FREE: 2022 NRL Round 3 Preview: Our Selections & Staking Plan
March 24, 2022
A few upsets saw an interesting round last week but we’re back for another crack in round 3.
2021 Season Tipping Results:
- Â Â 139 wins from 259 tips
- Â Â + 67.51 Units Of Profit
- Â Â $6,510 Profit Based On $100 Units
- Â Â 53.6% Strike Rate
- Â Â View Results Spreadsheet
ST GEORGE-ILLAWARRA DRAGONS VS CRONULLA SHARKS –Â THURSDAY 24TH MARCH, 8:05PM, WIN STADIUM
We’re set to open the round with a matchup which is typically one of the great grudge matches of the season.
The Dragons could arguably take more from staying in the fight in a 20-16 loss to the Panthers in Round 2 than from their streaky 28-16 season-opening win over the Warriors. The Saints forced a grandstand finish against the premiers despite a pair of controversial sin-bin calls against them.
The Sharks bounced back from finishing on the wrong side of a Canberra thriller with an after-the-bell triumph over the Eels. Gun recruit Nicho Hynes was far more polished in his second game for the club and iced a man-of-the-match performance with the game-winning conversion.
The Sharks have won five of the last six southern Sydney derbies – including a pair of victories at Jubilee Oval in Round 1 (32-18) and Round 11 (13-12) last season.
WESTS TIGERS VS NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS –Â FRIDAY 25TH MARCH, 6:00PM, CAMPBELLTOWN SPORTS STADIUM
Both clubs are 0-2, though the Tigers have been poor at best after 26-4 loss to the Knights that probably should have finished a lot worse on the scoreboard.
The Warriors have fought back from double-digit deficits to lead in the second half against both the Dragons and Titans but have been unable to finish the job. With Shaun Johnson missing among others, the 22-20 defeat on the Gold Coast last Saturday was somewhat encouraging.
The Warriors have won four of their last five against the Tigers, taking out a pair of thrillers last season: 30-26 in Gosford and 18-16 in Brisbane. Eight of their last 11 clashes produced 44-plus points.
SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS VS SYDNEY ROOSTERS –Â FRIDAY 25TH MARCH, 8:05PM, ACCOR STADIUM
If the first game of the round is the entree then this is certainly the main meal with two old rivals set to do battle.
The Rabbitohs took the Storm to golden point in Round 2 but were ordinary until the last 15 minutes of regulation time, when they staged a remarkable comeback from 14-0 down. Mitchell’s presence improved Souths but Cody Walker and Damien Cook are out of sorts, while their outside backs are seriously lacking punch.
Sydney Roosters responded to their shock defeat to Newcastle with an authoritative 26-12 victory over Manly. Halves Sam Walker and Luke Keary were brilliant in a 22-point first-half assault, while Siosiua Taukeiaho, Victor Radley and Sitili Tupouniua led a dominant engine-room effort.
The Rabbitohs have won five of their last seven against the Roosters. Mitchell and Cody Walker starred in a 26-16 victory in Round 3 last season, but their 54-12 romp in Round 24 – with Alex Johnston bagging a hat-trick – was overshadowed by Mitchell’s fateful hit on Manu.
- Â 1 unit Rabbitohs +3.5 @ $2 BET NOW
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PENRITH PANTHERS VS NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS –Â SATURDAY 26TH MARCH, 3:00PM, CARRINGTON PARK
The Panthers will have to show how good they are without Cleary once again as a confident Newcastle outfit look to stay undefeated.
Ponga and front-row leader Daniel Saifiti return for this big assignment, but the key will be unheralded halves pairing Jake Clifford and Adam Clune maintaining their outstanding start to the season. Dane Gagai has been a fabulous addition to the backline and Tyson Frizell has provided a timely reminder of his class.
Penrith has lost just once in its last 10 games against Newcastle. Fisher-Harris was man-of-the-match in the clubs’ only 2021 encounter, a clinical 24-6 Panthers win in Round 7. The Panthers are 4-3 in Bathurst.
MELBOURNE STORM VS PARRAMATTA EELS –Â SATURDAY 26TH MARCH, 5:30PM, AAMI PARK
The Storm may be working out their best starting lineup but they have started this season with the same winning mentality which has seen them dominate the league for years.
