State of Origin is here, and for a lot of media and others the NRL will take a backseat for the next few months, which is a shame. There’s still many games to be tipped and winners to be determined. Talking of determined, we see this weekend’s five games as a prime opportunity for a perfect week and to help get you to the top of your tipping comp here are our 2024 NRL Round 13 Tips Predictions & Stats Preview.
Thirteen can be lucky for all of us.
Each week we offer up a quick preview glance for each match, throw in a bunch of barely interesting stats, and mix in a pinch of opinion, some spicy tips and you have a rugby league soup with probably more than one could ever need or want. It’s all you can eat NRL stats.
2024 NRL Round 13 Tips – This Week’s Matches
Here are our tips for the week ahead. How did we get to here? By going through all the visuals and stats below.
Thu 8:00 pm – Parramatta v Cronulla
Fri 7:50 pm – Newcastle v Bulldogs
Sat 5:30 pm – Penrith v St George Illawarra
Sat 7:30 pm – Dolphins v Canberra
Sun 4:05 pm – Roosters v North Queensland
2024 NRL Round 13 Tips – This Week’s Tips
CRONULLA by 16
NEWCASTLE by 6
PANTHERS by 2
DOLPHINS by 6
ROOSTERS by 34
Looking for a cheat sheet for the weekend’s upcoming games?
Here’s as much information that we could cram into one size fits all visual.
Plus our famed barely interesting stats all in the one place for this week of fewer games.
PAR v CRON – Scoring zero points in the regular season doesn’t necessarily stop you winning a premiership. Penrith scored zero in 2022 as did Melbourne in 2020. Bulldogs in 2004, Newcastle in 2001 and Broncos in 2000 are the others.
PAR v CRON – Parramatta and Cronulla have yet to meet on a Thursday (going back to 1998).
PAR v CRON – Cronulla have also won their last five games on a Thursday and eight of their last nine.
PAR v CRON – Cronulla have also won their last five games on a Thursday v Sydney clubs.
PAR v CRON – And for your obscure stat of the week, Cronulla have won both of their Thursday away games v Sydney clubs by the exact same score – 36-12. In seven away games on a Thursday they have conceded exactly 12 points four times.
NEWC v BULL – Newcastle have won their last four games. It is the current longest unbeaten streak.
NEWC v BULL – Newcastle have won their last two Friday games. But they were only against Tigers and Dargons.
NEWC v BULL – Newcastle are W4 L3 v Bulldogs on a Friday but have won the last two games.,
NEWC v BULL – Bulldogs have won just two of their last 20 games on a Friday. They have also lost 12 straight away on a Friday.
NEWC v BULL – The Bulldogs away form isn’t quite so bad. They have only lost ten in a row.
NEWC v BULL – Newcastle have the second worst win % during Origin period going back as far as we could be bothered so far (2012).
PEN v STGI – Penrith have won six in a row v Dragons, last losing in 2017.
PEN v STGI – Penrith have won six of their last seven home games v Dragons.
PEN v STGI – Penrith have won all 11 home games at Penrith Stadium on a Saturday since 2020.
PEN v STGI – Dargons have won three of four Saturday games this season and their last two.
PEN v STGI – Dragons have won just six of their last 39 away games.
DOL v CANB – Dolphins have now failed to get past three wins in a row three times.
DOL v CANB – Dolphins are W3 L1 at Kayo Stadium aka Dolphin Oval. Their only loss was 24-14 v Penrith, and they have beaten Canberra in their first game as an NRL club at the ground.
DOL v CANB – Dolphins are unbeaten in their last four games on a Saturday which includes all three this season.
DOL v CANB – Dolphins only win at home on a Saturday at Redcliffe was against Canberra.
DOL v CANB – Canberra have lost six of their last eight games in Qld on a Saturday.
DOL v CANB – Canberra have lost four of their last five Saturday games.
ROO v NQL – North Qld have won three of their last four games v Roosters on a Sunday.
ROO v NQL – Roosters are W4 L1 v Cowboys at Allianz on a Sunday and W10 L4 on any day at the ground.
ROO v NQL – Roosters record v Qld teams since 2020 is W18 L4. But that is only W1 L2 over the same time frame on a Sunday.
ROO v NQL – Cowboys have lost six in a row v top eight sides.
2024 NRL Stats – Form over State of Origin Period
Ever wondered which team goes better or worse when State of Origin steals the limelight and best players for a few months?
Well here are some stats for you. We’ve gone back as far as 2012 for now.
A new rugby league reality show will air on Fox League in February 2025, just before the start of the new season.
Called Coach Hunters, the show features six NRL journalists (most affiliated with Fox League or NewsCorp) who will nominate one coach each that they want sacked. Over the next few weeks, the journalist will do their best to get ‘their’ coach sacked. Journalists who succeed can choose another coach to hunt, with an unlimited number of coaches able to be nominated (including interim coaches).
