R3: Dragons Vs Cowboys – Our Bets

The Dragons are looking like real spoon contenders & the Cowboys could do some real damage to their for and against here.

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St George Illawarra Dragons Vs North Queensland Cowboys – Saturday 5:30pm AEDT

Well we certainly copped it when stating the Dragons were spoon contenders at the start of the year and last week certainly showed they are contenders.

This could be another bloodbath.

Interesting Betting Insights

• North Queensland Cowboys have won their last four straight NRL games against St George Illawarra Dragons by an average margin of 19.3 points per game including a 42-22 win in their most recent encounter (Round 11, 2023).
• Six of the last seven NRL games between St George Illawarra Dragons and North Queensland Cowboys in New South Wales have been decided by margin of eight points or fewer on the day with the Cowboys logging just three wins in that term (L4).
• St George Illawarra Dragons have won only two of their last five NRL games immediately after scoring zero points in a game, scoring an average of just 11 points per game across those five fixtures.
• St George Illawarra Dragons have won six of their last nine NRL games at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium but were defeated 12-32 by the Newcastle Knights in their last game there; they’ve not lost consecutive games at the Kogarah stadium since April 2021.
• North Queensland Cowboys have won their first two games of the 2024 NRL season; the last time they enjoyed a better start to an NRL season was in 2007 when they won their first four games of the season.
• North Queensland Cowboys (3.32s) and St George Illawarra Dragons (3.36s) have the fastest and third-fastest average play-the-ball speed respectively of any teams in the 2024 NRL season.
• Zac Lomax (St George Illawarra Dragons) has scored two tries across his last three NRL games when playing as a winger on the day and currently leads the league in post contact metres in 2024 (184m).
• Scott Drinkwater (North Queensland Cowboys) has scored three tries and made three try assists across his last three NRL games against St George Illawarra Dragons but has been directly involved in just one try in his last three games overall (1 try assist).
• Mikaele Ravalawa (St George Illawarra Dragons) has not scored a try in his last two NRL games; the last time he went longer without a try was a 10-game stretch from Round 2 to 11 in 2022.

Our Bets

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