The Week Its Been...
Just quietly... Manly and Melbourne simply look unbeatable, and after both dispatching of promising teams in the Tigers and the Rabbitohs, it seems inevitable that these two will meet in the grand final. Billy Slater, Cooper Cronk and Cameron Smith simply ooze points and its hard to see them losing. On the other hand, Manly's powerful forwards in combination with Brett Stewart, Kieran Foran and Daly Cherry Evans simply look unstoppable, and their defense a brick wall. Along with those two teams, the Cowboys just pipped the Broncos in the last minute, the Raiders took care of the Titans, the Bulldogs hammered the Dragons, the Knights outmuscled the Sharks and the Panthers and Warriors disposed of the Roosters and Eels. Kurt Gidley, Corey Parker, David Mead, Jarryd Hayne and Esi Tonga are all injured and are out of action for varying amounts of time.
Games Coming Up...
- Dragons v Tigers
- Knights v Broncos
- Titans v Melbourne
- Cowboys v Eels
- Roosters v Raiders
- Warriors v Bulldogs
- Panthers v Rabbitohs
- Sharks v Manly
All my tips there are pretty standard tips to the favourites, except the Roosters v Raiders game, where I think the Roosters could come up with an upset at home.
Team of the Week...
Matt Bowen scored 2 tries against the Broncos in Suncorp |
Dream Team News...
Corey Parker and kurt Gidley, both typically dream team specialists are out for a while, so that needs to be considered for the week. Konrad Hurrell, Adam Reynolds and Ben Henry are simply must haves and are absolute value for money. They are all $77,100, the cheapest you can get, and are all scoring above 30 each week. Josh Morris and Michael Jennings both did well with scores of 78 and 77 respectively, but don't expect 2-3 tries from them every game, with would mean a much lower score.
This has been a very brief dream team section this week, but I am planning something big for this section, which may be brought in sometime in the next few weeks, so stay tuned.
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