NRL Tipping Spherical 17: The Roar’s skilled ideas and predictions

The week after an Origin sport is often one of many hardest NRL rounds to choose and this week’s schedule tosses up a number of conundrums.

Recreation one on Friday evening shouldn’t be tainted an excessive amount of with solely Canterbury captain Stephen Crichton beneath Origin fatigue after Sharks duo Nicho Hynes and Cameron McInnes have been dropped by the Blues.

However Origin will probably be an element when the Broncos journey to Auckland to face the slumping Warriors, can Mitchell Moses duplicate his NSW feats for Parramatta in Newcastle and can the Storm conquer Canberra at AAMI Park within the third match on Saturday?

The Dragons host the Dolphins on Sunday with the guests more likely to be with out Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow because of the shoulder harm he copped on Wednesday evening, Penrith and the Cowboys every have a bunch of gamers backing up whereas the Roosters are deprived by Origin heading into their dwelling sport in opposition to Wests.

Canterbury Bulldogs

v

Cronulla Sharks

NRL : Head To Head

Fri, 28 Jun 2024, 20:00

New Zealand Warriors

v

Brisbane Broncos

NRL : Head To Head

Sat, 29 Jun 2024, 15:00

Newcastle Knights

v

Parramatta Eels

NRL : Head To Head

Sat, 29 Jun 2024, 17:30

Melbourne Storm

v

Canberra Raiders

NRL : Head To Head

Sat, 29 Jun 2024, 19:35

St. George Illawarra Dragons

v

Dolphins

NRL : Head To Head

Solar, 30 Jun 2024, 14:00

Penrith Panthers

v

North Queensland Cowboys

NRL : Head To Head

Solar, 30 Jun 2024, 16:05

Sydney Roosters

v

Wests Tigers

NRL : Head To Head

Solar, 30 Jun 2024, 18:15

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The Roar’s skilled panel bounced again with a good consequence largely in final week’s spherical of solely 5 matches however they nonetheless don’t have the complete assist of the board and there might be a post-season evaluate within the pipeline.

Right here’s how the consultants see Spherical 17 unfolding.

Stuart Thomas

Sharks, Broncos, Knights, Storm, Dolphins, Panthers, Roosters

The Bulldogs produced little in opposition to the Chooks final week and Cronulla will enter as agency favourites in opposition to them on Friday evening. It might be a better match than some suppose. The Warriors can’t beat the Broncos with out Shaun Johnson.

The Knights at dwelling in opposition to a barely much less terrible Parramatta? Yeesh, who is aware of? I’ll go the house workforce with no confidence in anyway. I imagine much more within the Storm who look to be constructing their season properly, once more. The Raiders to endure one other embarrassing loss.

I’m unsure precisely how the Dragons are ninth, however hey, they’re and good luck to them. Can they beat the Dolphins? I’d guess no and Penrith will merely outclass the Cowboys on Sunday afternoon. Quickly after, it is going to be Roosters hammering the enhancing Tigers in a convincing win that retains the Tricolours in fourth spot.

Tyran Wishart muscular tissues up in defence. (Photograph by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Photographs)

Nick Wasiliev

Sharks, Broncos, Knights, Storm, Dragons, Panthers, Roosters

Sincere to god, tipping seems like a minefield proper now. The Sharks needs to be adequate to beat the Bulldogs this week – whether or not or not it’s on account of exhaustion or complacency in opposition to the Dolphins, they seemingly had one eye on the bye and took their foot off the throat. Add to that, the Doggies have been hit or miss the final two matches. 

Actually, Warriors? REALLY?! Obtained no phrases for what occurred on the Gold Coast final week. Come on Broncos, give them a flogging!

Regardless of happening in Spherical 15 to the Panthers, the Knights appeared rather a lot higher than in earlier weeks, a extra optimistic efficiency. Provided that and the workforce scenario, flip up like that once more and they need to have sufficient to beat the Eels within the Metal Metropolis.

Storm, fairly good, particularly at dwelling. Raiders, sizzling and chilly, and bitterly chilly on the highway. Melbourne ought to get the job completed. 

Actually, this is perhaps the closest match of the weekend, each side have appeared good in elements this season and pulled off essential wins. On this occasion, home-field benefit ought to play into it and the Dragons will get dwelling in a thriller.