During every weekly show, the journalists will check in and give updates on what they’re doing to get the coach sacked – be it clickbait hit pieces, blatantly false ‘opinion’ articles, or any underhanded means necessary.
At the end of the season, the journalist with the most coach sackings wins a $10,000 prize and an all-expenses paid post-season trip to Bali.
Host Beau Ryan explained the appeal of the show, “Everyone knows the media runs rugby league, decides who gets sacked, and decides who flies under the radar because they have the ‘right mates’ in the media. We’re just making a game out of it.”
At the moment, Buzz Rothfield is favoured to win the first season of Coach Hunters.
MONTE-CARLO, MONACO - MAY 26: Sergio Perez of Mexico and Oracle Red Bull Racing's car being lifted off the track after crashing on lap one during the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco at Circuit de Monaco on May 26, 2024 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. (Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images)
Another Monaco Grand Prix has passed and the latest edition of F1’s most glamourous and important race was won by Charles Leclerc which was a popular victory for so many reasons. He and all the drivers had to drive the entire race on one set of tyres after a Red Flag stopped the race after a few hundred metres because of a sizeable crash. Talking of sizeable, here is our 2024 Monaco F1 Grand Prix Result Summary which covers both races and anything else of interest.
This 2024 Monaco Grand Prix Result, Lap by Lap, Review & Summary gives you just enough to catch up with. With just a hint of cynicism, bias, opinion and colour. The perfect bite sized review for those who couldn’t be bothered, or don’t have enough time.
Didn’t see the race live? Don’t have time to watch the whole race? Here’s where we capture the laps where stuff happened. We write these live as we go, sort of like a minute by minute for the football, but marginally more interesting.
Setting the scene – In a riveting qualifying session Charles Leclerc took pole position, which in fairness looked highly likely throughout. Hopefully he starts the race, unlike one year where he won pole and never started. Behind him it could have been anyone, and it was. Oscar Piastri took second ahead of Carlos Sainz, while Red Bull struggled. Max Verstappen lined up a mopey sixth and Sergio Perez, well he ended up 18th. That became 16th after both Haas’ were disqualified from qualifying for rear wing errors. That might seem harsh, but back in the day they would have been excluded from the whole meeting. Maybe F1 didn’t want to exclude another American team in F1. Race day is dry, so the mixed up grid will take some shaking with very limited overtaking available. Safety Cars could be key. As is the start. Carnage awaits we think.
GRID (Starting Order) – LEC PIA SAI NOR RUS VER HAM TSU ALB GAS
Lap 1 – Pole sitter Charles Leclerc gets away well up the very short sprint to the first corner and keeps first place. Behind him Carlos Sainz almost gets the better of Oscar Piastri up the inside but the McLaren fights back and keeps second around the outside. A few seconds later as they go up the hill the Ferrari has pulled over and is out of the race. Further around Piastri is really harassing Leclerc. Then comes the Red Flag….wouldn’t have thought for Carlos Sainz surely, as he pulled off the track out of harms way. The McLaren and Ferrari appeared to slightly touch, enough for Sainz’s car to be affected. Some would say payback for Miami for Piastri. But that is surely not the reason for a red flag?
No, cameras pan back to the hill after the start where there is two Haas cars and the remnants of Sergio Perez’s Red Bull, missing four wheels, front and rear wings, and most of the rest. He’s OK, his car most certainly isn’t. There are bits of car everywhere, much like the F1 equivalent of a back yard covered in prickles. The accident was Kevin Magnussen’s fault, as he tags the rear left of a slow starting Perez, and the Red Bull clips the other Haas of Hulkenberg, and all three cars are likely to not make the restart. Guanyu Zhou is probably thanking himself for making not a great start as he was far enough behind to slow down and avoid it all.
More replays while we waited show the two Alpines coming together, with Ocon launching in the air as they approached the tunnel. Solid driving – pushing your team mate into the wall near the ocean front and then clipping the tyre because you didn’t do that good enough. Clowns. Could be another two cars stuffed. How wonderful for action fans that some of the drivers have left their brains behind today.
With a barrier needing fixing and track needing sweeping it will take a while. Let’s see whose car is good enough to start.
RACE RED FLAGGED
So the race will restart from a standing start, and from the same order as the first start. Carlos Sainz is the luckiest man on the grid so far as he gets to restart from third despite retiring from the first start. The crashed cars do not restart. That includes Esteban Ocon after his team mate bashing effort.
Meanwhile in front of the grid news the McLaren and Ferrari have restarted on the hard tyre instead of the medium from the first start. Which means technically they don’t have to stop now. Further behind Mercedes and Max Verstappen are on the mediums now. Interesting.
(Starting Order Again) – LEC PIA SAI NOR RUS VER HAM TSU ALB GAS
The second start gets underway as Leclerc leads away well again, and unsurprisingly Sainz behaves a little better this time, helped with a better start from Piastri. No dramas further back this time as the field appears to get through the first flying lap of the GP ok.
