After a narrow defeat to the Eels in Round 4, Wests Tigers take on the Broncos at Leichhardt Oval this Sunday afternoon, as they attempt to score their first victory of the 2024 season.
Match: Wests Tigers v Broncos
Round 5 -
home Team
Wests Tigers
10th Position
away Team
Broncos
2nd Position
Venue: Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
Brisbane will travel to the Eighth Wonder on the back of two consecutive victories, after taking down the Titans and Raiders in recent weeks.
Wests Tigers have made changes to their lineup for this clash, with two players in line to make their NRLW debuts.
Teenage fullback/outside back, Tiana-Lee Thorne, has impressed for the club’s NSW Women’s Premiership side in 2024 and will play her first match on the wing in place of Tess Staines.
New signing, Montana Clifford, will also make her maiden NRLW appearance after the 20-year-old forward joined the club this week.
Clifford will line up in the second row in place of Shaianne McGlone.
Ebony Prior will take Jess Kennedy’s place on the interchange bench, with the dummy-half set to add spark to the Wests Tigers attack after making a successful return from injury last weekend in the NSW Women’s Premiership.
The Broncos have made just one injury-enforced change, with Brianna Clark replacing Jasmine Fogavini (shoulder) in the forward pack.
Fast Facts:
- In the only prior match between these two sides, Brisbane came away with a narrow 22-18 win in Newcastle.
- There is a 14-year age gap between each team’s respective halfback, as 20-year-old Losana Lutu and 34-year-old Ali Brigginshaw line up as the chief playmakers in this clash.
- Wests Tigers hooker, Salma Nour, scored her first NRLW try in last season’s match against the Broncos.
- Broncos outside backs, Julia Robinson and Mele Hufanga, are two of the seven players who sit atop the NRLW’s 2024 try-scoring leaderboard, with four tries to open the season.
