Missed all the hype of the opening NRL Round and need and/or want to catch up in the quickest way possible? Well The Gurgler has you covered with our 2025 Round 1 Match Results – Thursday Night One Minute Match Report.
Our famous One Minute Match Reviews offer up just enough facts and figures and opinion to make it through the waiting for cyclone Alfred or Monday morning coffee catch ups, fifty cent train rides or carpools.
FINAL THOUGHTS
One wonders who was less ready for this Round 1 clash? The Roosters or the ground? Both were handed a thumping.
With a new coach, and a team that imploded in 2024 it was hard to work out which way the Broncos were going to go in 2025. Some predicted straight back into the top four, some say the rumours of complaining about pre season training meant no lessons had been learned from their awful 2024. But they put on some kind of show.
The wet conditions possibly slowed them down a touch, as they looked to have the ability to score with every set.
Their superstars did their jobs as you’d hope, but so did the players Michael Maguire brought into the side on pre season form and not reputation. Like Corey Paix, Gehamat Shibasaki, Jack Gosiewski and Kobe Hetherington.
A hat trick from Selwyn Cobbo is always welcome. When things are good, he scores. Broncos win.
It’ll work for as long as Ben Hunt and Adam Reynolds stay fit you feel. But one is less likely to play every week.
Talking of thumpings, poor Victor Radley.
2025 NRL Round 1 Match Results Thursday – Stats
Courtesy of nrl.com
BEST OF STATS
The move to prop didn’t slow Patrick Carrigan down, running more metres than Reece Walsh and topping the Post Contact Metres as well.
Man Mountain Xavier Willison made up a nice trio of Broncos props with third best Post Contact Metres from the bench.
It was the Roosters first loss at home v Broncos on a Thursday.
It was the Broncos’ first win in five away games on a Thursday v all opposition.
Roosters have lost five of their last six Round 1 fixtures at the SFS.
