St. George’s worrying season hit a new low last week when they were defeated by the soon-to-be Wooden Spooners Parramatta 26 – 22.
It was the sixth loss in a row and followed an embarrassing 34 – 18 defeat at the hands of West Tigers the week before.
Dragon’s Coach Steve Price stated the obvious after last week’s loss that his team have ‘lost our way to winning at the moment’.
It’ll be hard for them to find the way up against a New Zealand side that is in the middle of four team battle for one of the final spots available in the top eight.
Warriors are on 26 competition points, equal with Titans (v Melbourne) and Cowboys (v West Tigers) and, only one point behind 7th placed Newcastle (v Parramatta).
The Warriors, who have a negative for and against, need to win – preferably by a big margin, and hope the West Tigers can cause a boil-over up in Townsville.
The Warriors prepped themselves well for this game last week with a commanding 50 – 16 point win over Canberra.
St. George has won the last five against the Warriors and whilst they’ll be out to salvage some pride, their form is just too poor at present.
The Warriors can’t afford to leave anything in the tank and should win – by a decent margin.
TIP: WARRIORS 13+
Odds Comparison by NRL odds:
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| St George Illawarra Dragons | 3.50 | 3.70 | 4.10 | 3.70 | 3.50 | N/A |
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New Zealand Warriors
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1.30 | 1.28 | 1.25 | 1.28 | 1.30 | N/A |
Teams:
St George Illawarra Dragons:
Jason Nightingale, Brett Morris, Chase Stanley, Charly Runciman, Daniel Vidot, Adam Quinlan, Nathan Fien, Jack Stockwell, Mitch Rein, Ben Creagh (c), Tyson Frizell, Leeson Ah Mau, Jack de Belin. Interchange: Matt Prior, Michael Weyman, Bronson Harrison, Josh Drinkwater, Will Matthews (one to be omitted).
New Zealand Warriors:
Kevin Locke, Jerome Ropati, Dane Nielsen, Konrad Hurrell, Manu Vatuvei, Thomas Leuluai, Shaun Johnson, Sam Rapira, Nathan Friend, Suaia Matagi, Elijah Taylor, Simon Mannering, Todd Lowrie. Interchange: Ben Matulino, Jacob Lillyman, Feleti Mateo, Dominique Peyroux, Ngani Laumape, Sio Siua Taukeiaho (two to be omitted).
Referees: Jared Maxwell, Henry Perenara.
