The last of the NRL Round 12 matches is between Brisbane Broncos and New Zealand Warriors . The opening kick is set to commence at 7:00pm local time with the game to be played at Suncorp Stadium. The away team the New Zealand Warriors are the current favourites in the market. View our preview and teams for the game between Brisbane Broncos and New Zealand Warriors .

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Preview:

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.

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

Prince back as Baby Broncos No.7

The more things change, the more they stay the same for Brisbane Broncos veteran half Scott Prince.

Eleven years ago Prince helped forge the `Baby Broncos’ legend in an upset 28-14 NRL win over Wests Tigers in Sydney.

Now aged 33, Prince will be out to add another chapter to their underdog story after being reunited with the Brisbane No.7 jersey in a dramatically reshuffled line-up for Monday night’s Suncorp Stadium clash with New Zealand Warriors.

The loss of Queensland Origin stars Sam Thaiday, Corey Parker, Matt Gillett and Justin Hodges has prompted a drastic re-think from Broncos coach Anthony Griffin on Sunday.

Regular halfback Peter Wallace moves to hooker while Prince – back from a hamstring complaint – swaps the No.6 jersey for No.7 to join Ben Hunt in the halves.

Hooker Andrew McCullough slots into the backrow, Aaron Whitchurch and Jordan Kahu are now the wingers while Jack Reed is expected to return from an eye injury and slot into the centres.

The make-up of the interchange won’t be confirmed until Monday.

Plenty of young faces will surround Prince in the Broncos dressing room on Monday night but the veteran believed it would feel just like old times.

“I was part of the Baby Broncos and we took on the Wests Tigers and had a great win,” Prince told the Broncos website.

“This is about young guys fronting up and showing they can do a job.

“It brings a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of excitement and hopefully we can take it into the game.”

Griffin will hope so – Brisbane (5-6 record) have lost three of their last four games.

They take on a Warriors outfit (3-8) that bounced back from a record loss to Penrith to down the Knights 28-12 last round but are still dead last.

“They have a massive pack. The game will obviously depend on what happens in the middle,” Griffin said on Sunday.

“(But) we have always performed well when our Origin guys haven’t been here and that’s a good sign of character from our guys.”

Prince looked forward to running out again – especially against a Warriors side boasting hooker Nathan Friend, a Broncos teammate back in their now famous 2002 win.

“It is great to be back playing footy again,” he said.

“Unfortunately injuries are part of our game but certainly after two weeks I feel freshened up.”

Konrad Hurrell is in the centres for Carlos Tuimavave (neck) in the only change to the Warriors’ starting line-up.

Broncos backrower Alex Glenn takes over the Brisbane captaincy from Origin call-up Sam Thaiday, ensuring he lines up against his Kiwi skipper Simon Mannering.

“I have a lot of friends in that team (Warriors). They are usually the best games and at the end of it you get bragging rights,” Glenn laughed.