We take a look at Sunday nights (7/4/2019) Week 3 NRL match which is between the Newcastle Knights and the St George-Illawarra Dragons. View the odds and teams for both sides as well as our Tips and Bets for the match.
When: Sunday April 7, 6:10pm
Where: McDonald Jones Stadium
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Preview:
The final match of the round is a good one with the Knights hosting the Dragons. Both sides will be eager to square the ledger at 2-2 after four rounds, despite showing patchy form this season. Newcastle have been in both of their losses to the Panthers and Raiders, but the magic formula might be moving Kalyn Ponga back to full back, which Nathan Brown has opted to do for this game. Mason Lino makes his club debut for Newcastle in the halves, partnering Mitchell Pearce. Just as the Dragons season looked to have turned a corner against the Broncos thanks to a last second Corey Norman field goal, full back Gareth Widdop suffered a nasty shoulder injury that will see him miss a number of games. Speedster Matt Dufty is his replacement at the back in an otherwise unchanged side. The Red V has an imposing 7-1 recent record against the Knights, although this is the best Newcastle side in some time. The Wolf thinks that the Dragons as underdogs looks enticing value and they’ll be well rested after playing on Thursday in round three.
Tip: St George-Illawarra Dragons at $2.02
Value Tip: First Try Scorer: Jordan Pereira at $11.00
Teams:
Knights: 1 Kalyn Ponga, 2 Edrick Lee, 3 Hymel Hunt, 4 Jesse Ramien, 5 Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 6 Mason Lino, 7 Mitchell Pearce, 8 David Klemmer, 9 Danny Levi, 10 Tim Glasby, 11 Lachlan Fitzgibbon 12 Sione Mata’utia, 13 Mitchell Barnett. Interchange: 14 Kurt Mann, 15 Aidan Guerra, 16 Daniel Saifiti, 17 Josh King. Reserves: 18 Herman Ese’ese 19 Brodie Johns 20 Jamie Buhrer 21 Tautau Moga
Dragons: 1 Matt Dufty, 2 Jordan Pereira, 3 Euan Aitken, 4 Tim Lafai, 5 Mikaele Ravalawa, 6 Corey Norman, 7 Ben Hunt, 8 James Graham, 9 Cameron McInnes, 10 Paul Vaughan, 11 Jacob Host, 12 Tariq Sims, 13 Blake Lawrie. Interchange: 14 Jeremy Latimore, 15 Zac Lomax, 16 Korbin Sims, 17 Luciano Leilua. Reserves: 18 Tyson Frizell 19 Mitchell Allgood 20 Jai Field 21 Jonus Pearson
*Odds correct at time of posting. Subject to change