Check out the match preview and prediction for the 2025 National Rugby League round 17 clash between the Brisbane Broncos and the New Zealand Warriors.
MATCHDAY NEWS
MATCHDAY SCHEDULE
Broncos Vs Warriors
Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Date: Saturday 28 June, 3:00pm (AEST)
MATCHDAY TEAM NEWS
Broncos: 1. Reece Walsh 2. Josiah Karapani 3. Kotoni Staggs 4. Gehamat Shibasaki 5. Jesse Arthars 6. Ezra Mam 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Corey Jensen 9. Cory Paix 10. Payne Haas 11. Brendan Piakura 12. Jordan Riki 13. Patrick Carrigan 14. Billy Walters 15. Kobe Hetherington 16. Xavier Willison 17. Jack Gosiewski 18. Tyson Smoothy 19. Selwyn Cobbo 20. Deine Mariner 21. Jaiyden Hunt 22. Ben Talty
Warriors: 1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 2. Edward Kosi 3. Adam Pompey 4. Rocco Berry 5. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 6. Chanel Harris-Tavita 7. Luke Metcalf 8. James Fisher-Harris 9. Wayde Egan 10. Marata Niukore 11. Kurt Capewell 12. Jacob Laban 13. Erin Clark 14. Te Maire Martin 15. Jackson Ford 16. Demitric Vaimauga 17. Leka Halasima 18. Tanner Stowers-Smith 20. Tanah Boyd 21. Samuel Healey 22. Bunty Afoa 23. Taine Tuaupiki
Referee: Adam Gee
Bunker: Grant Atkins
MATCHDAY PREVIEW
Super Saturday for Round 17 kicks off in Brisbane, as the Broncos host the Warriors at Suncorp Stadium. The Broncos are coming off a 34-28 comeback win over the Sharks, while the Warriors went down to the Panthers 28-18 in New Zealand.
For the Broncos, Michael Maguire has named the same 17 that was victorious against the Sharks. Selwyn Cobbo is named in the reserves and is a chance to feature somewhere in the side on gameday.
The Broncos will take a huge amount of confidence out of the final 30 minutes of their game against the Sharks. Down 28-12 and looking destined for a loss, they rallied to score four unanswered tries and give Michael Maguire a reason to smile again. Payne Haas was immense. Backing up from Origin while playing through a minor quad issue, he led from the front with 21 runs, 40 tackles, nine tackle breaks and six offloads in 58 minutes. If Haas continues producing those efforts, the Broncos will be hard to beat. New left winger Josiah Karapani is also in hot try scoring form at Suncorp Stadium, with four tries in his past two games. He’ll be up against Ed Kosi this week – a matchup the Broncos will look to exploit.
For the Warriors, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak is out with an ankle injury and is replaced on the wing by Ed Kosi. Rocco Berry returns from a hamstring injury at centre, with Moala Graham-Taufa dropping out of the squad. Kurt Capewell returns in the second row after being rested last week, with Leka Halasima moving to the bench and Tanner Stowers-Smith dropping to 18th man.
A disappointing result for the Warriors at home last week will give them plenty of motivation to go to Brisbane and turn things around. Despite the loss, they remain in 4th position, with a six-point buffer between themselves and the Broncos in 5th. The return of Kurt Capewell and Rocco Berry should add some solidarity to the edge defence, which was breached several times by the Panthers last week. While the Warriors have won three of their past four games at Suncorp Stadium, none of those wins have come against the Broncos. Their last win against the Broncos at Suncorp was back in 2018.
MATCHDAY PREDICTION
Broncos by 4.
Check out our round 17 predictions here.
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