ORDER – LEC PIA SAI NOR RUS VER HAM TSU ALB GAS
Lap 6 – The front three are pulling away a little, with small gaps opening up to Norris then Russell then Verstappen. The only Red Bull left is already 6.6 seconds and in sixth, behind the leader on the third full racing lap since the restart. Bit of a change to the usual.
Lap 10 – Ten laps in, and time to check the gaps at the front. As not much has happened otherwise. Piastri is just within a second to Leclerc. Sainz is almost a second behind Piastri. Norris is just over a second behind Sainz. George Russell is a full six seconds behind Norris with two more to Verstappen, who is already being told to conserve tyres.
This race is going to need pit stops and/or rain. But still, it’s Monaco, so watching the skill and scenery is enough at this hour.
ORDER – LEC PIA SAI NOR RUS VER HAM TSU ALB GAS
Lap 14 – Oscar Piastri sets a fastest lap then sets about chasing Charles Leclerc. He’s close enough to ask for directions, but better keep to himself as Carlos Sainz is sniffing equally behind him.
Lap 20 – Not much has changed in the top four currently, with the gaps going back and forth. Notably George Russell in 5th is a full ten seconds + behind.
Lap 26 – One third distance gone now, and the gaps between the top four have become slightly bigger, all between one and two seconds. George Russell is 13 seconds behind in fifth. Given these cars might go all the way without a pit stop for tyres, this could get very dull. We need a below average driver to do something stupid and cause a Safety Car or something. Thankfully both Lance Stroll and Logan Sargeant remain in the race. Talking of below average, we almost forgot about Daniel Ricciardo. He’s 13th and in a train of drivers being held up by Fernando Alonso of all people. One does wonder how long Ricciardo has left based on the amount of screen time Liam Lawson has got this weekend.
ORDER – LEC PIA SAI NOR RUS VER HAM TSU ALB GAS
Lap 43 – Still the same order except for a pit stop for Lance Stroll. Not sure if anyone from outside the top ten have also pitter as we fell asleep. If they did who cares. Stroll comes out in just enough time to be lapped. The top three are separated by just over two seconds and Norris is bucking the trend to be nearly one second behind Sainz.
ORDER – LEC PIA SAI NOR RUS VER HAM TSU ALB GAS
Lap 50 – Something interesting – Lance Stroll has a left rear puncture and he just makes it into the pitlane without causing some kind of safety car.
Lap 52 – Ahh, a pit stop. Something. It’s Lewis Hamilton coming in for new tyres. Why not, he’s 40 odd seconds ahead of Tsunoda in 8th. A lap later Max Verstappen pits too. They put on hards. How boring.
Lap 54 – An overtaking move!!!! It’s Valtteri Bottas passing Logan Sargeant into the Mirabeau corner for 13th. Good stuff and brave.
Lap 56 – Lando Norris is really on Carlos Sainz’s tail for third now. With the gap to George Russell almost a pit stop away, the top four can consider a tyre stop. Norris may not need one. But it would sure be interesting.
Lap 58 – Lance Stroll is charging through the field with an overtake in the tunnel. Amazing move.
Lap 63 – Max Verstappen putting George Russell under big pressure with new tyres. Max put on fresh hard tyres, while George Russell’s tyres are a race old. Imagine if someone put softs on up the front.
Lap 69 – Ten laps to go and the Norris > Sainz battle has slowly become a Piastri > Sainz battle. The Australian driver is struggling a little and is under a second in front. Meanwhile Norris is staying close to Sainz as well. This could be interesting as Piastri must now defend for his second place, that he thoroughly deserves. For the record Leclerc is seven second up the road. Verstappen is still within a second on Russell too.
Lap 73 – Piastri seems to be really struggling right now but thanks to Monaco should be hard to pass. The worry is Sainz isn’t the cleanest overtaker in the business. Hopefully Piastri can hold on.
Lap 76 – Three laps to go and second and third still up for grabs. It should remain as per grid, but who knows how desperate Sainz and Norris are to advance. Given Max Verstappen is behind and Championship improvement is available they might not be too bold.
FINAL LAP – Charles Leclerc cruises around the final lap and takes victory on his home track winning comfortably. Piastri holds on for second just ahead of Sainz and Norris. Max Verstappen settles for sixth in between the two Mercedes. That’s now four different winners this season and three different winners in the last three races. The 2024 season starting to build into something good.
FINAL ORDER (Across the line) – LEC PIA SAI NOR RUS VER HAM TSU ALB GAS
Here we go through the field and highlight the very best (Great) of the race, and the plodders, the over-ambitious, the out of luck, and simply hopeless (Grape).
These points get added to our Driver of the Season scores. points for a great nomination, and -5 for the worst or grapest driver in the pack. Then it is +2 /-2 for honourable or dishonourable mentions.
