Brisbane Broncos vs Gold Coast Titans live scores – NRL 2013 Round 10

Friday first NRL Round 10 match is between Brisbane Broncos and Gold Coast Titans with the opening kick to commence at 7:35pm local time. The game is to be played at Suncorp Stadium which see’s home team Brisbane Broncos hold favouritism in the market despite losing to the Eels last week. View our NRL live scores, odds and results for the game between Brisbane Broncos and Gold Coast Titans.

WHERE AND WHEN: Suncorp Stadium, Friday 17th May, 7:35pm

Preview:

Round 10 of the NRL is here, with the first game between the Broncos and Titans kicking off at 7.35pm on Friday night.

Brisbane are at home for this encounter, and will be keen to cling to their top eight position on the ladder. Scott Prince is injured for the home team however, with Justin Hodges and Ben Hannant also ruled out due to injury. While the Broncos will go into this match as favourites, the Titans will be tough competition, with an unchanged side from their 15-14 win against St George last week.

Teams:

Brisbane Broncos:
Corey Norman, Josh Hoffman, Jack Reed, Justin Hodges, Jordan Kahu, Ben Hunt, Peter Wallace, Josh McGuire, Andrew McCullough, Sam Thaiday (c), Alex Glenn, Matt Gillett, Corey Parker. Interchange: David Stagg, Scott Anderson, David Hala, Jarrod Wallace, Mitchell Dodds

Gold Coast Titans:
William Zillman, Kevin Gordon, Brad Takairangi, Jamal Idris, David Mead, Aidan Sezer, Albert Kelly, Luke Bailey, Beau Falloon, Nate Myles, Greg Bird, Mark Minichiello, Ashley Harrison. Interchange: David Taylor, Luke Douglas, Ryan James, Matt Srama, Mark Ioane, Sam Irwin

Parker ready to put boot into Titans

Brisbane forward Corey Parker says he takes the goalkicking responsibilities seriously and feels the pain whenever his boot costs his side an NRL win.

Since sacking himself as the side’s number one kicker this season after the arrival of former Gold Coast halfback Scott Prince, Brisbane have crashed to 15th overall in converting tries and penalties.

Parker returns to the high pressure job on Friday night against the Titans with Prince sidelined with a hamstring injury.

After nine rounds of the premiership Brisbane are converting at just 56.3 per cent with Prince (16-26) Pater Wallace (1-2) and Parker (1-4) below their career averages.

Only St George Illawarra with 53.8 per cent have a worse record.

When Parker was full-time with the boot last year he was kicking at close to 76 per cent and Brisbane was ranked 9th — a significant improvement on 2011 when his return was 71.2 per cent for a ranking of 12.

Fifteen games in the opening nine rounds have been decided by a goal kick and 20 by three points or less.

“Goal kicking is a game winner,” said Parker who has slotted 409 goals in his 12 years at the Broncos.

“I’ve been on both ends having lost games with my kicking and won games with it.

“As a kicker you don’t want to be the guy who costs your team a win because you take it very personally and it hurts.”

Brisbane converted just one of their four tries last weekend in their 19-18 upset loss to Parramatta, highlighting the club’s current goalkicking plight.

Parker said he and Prince had discussed who would do the goal kicking during the pre-season.

“It was probably my call and I respect Princey for what he does and his kicking ability,” said Parker who could grab a starting spot in Queensland’s State of Origin side on his present strong form.

“Hook (coach Anthony Griffin) told us to work it out before the season started.

“We had a chat over a coffee and I felt what was best for the team was for Princey to do the kicking and that was it.”

Brisbane’s side to play Friday night’s local derby is up in the air with injury clouds over classy centre Justin Hodges (groin) and prop Josh McGuire (calf).

Brisbane have already lost representative prop Ben Hannant (calf) and Prince three weeks out from their annual Origin drain.

Re-signed utility Ben Hunt gets another chance to showcase his claims, again being named as Prince’s replacement. While McGuire, if fit, continues his late Origin push filling in for Hannant in the front-row.

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