The second game on Sunday and final game of round 12, sees Brisbane take on New Zealand Warriors.

Brisbane have won two of their past five matches and now head into a historically rough period of time for the club as the Origin series is played out.

They’ll miss Captain Sam Thaiday, Corey Parker, Justin Hodges and Matt Gillett for this encounter.

Despite losing to Canterbury last week (24-14) Brisbane were competitive last week but with the above players missing for this weekend’s clash, the task of facing another big pack of forwards has been made harder again.

New Zealand had recorded narrow losses to Melbourne and the Bulldogs in rounds 7 and 9 respectively but displayed none of this form when they were trounced by Penrith in Round 10, 62-6.

Embarrassed by the performance, they turned it around last week when enhancing their strong home ground record by accounting for Newcastle 28-12.

Chances of the finals are slim at best for the Warriors and with Manly and Sydney Roosters their next two games, any hope of their season remaining alive requires a win here.

The Penrith debacle aside, the Warriors were good enough against a full strength Melbourne and Canterbury, to take a depleted Broncos outfit here.

TIP: NEW ZEALAND 1 – 12 @ $3.20

Odds Comparison by NRL odds:

Brisbane Broncos	1.92	1.91	1.88	1.91	1.92	1.91
New Zealand Warriors	1.92	1.91	1.95	1.91	1.92	1.91

Teams:

Brisbane Broncos:
Corey Norman, Denan Kemp, Josh Hoffman, Jordan Kahu, Lachlan Maranta, Scott Prince, Peter Wallace, Josh McGuire, Andrew McCullough, Scott Anderson, Alex Glenn, Nick Slyney, Dunamis Lui. Interchange: Ben Hunt, Mitchell Dodds, David Hala, Jarrod Wallace, Jake Granville, Aaron Whitchurch

New Zealand Warriors:
Kevin Locke, Glen Fisiiahi, Dane Nielsen, Konrad Hurrell, Manu Vatuvei, Thomas Leuluai, Shaun Johnson, Sam Rapira, Nathan Friend, Russell Packer, Feleti Mateo, Simon Mannering (c), Elijah Taylor. Interchange: Ben Matulino, Jacob Lillyman, Sebastine Ikahihifo, Pita Godinet, Dominique Peyroux