THE GREAT-EST – CHARLES LECLERC
On it all weekend, took pole with a Verstappen-like ease, and he backed it up in the race leading all the way. Finally winning from pole position and on his home track. Let’s hope this Ferrari pace keeps up away from the street circuits.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
OSCAR PIASTRI – Second on the grid and best of the rest for a lot of the weekend. Looked fast and doubled down in the race this time, which has been a little bit of a weakness in 2024.
GEORGE RUSSELL – Another race of over-shadowing his illustrious team mate.
YUKI TSUNODA – Made Q3, beating his team mate in the process. Sergio Perez had a shocker of a weekend, meaning the Red Bull drive for 2025 is a little closer. Plus a solid top ten driver on Sunday. He has certainly seen off Daniel Ricciardo, which is his minimum 2024 goal.
THE GRAPE-EST – SERGIO PEREZ
Red Bull struggled for sure around Monaco, hell even Max Verstappen could only manage sixth on the grid. But the car isn’t 18th quickest like Perez’s effort in qualifying. His reward for qualifying so low was to be among the Haas cars who were banished to the back of the grid. He was then taken out by one of those Haas cars up the hill on lap one and ran into the other Haas. Race over.
DISHONOURABLE MENTIONS
HAAS – Strange that F1 thinks the Andretti team will devalue F1, when Haas pull off a weekend like they did. Decent qualifying ruined by an illegal rear wing, followed by a race ending crash for both drivers a few hundred metres into the race. Possibly bonus sh!tlist points for Kevin Magnussen who could be suspended for a race given his license points means one more bad penalty could see him hit the maximum allowed, given it looks he was fault for the crash on lap one with Perez.
ESTEBAN OCON – Ridiculous move on his team mate on lap one saw his car launch in the air, but land safely. It had damaged the car enough to ensure he didn’t make the restart.
FERNANDO ALONSO – Eliminated in Q1, ran in the lower midfield for most of the race. Especially disappointed when he looked like he could be a bit of a wildcard this weekend.
MAX VERSTAPPEN – Proved he and his Red Bull are human after all. Well, one of them isn’t, but the car was certainly not as dominant as per the previous two and bit seasons of racing. Sixth on the grid was an ok effort, but who knows how long his downturn will last.
DANIEL RICCIARDO – Needed a big Monaco Grand Prix. Eliminated in Q2 when his team mate made Q3. Tsunoda claimed points, Ricciardo was stuck in a traffic jam out of the points. Not enough for a Red Bull drive in 2025. Nor an RB drive in 2024.
CARLOS SAINZ – Harsh? Probably. But he was behind his team mate all weekend, got lucky with the second start and is running out of good teams to drive for in 2025.
Was it a good race, loads of action, a tense ending, a surprise result or DNF, or just a big, fat, snooze-fest?
We rate the big race itself, so we know which races to go back and watch in the off season or one to simply remember the winner for the post season quiz nights.
ON TRACK ACTION – 3 / 10
First lap crash that caused a red flag was a good start, as was the brief battle between Piastri and Sainz. Then we got a second standing start for fun. That was the extent of the action.
ANY SURPRISES? – 4 / 5
Well qualifying was surprising enough with Max Verstappen and Red Bull so far off the pace. It is probably just this circuit where the other teams are ahead, but still promising that Red Bull won’t win all of the remaining races.
SEASON IMPORTANCE – 4 / 5
Similar to above, this race and weekend as a whole showed that Red Bull are beatable, and that there’s more than one driver and/or team that can take it to Red Bull.
ENDING 6 / 10
The Piastri / Sainz / Norris battle at the end was a nervous watch for those with an interest. Plus some back market overtaking was welcome relief.
OVERALL RATING 17 / 30
A race bookended well, but plenty dull in the middle. That’s Monaco.
2024 F1 Season Power Rankings
Stay tuned for our Power Rankings from the race soon as it is currently being calculated and will be ready on Monday.
Yet another classic ’80s action movie is being revived as a TV show.
The First Down is Deadly was a four-movie action franchise about two former NFL players who become cops, but after being disillusioned by the corruption in the police force, they go on their own and travel the world solving crimes.
“TFDID was an iconic ’80s action series and we’re excited to bring it back,” said the franchise’s original creator Peter Gibson. “The chemistry and humour of Mike the smart-mouthed quarterback and Tyrell the no-nonsense defensive end was very entertaining, and the action set pieces were exhilarating.”
Gibson got the idea to continue the series (which ran from 1985 to 1992) after re-watching the first four movies.
“I’d forgotten than Mike and Tyrell both had kids at the end of the fourth movie. It got me thinking, ‘those kids would be in their 30s now, there could be a new story here’.”
After sealing a deal with Netflix (who already show the original movies), Gibson got to work writing a 10-episode season.
“The kids of Mike and Tyrell both played in the NFL, but injuries cut their careers short, so they become cops instead.”
