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Broncos v Rabbitohs: Piakura to play; Milne in for Gagai

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The two Las Vegas teams who were defeated in Round 1 will be looking to put their best foot forward when they go head-to-head at Suncorp Stadium.

The Broncos and Rabbitohs were favoured to win their respective opening matches and would have been disappointed in the manner of their losses, with 15 errors from Brisbane and five penalties conceded from the Bunnies proving costly.

The Broncos were forced to reshuffle their pack and rotation when Brendan Piakura was ruled out of the match after failing his HIA. He is set to return this week.

Skipper Adam Reynolds picked up a knock to the knee in Round 1 but he is in no doubt for Thursday's game at this stage.

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Team News

Broncos: Brendan Piakura failed a HIA in Round 1 but the long turnaround has given him time to recover and he'll take his spot on the edge. Captain Adam Reynolds picked up a knock to his knee in Vegas but he'll be good to go. No changes when the side was finalised 60 minutes before kick-off.

Rabbitohs: Taane Milne will start on the wing in place of Jacob Gagai, while Shaquai Mitchell moves from the bench to the front row in a swap with Tallis Duncan. The loss of Jai Arrow to a shoulder injury brings Duncan into the side for his eighth NRL game. The full extent of Arrow's injury is not known but coach Jason Demetriou said on Wednesday that he was confident the Maroons star would play again in 2024. The last time these sides met at Suncorp in Round 9 last year the Rabbitohs racked up a 32-6 win over a Broncos side that had opened the season 7-1.

Team Lists

Backs

  • Fullback for Broncos is number 1 Reece Walsh
    Fullback for Rabbitohs is number 1 Latrell Mitchell
  • Winger for Broncos is number 2 Jesse Arthars
    Winger for Rabbitohs is number 2 Alex Johnston
  • Centre for Broncos is number 3 Kotoni Staggs
    Centre for Rabbitohs is number 3 Isaiah Tass
  • Centre for Broncos is number 4 Selwyn Cobbo
    Centre for Rabbitohs is number 4 Richard Kennar
  • Winger for Broncos is number 5 Deine Mariner
    Winger for Rabbitohs is number 19 Taane Milne
  • Five-Eighth for Broncos is number 6 Ezra Mam
    Five-Eighth for Rabbitohs is number 6 Cody Walker
  • Halfback for Broncos is number 7 Adam Reynolds
    Halfback for Rabbitohs is number 7 Lachlan Ilias

Forwards

  • Prop for Broncos is number 8 Corey Jensen
    Prop for Rabbitohs is number 8 Tevita Tatola
  • Hooker for Broncos is number 9 Billy Walters
    Hooker for Rabbitohs is number 9 Damien Cook
  • Prop for Broncos is number 10 Payne Haas
    Prop for Rabbitohs is number 10 Sean Keppie
  • 2nd Row for Broncos is number 11 Brendan Piakura
    2nd Row for Rabbitohs is number 11 Keaon Koloamatangi 
  • 2nd Row for Broncos is number 12 Jordan Riki
    2nd Row for Rabbitohs is number 16 Shaquai Mitchell
  • Lock for Broncos is number 13 Patrick Carrigan
    Lock for Rabbitohs is number 13 Cameron Murray

Interchange

  • Interchange for Broncos is number 14 Tyson Smoothy
    Interchange for Rabbitohs is number 12 Tallis Duncan
  • Interchange for Broncos is number 15 Fletcher Baker
    Interchange for Rabbitohs is number 14 Siliva Havili
  • Interchange for Broncos is number 16 Kobe Hetherington
    Interchange for Rabbitohs is number 15 Davvy Moale
  • Interchange for Broncos is number 17 Martin Taupau
    Interchange for Rabbitohs is number 17 Thomas Burgess

Reserves

  • Replacement for Broncos is number 19 Xavier Willison
    Replacement for Rabbitohs is number 18 Michael Chee Kam

Match Officials

  • Referee: Gerard Sutton
  • Touch Judge: Dave Munro
  • Senior Review Official: Adam Gee

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Stat Attack 

  • The Broncos have won three of their past four games against the Rabbitohs.
  • The Rabbitohs have won their past four games at Suncorp Stadium.
  • Broncos centre Kotoni Staggs has scored six tries in seven games against the Rabbitohs.
  • Rabbitohs fullback Latrell Mitchell requires one try to reach a century of NRL tries.
  • Broncos centre Selwyn Cobbo has scored 20 tries in his past 18 games at Suncorp Stadium.

Stats supplied by David Middleton, League Information Services, author of the .

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