Friday’s NRL 2018 Round 15 match is between Sydney Roosters and Penrith Panthers. The opening kick is set to commence at 19:55 local time with the game to be played at Allianz Stadium, Sydney. The away team Penrith Panthers are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Sydney Roosters and Penrith Panthers.

When: 19:55 | Friday 15/06/2018

Where: Allianz Stadium, Sydney

Preview:

Shaping to be the game of the round, and with both the Roosters and Panthers coming off wins, I get the feeling this one will have a little bit of everything.

I know last week’s games for both teams were just enough to get the job done against lesser opposition however if one team repeats that they will get dominated.

Boyd Cordner finds his way back into the team after his rest last week and he will need to be at his best again.

Two similar teams which rely on their forwards to lay the foundations before heading wide to their stars.

This is why my key matchup will be exactly that, the forwards.

KEY BATTLE: Dylan Napa v Reagan Campbell-Gillard

I can’t wait to see Napa and RCG go at it again.

I love the aggression in which they both play with.

I sound like a broken record at times but whoever comes out on top here will win the game.

The Verdict

I’m leaning in the way of the men in black.

They have been consistent improvers in the season and I feel will grab another valuable two points.

Each of the Roosters’ last four Friday night matches have gone over the total match points line.

Unibet Odds:

Sydney Roosters at $1.82

Penrith at $2.02

Odds:

Tip: Penrith Panthers at $2.00

Value Tip: First Try Scorer: Tyrone Peachey at $14.00

More Info:

Teams:

Sydney Roosters:

1 James Tedesco, 2 Daniel Tupou, 3 Latrell Mitchell, 4 Joseph Manu, 5 Blake Ferguson, 6 Luke Keary, 7 Cooper Cronk, 8 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 9 Jake Friend (c), 10 Dylan Napa, 11 Boyd Cordner, 12 Mitchell Aubusson, 13 Isaac Liu

Interchange: 14 Siosiua Taukeiaho, 15 Zane Tetevano, 16 Kurt Baptiste, 17 Victor Radley

Reserves: 18 Nat Butcher, 19 Lindsay Collins, 20 Paul Momirovski, 21 Billy Smith.

Penrith Panthers:

1 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 2 Christian Crichton, 3 Tyrone Peachey, 4 Dean Whare, 5 Tyrone Phillips, 6 James Maloney (c), 7 Nathan Cleary, 8 Trent Merrin, 9 Sione Katoa, 10 Reagan Campbell-Gillard, 11 Corey Harawira-Naera, 12 Isaah Yeo, 13 James Fisher-Harris

Interchange: 14 Wayde Egan, 15 Kaide Ellis, 16 Jack Hetherington, 17 James Tamou

Reserves: 18 Jarome Luai, 19 Liam Martin, 20 Tyrone May, 21 Nick Lui-Toso.

NRL News:

Peter Wallace has endorsed James Maloney to take over the Penrith captaincy for the rest of the NRL season following his shock retirement on Tuesday.

Wallace announced he has hung up the boots after losing his battle to a bicep injury, which was followed my revelations he had played the past year without an ACL in his right knee.

“I know the boys really look up to him and he gives them a lot of confidence having him in the team. They’re in very good hands there,” Wallace said on Wednesday.