Gibson has also responded to social media critics who cynically dismissed this as ‘another reboot’.
“It’s a revival, not a reboot for crying out loud! It’s a new story that continues on from the fourth movie. Nothing cynical about it at all! Unfortunately, we couldn’t get the original Mike and Tyrell back as the fathers, but there’s plenty of other cameos for fans of the original movies to enjoy.”
They say there can only be winners and losers in sport, but of course they’re wrong, there’s always the draw, and who doesn’t love a draw where everyone wins. Those winners include canny punters who look for value, and here to help is our Best of World Football Draws Tips for the week – and the more obscure leagues of Europe have been scanned for your enjoyment.
Our resident draw expert Frankington Stanley runs his keen eye over the many football divisions around the world to find the best draws for you. He’s sort of like the John West of Football draws. He’s recently been on a three month scouting journey around Central Europe and Northern Africa to hone his skills on picking a draw.
Frankington Stanley is not fussy, no country or continent is out of bounds, and the more obscure the better. And some of them are quite obscure. They don’t even feature on the Who Scored website.
So get yourself ready for another weekly serving of the finest Football Draw tips from all over the world, where The Gurgler and Frankington Stanley take the stale out of stalemate.
It’s all you can eat draws.
DRAW OF THE WEEK
Here is the best of the best draw tips for the week.
Switzerland – Super League Championship Group – Lugano v Servette
ODDS – DRAW $3.30
FORM / STATS – Where better to have your draw of the week than neutral Switzerland? Even their flag is squared shaped, meaning equal for all sides.
Three of the last six between these sides have ended in a draw, which is a good start. Then you have a look at the pattern sand it screams draw for this weekend.
The last six results – most recent game first – Non Draw-Draw-Non Draw-Draw-Non Draw-Draw.
The second last game at Lugano between these sides was a draw.
It even has that classic draw price of $3.30.
OTHER DRAW SPECIALS
Swedish – Superettan – Helsingborgs v Landskrona
ODDS – DRAW $3.25
FORM / STATS – To the first of a Swedish double, and no we’re not talking an adult film in a sauna nor some product at Ikea, it’s all about Swedish football draws.
First up is Helsingborgs v Landskrona, both of which could serve as names for a generous coffee table and washing basket at Ikea, but these are sides destined to draw this weekend.
The Superettan is only young but Helsingborgs have already drawn five of their nine games this season. But if that isn’t draw-y enough for you, then Helsingborgs have yet to win any of their five home games this season and four of those games have ended in a draw.
Landskrona aren’t without draws either, with two from their five away games ending equal.
Swedish – Superettan – Utsiktens v IK Brage
ODDS – DRAW $3.25
FORM / STATS – The second Swedish draw on offer sees both these teams coming into this game following a draw. And if that’s not enough to convince you, Utsiktens also drew the game before that.
Egyptian Football – Pharco FC v Smouha
ODDS – DRAW $2.75
FORM / STATS – Talking of football pyramids, here is a draw special from Egpyt, a favourite league of our draw expert Frankington Stanley.
There’s not much history between these two sides that we could find on our standard Who Scored search, but at least 50% of the games played between these sides at Pharco has ended in a draw.
Whilst that may only be 1/2 it’s still 50%, and are you going to bet against it?
Bosnia-Herzegovina Cup 1 – Borac Banja Luka v Zrinjski
ODDS – DRAW $3.10
FORM / STATS – It’s a big cup game, so those usually bring some pressure. And wouldn’t you know it the last time Borac Banja Luka were in the Bosnia-Herzegovina Cup final they drew 0-0. That’s what you came here for isn’t it?
Also the second last game between these sides at Borac Banja Luka ended in a draw. You can almost Banka a draw here.
Evronuli Liga – 2024 Georgia – FC Telavi v Samgurali Tskaltubo
ODDS – DRAW $2.80
FORM / STATS – We end the weekly special with Georgia On Our Mind.
And who wouldn’t be singing the old sweet song of draw when the teams have five draws combined from their last five games each. That’s a 50% record that we need.
EURO DRAW SPECIAL OF THE WEEK
Some have accused us of picking easy leagues for our draws. First of all, how dare you, secondly we introduce our Euro Leagues draw of the week, where we scan the four biggest leagues in Europe for the finest draws. It could be Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga, or Ligue 1, but what it will always be is a quality eye for a draw.
ITALY SERIE A – JUVENTUS v MONZA
ODDS – DRAW $5.00
FORM / STATS – So the last six games haven’t seen a draw between these sides. Don’t worry, they’re doing the drawing themselves.
Juventus have drawn six in a row in Serie A, and four of their last five at home. As for Monza, they have drawn two of their last three away games.
The only fly in the ointment is that this the final day of the season and Juventus might need to win to stay in the top four and therefore Champions League football. Monza are 12th and can’t really achieve anything on the final day of the season.
