Bulldogs home
BRI
44
24
CBY
Broncos by 20
2022 R7Broncos home
BRI
34
14
CBY
Broncos by 20
How we tipped it
Chance each model gave the Broncos · right of 50% = tipped the winner
Generated automatically from nrl.com match data and our own models · 2026-09-25 05:16:28 UTC