Panthers again at dwelling, and dealing with an inconsistent facet in North Queensland. Ought to be fairly lower and dry. Ditto the Roosters, though it’s been very good to see the Tigers give me one thing to smile about. SFS might be a bridge too far, however they will’t take again these final two weeks and seeing Campbelltown go nuts! 

Mary Konstantopoulos

Sharks, Broncos, Eels, Storm, Dolphins, Panthers, Roosters

The Bulldogs had a check final week in opposition to the Roosters and struggled to fulfill their depth. Even with their stars again this week, I feel the Sharks could also be too troublesome a check. I’m very curious to see how Nicho Hynes performs, particularly after being dropped from the Origin workforce; whether or not this impacts his confidence will go a protracted solution to figuring out how the Sharks will play for the remainder of the yr. 

I’m anticipating a bounceback this weekend, however after what I noticed from the Warriors final week I can’t tip them in good conscience. What was most regarding was the type of a few of their senior gamers. Each these groups will probably be determined for a win, I’m backing the Broncos. 

The Knights and the Eels have each had poor seasons in 2024, however the Eels now sit backside of the latter due to wins from the Tigers and Titans final weekend. Each groups have made modifications, so my coronary heart has led me to tip the Eels and hope that Matt Arthur has a cracking debut.  

The Storm will beat the Raiders and after a few weeks the place they’ve been shut, however simply not adequate the Phins will beat the Dragons. 

The Panthers will beat the Cowboys and the Roosters will beat the Wests Tigers (though I feel it is going to be nearer than what individuals suppose).

Paul Suttor

Sharks, Broncos, Eels, Storm, Dragons, Panthers, Roosters

Cronulla and Canterbury needs to be the match o’ ye rounde. Evenly matched, nothing too fancy, the match will probably be within the stability till the dying levels however Nicho Hynes will get the Sharks dwelling.

Brisbane are the second greatest underachievers previously month. They play the most important within the Warriors. Broncos by a pair.

How Mitchell Moses bought his groove again on Wednesday evening – that will probably be sufficient to get the Eels off the underside of the ladder in Newcastle.

Melbourne are a greater workforce than Canberra even when Harry Grant can’t again up from Origin.

The Dragons have every part of their favour to upset the Dolphins – with no conviction, they’re the least surest factor of the week.

Penrith willl pants the Cowboys and the Roosters ought to do likewise to Wests.

(Photograph by Chris Hyde/Getty Photographs)

AJ Mithen

Cronulla, New Zealand, Parramatta, Canberra, Dolphins, Penrith, Roosters

This weekend might actually be something relying on who’s enjoying and who’s not. So let’s rip by this quick. 

Sharks over Canine as a result of Origin. New Zealand over Broncos as a result of Origin. Parramatta over Newcastle as a result of Origin. 

The individuals’s workforce, your presumptive champions the Canberra Raiders will rise above their horrible, unjust therapy by the referees and the NRL by laying an off-the-cuff 56 on the hapless Storm. 

We end with the Dolphins beating St George Illawarra as a result of Origin, and Penrith belting North Queensland as a result of Origin. Roosters to rumble over the Tigers due to causes acknowledged above.

Hope we get our common season again quickly. 

Mike Meehall Wooden

Sharks, Warriors, Knights, Storm, Dolphins, Panthers, Roosters

The Sharks have had a very long time off to resolve in the event that they’re good at soccer once more. My suspicion is that they’re, and with no Origin involvements, will make it depend in opposition to Canterbury. 

The Wahs are again in untippable territory, however the Bronx are closing in on it too…Brisbane have named everybody to again up, however I’ll assume a good few of them may not play, so I’ll take the Warriors with no confidence and the caveat that, if Walsh/Carrigan/Haas and so forth prove, I knew all of it alongside.

Newcastle have picked yet one more Pommy participant than ordinary in Will Pryce and due to this fact will win.

Humorous as it will be for the Raiders to maintain up their Melbourne hoodoo, the reality is that they’re enjoying like busteds and the Storm aren’t. This might be a cricket rating.

The Phins are in good type and have few outs, so I’ll again them to beat at Dragons facet that encourage little or no confidence.

The Panthers will win by a thousand. The Roosters will win by much more than that.