But maybe Juventus aren’t in the form to win and a draw will suffice.
Symphonic Metal band Nightfall have a surprise new member.
Actress/pop singer Emily Ritter has joined the band as their new female vocalist.
After a successful acting career through the early 2000s, Ritter joined pop band His and Hers full-time in 2010. The three-piece band enjoyed a decent following until they called it quits in 2020 due to the pandemic.
Nightfall – known for their heavy and symphonic sound and mix of harsh male vocals and clean female vocals – recently lost their female vocalist to a different band and were wondering what to do with the female sections. That’s when Ritter came in.
With her sister married to Howard (Nightfall’s singer), Ritter often visits the band during recording sessions when she has time.
While hanging out with the band one day, Ritter was asked to do demo vocals on some new songs.
“I love my brother-in-law and the rest of the group are really nice,” said Ritter. “So, I thought I’d give it a shot. If only to help out the guys.”
But Ritter’s vocals blew everyone away; and after a few more recording sessions, she agreed to join the band full-time.
“It took a while to get used to how loud they are, but I’m fine with it now,” said Ritter. “The symphonics parts are quite lovely and I’ve gotten used to Howard’s screaming.”
Though, with a tour coming later this year, Ritter is concerned how Nightfall fans will react.
“I’ve heard that some metal fans can be a bit stubborn, so hopefully they like me.”
“She’ll be fine,” said Howard, “Unlike fans of some metal genres, most of our fans are open-minded enough to accept new members. And she’s family, so I’m not going to tolerate anyone who hates on her.”
Here are The Gurgler’s 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Ratings – our way of rating the performances of the first European race for the season, bringing another win for Max Verstappen, but a genuine threat is looming.
Our G-Power Rankings goes a little bit deeper than just points scored on the Sunday and has a slightly cooler name than most. We take on board Free Practice, Qualifying, performance in relation to teammate, fastest lap, and a few more stats that are attempting to highlight a driver outperforming the car and/or thrashing their teammate.
Plus, we have a range of stats and barely interesting facts from the 2024 F1 Season so far. Not much yet, but more to come as the season progresses. So much to read in so little time.
Here are the current overall standings for our Driver of the Year winner – the Martini Medal. Named in honour of one of F1’s most unsung heroes – Pierluigi Martini of Minardi fame.
We have the overall scores as they stand, plus a visual which shows the flow of each driver’s position throughout the season, plus a few points of interest below.
Here is the breakdown of the Driver of the Year points from the most recent race and the season so far. Remembering our ratings go across a whole weekend, so the race winner who may not have had a great qualifying or sprint race may not come out on top.
LATEST RACE RATINGS
DRIVER OF THE SEASON UPDATE
2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Ratings – Teams
This is essentially using the same drivers stats but in reverse for the worst score, but taking out anything that is a H2H between the drivers.
And our annual award focuses on the other end of the grid, highlighting the worst team of the season.
Of course, the worst team of the season award needs to be named after the worst F1 team of all time. And if you want to fund out more about Andrea Moda, follow this link.
LATEST RACE RATINGS
Here are the choicest of cuts from the F1 data we compile for season 2024, we a few hand picked barely interesting points to share below.
Logan Sargeant got enough points at Imola in our Drivers Rating to finally overtake Oliver Bearman’s one race total and jump from last.
Guanyu Zhou is the only driver to finish higher than his grid slot for all the races he completed. And Oliver Bearman too for his one race.
DRIVER 2024 H2H RECORD
Beating your team mate in F1 is very important, which is why we keep an eye on the H2H stats through the season.
New for this week is the overall H2H. Which means the H2H from every session – FP and Qualifying, plus who set a faster Fastest Lap and two points for beating the team mate in the race. Note: both have to feature in same Q session for H2H point.
2024 F1 QUALIFYING STATS
Here our qualifying analysis covers just about everything we could find on qualifying.
QUALIFYING SUMMARY
QUALIFYING GRID SLOT TO % FROM POLE
QUALIFYING COMPARISON FROM 2023 SEASON to 2024 SEASON
QUALIFYING COMPARISON IN 2024 BY TRACK TYPE
FIRST LAP POSITION + GRID TO RACE RESULT GAINS
Races can’t be won or lost at the first corner, well actually they can be lost at the first corner, and a good one can make all the difference. Unless you drive a Red Bull, then it doesn’t really matter.
So here are the stats on the lightning fast starters and the slow pokes.
FREE PRACTICE
Some say Free Practice is a giant waste of time, and they are probably right. Regardless here is the average position for each drivers in Free Practice this season. Each round an average of all the sessions.
Current Race Power Rankings in Detail
2024 F1 Season Power Rankings – Points Explanation
Here’s how the points work this season. Essentially the perfect race (Win from Pole, Fastest Lap, thrash team mate, best in race etc) should amount to the perfect 100 points.
FIRST LAP GAINS +0.5pts per position gained -0.5pts per position lost.