Outstanding during the trials, Parramatta has arguably been below-par – making hard work of a 32-28 win over Gold Coast before getting pipped at the post by Cronulla.
The Eels were outgunned in the middle by the Sharks pack and finished on the wrong side of just about every attacking metric despite enjoying 54 percent possession and completing at a superior 87 percent.
Storm hooker Harry Grant has tested positive to COVID, joining Brandon Smith on the sidelines with rookie Tyran Wishart likely to start at dummy-half. Wiremu Greig replaces Jake Arthur on the Eels bench, but the absence of Ryan Matterson and Marata Niukore is limiting the blue-and-gold pack.
Parramatta achieved the rarest of doubles in 2021, beating Melbourne in Round 2 (16-12) at home and Round 24 (22-10) at Suncorp Stadium – the latter snapping the Storm’s record-equalling 19-match winning streak.
CANBERRA RAIDERS VS GOLD COAST TITANS –Â SATURDAY 26TH MARCH, 7:35PM, GIO STADIUM
The Titans halted a five-game losing streak against the Raiders with a stunning 44-6 victory at GIO Stadium in Round 16 last year; ironically, Fogarty scooped three Dally M points. It was the Raiders’ biggest home loss since 2013.
Both teams are fielding relatively inexperienced, unfamiliar spines, contributing to a lack of composure for extended periods in games. Both sides’ chief strength lies in hulking, dynamic middle forwards and game-breakers on the edges.
- Â 2 units Raiders -2 @ $2 BET NOW
BRISBANE BRONCOS VS NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS –Â SUNDAY 27TH MARCH, 4:05PM, SUNCORP STADIUM
Brisbane is shooting for its first 3-0 start since 2009 after following up their stirring 11-4 upset of Souths with a hard-earned 16-10 defeat of unfancied Canterbury.
North Queensland were the big turnaround team of Round 2, bouncing back from a 6-4 loss to the Bulldogs with a rousing 26-6 victory over Canberra. Jason Taumalolo made a barnstorming return to form, Tom Dearden and Chad Townsend gelled encouragingly in the halves, and the Cowboys’ clutch of outstanding young back-rowers again starred.
Honours were shared between the battling archrivals last season. Valentine Holmes’ field goal got the Cowboys home 19-18 in Townsville in Round 9, while Kotoni Staggs notched a double as the Broncos ran away with a 37-18 win at Suncorp in Round 20.
- Â 1 units Broncos -6 @ $2 BET NOW
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MANLY SEA EAGLES VS CANTERBURY BULLDOGS –Â SUNDAY 27TH MARCH, 6:15PM, 4 PINES PARK
Manly was never in the hunt against Penrith (28-6) or Sydney Roosters (26-12), with megastar fullback Tom Trbojevic barely firing a shot and the Sea Eagles forwards getting rumbled by two of the benchmark packs in the NRL.
Canterbury grafted out a 6-4 win in Townsville in Round 1 and showed plenty of heart in a 16-10 loss to rejuvenated Brisbane last Sunday.
Manly has won its last six against Canterbury by an average margin of 23.7 points. Last season a depleted Bulldogs side crashed 66-0 to the Sea Eagles in Round 16 and went down 36-18 in Round 24. Tom Trbojevic and Jason Saab scored a combined 11 tries across the two games.
- Â Â 2 units Sea Eagles -10.5 @ $2 BET NOW
Our  Staking Plan
- Â Â 1 unit Sharks -1.5 @ $2.00
- Â 2 units over 36.5 total match points @ $1.95
- Â 2 units Warriors -2.5 @ $2
- Â 1 unit over 37.5 match points @ $1.90
- Â 1 unit Rabbitohs +3.5 @ $2
- Â 1 unit Knights +7.5 @ $2
- Â 2 units over 38.5 total match points @ $1.90
- Â 3 units Storm -4.5 @ $2
- Â 2 units over 38 total match points @ $1.90
- Â 2 units Raiders -2 @ $2
- Â 1 units Broncos -6 @ $2
- Â 2 units Sea Eagles -10.5 @ $2
- Â Â BET With TopSport
Total = 20 Units
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