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS – 25pts to 1pt as per World Championship – Sprint Race Points added.
BEAT TEAM MATE (RACE) – 10pts (if both finish or other driver got self inflicted DNF)
FASTEST LAP – 5pts – 1pt for top five drivers.
GRID POSITION TO RACE POSITION – formula +/- relative finish to grid
BEST OF THE REST (RACE) – 5pts to 1pt – top five non Mercedes-Red Bull drivers
QUALIFYING – 20pts to 1pt – Grid Position 1 to 20.
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) – 5pts
BEST OF THE REST (QUALIFYING) – 5pts to 1pt – top five non Mercedes-Red Bull drivers
GREAT/GRAPE – 5pts Great 2pts Honourable Mention -2Pts Dishonourable Mention -5Pts Grape
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) Time Gap – Formula for % beaten team mate by
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) Position – 0.5 Pts for every position team mate is beaten by. 0 points for second car.
FREE PRACTICE HERO – 10Pts to 1Pt – Average Position across all three practice sessions.
WIN FROM POLE – Bonus 5 Points
WIN FROM POLE WITH FASTEST LAP – Bonus 10 Points
DNF Not Driver or Team Fault Minus 2 Points
DNF CAUSED BY DRIVER/TEAM INCOMPETENCE Minus 5 Points
SPRINT RACE POINTS – Points 8 to 1 as handed out in the sprint race.
SPRINT RACE CHANGE – 0.5 Points per change in end position to starting position.
SPRINT RACE QUAL – Points 8 to 1 as handed out in the order of qualifying 1st to 8th.
Want more NRL information than just the draw, results or the current ladder? Then you are in the right place and the right time with the home of Stats and Stuff via our 2024 NRL Round 11 Stats Summary for the weekend that was.
Each week we compile and keep up to date a wide range of stats from the latest weekend of NRL action plus the best 2024 NRL Season Stats to help you to the top of the tipping competition, land a few responsible winners or even make your Supercoach team better. And now with a match by match summary full of all the stats you need and/or want.
NRL Round 11 Results
Fri Canberra 24-20 Bulldogs Fri Manly Warringah 12-13 Brisbane Sat Gold Coast 24-28 Newcastle Sat Cronulla 38-38 Roosters Sat South Sydney 22-28 North Queensland Sun Warriors 22-20 Penrith Sun Melbourne 48-18 Parramatta Sun Wests Tigers 12-24 Dolphins
NRL Round 11 Stats Season Summary
Some weekly and season stats and additional interesting visuals for the weekend that was and the season that is.
OVERALL LADDER AND FORM
WIN / LOSS RECORD BY HOME / OPPOSITION LADDER POSITION
Ladder position from previous round.
WIN / LOSS RECORD BY GEOGRAPHY / DAY / TIME
NRL Round 11 Stats Summary
NRL Round 11 Stats Summary – H2H Match by Match Stats and Stuff
All eight games with all the stats you could ever want or need with added barely interesting stats to go with. Giving you a decent wrap up of all that went on in the NRL on the weekend.
Canberra have won nine in a row v Bulldogs.
Canberra also have the upper hand on a Friday at all ground – W6 L1.
Canberra have also won all three clashes at Suncorp Stadium.
Bulldogs and Dragons remain the only sides without a Magic Round win.
Bulldogs and Canberra are still the teams with the two worst win records at Suncorp Stadium.
Bulldogs have won just two of their last 20 Friday games since 2020. And lost their last 12 away games on a Friday.
Broncos have won five of the last six v Manly on a Friday. All of those games at Suncorp Stadium.
Broncos have won five of the last six v Manly on a Friday. All of those games at Suncorp Stadium.
Broncos have won their last four games at Suncorp Stadium as the away side.
Going back to 2023, Broncos have won 12 of their 14 Friday games. Their Friday strike rate of 85% is the second best behind Cronulla’s 100%.
Manly have lost 11 Friday games in a row at grounds other than Brookvale.
Gold Coast have lost 11 Saturday games in a row v any team, anywhere.
That’s 2/2 for Newcastle over the Gold Coast at a neutral venue.
That’s a first win in 14 games for Newcastle in Qld vs Qld sides on a Saturday.
Cronulla are the best in the second half this season with a record to match their overall – W9 L1.
That’s a first win in eight Saturday games v Roosters for Cronulla.
It’s 2/2 for Cronulla v Roosters at a neutral venue.
South Sydney are yet to blow a half time lead in 2024. Because they are the only side not to lead at half time in any game this season.
It was a first loss in nine games for Souths in Qld v Qld sides on a Saturday.
It’s now seven losses in their last eight Saturday games for Souths.
It’s six losses in a row, their worst run of consecutive losses since 2016 where they lost nine in a row.
It was a first win in nine games for the Warriors over Penrith.
And a first win in six games at Suncorp Stadium for the Warriors.
And a first win against Penrith at non regular home grounds (nine games).
The loss for Penrith ended a run of 11 straight wins on a Sunday.
Melbourne have the best win % of any current NRL team at Suncorp Stadium.
Melbourne have won 12 of 13 games v Parramatta on a Sunday.
Parramatta have lost five of their last six at Suncorp Stadium on a Sunday.
Melbourne are W5 L1 v Parramatta at venues other than home grounds.
Dolphins are now the only team with a 100% Magic Round win record.
Dolphins are undefeated this season v Wests Tigers at Suncorp Stadium. They are also undefeated in their alternative black coloured jersey. They are also undefeated in two Sunday 6pm games this season.
Dolphins are the only team left with a 100% record v Sydney teams in 2024 – 5/5.
Dolphins are W2 L1 as the away side at Suncorp Stadium.
Wests Tigers have won only one of their last 22 Sunday games.
Dolphins are one of only four teams to not lose a game when leading at half time (5 half time leads). The others are Cronulla (3), Melbourne (7) and Canberra (4). Dolphins also top the competition for average points scored in the second half (15.4).
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow’s 234 run metres is his best single game effort for the 2024 season and fourth best overall for the Dolphins.
The Dolphins missed more tackles than the Tigers by 44-28. It was actually the third highest single game tally of Missed Tackles + Ineffective Tackles by a side that won in 2024 so far.
Another big weekend of NRL action featuring magic games, magic players and an upset for the ages. As ever there were star performances, work horses giving it their all, and some who lit up the field. But which players were the best of the best you ask? We’ll let the stats do the talking and separate the Wheat/Chaff to present the 2024 NRL Round 11 Team of the Week & Player Stats.
First we have our Team of the Week, which takes some of the key player stats from the weekend and using various scoring methods come up with the best players in their positions from the latest round of the NRL.
Then there’s additional player stats from this weekend and some bite sized points of interest.
We’ve used the stats for each position and picked the best starting 13 players from the most recent round, the stats and points assigned are explained at the end.
On top of the best starting 13, we include the best four interchange players of the week. Seeing who has provided maximum impact from the bench.
Plus we throw in the players we thought were great but the stats did not with Gurgler’s Choice.
2024 NRL Team of the Season…so far
Here is the above but for all rounds.
2024 NRL Round 11 Player Stats
Want to see which players topped the key stats for the latest round of the NRL this weekend?
2024 NRL Season Player Stats…so far.
Same as the above stats, but this is for the 2024 season.
NRL Player Stats 2024 – Key Comparisons
From time to time we’ll throw in some comparison stats of key positions and players.
SELECTED COMPARISONS – KEY ORIGIN POSITIONS
This week with some big State of Origin decisions looming, due to injury and form, we take a look at three key battles.
NSW FULLBACK
NSW HALVES
QLD FIVE EIGHTH
How the Team of the Week works
Want to know how we come up with the numbers to rank the players, the below table should explain hopefully.
Want more Player Stats? Neeeeed more NRL data and stuff? Why not try our friends at Nothing But Legue for bite sized pieces of NRL Stats and more every day.
What a Magic Weekend it was in Brisbane, with full houses and empty beer cans scattered all the way from Caxton Street to Suncorp Stadium. But another week of the NRL is ahead, and winners are there to be tipped. Talking of full, our glass is overflowing to help get you to the top of your tipping comp with our 2024 NRL Round 12 Tips Predictions & Stats Preview.
Each week we offer up a quick preview glance for each match, throw in a bunch of barely interesting stats, and mix in a pinch of opinion, some spicy tips and you have a rugby league soup with probably more than one could ever need or want. It’s all you can eat NRL stats.
2024 NRL Round 12 Tips – This Week’s Matches
Here are our tips for the week ahead. How did we get to here? By going through all the visuals and stats below.
Thu 8:00 pm – Bulldogs v St George Illawarra
Fri 6:00 pm – North Queensland v Wests Tigers
Fri 7:50 pm – Manly Warringah v Melbourne
Sat 3:00 pm – Canberra v Roosters
Sat 5:30 pm – Cronulla v Penrith
Sat 7:30 pm – South Sydney v Parramatta
Sun 2:00 pm – Brisbane v Gold Coast
Sun 4:05 pm – Warriors v Dolphins
2024 NRL Round 12 Tips – This Week’s Tips
BULLDOGS by 8
NORTH QLD by 6
MANLY by 4
ROOSTERS by 4
PENRITH by 8
PARRAMATTA by 4
BRISBANE by 12
WARRIORS by 8
Here we take the best points of interest for each match coming up this weekend and share them with you for no cost. Feel free to share with friends and family. The bold ones are our favourites.
BUL v STGI – Bulldogs are unbeaten at home this season. One of just three teams left with a 100% home record. The last time they won five home games in a row was in 2012. BUL v STGI – Bulldogs and Dragons have yet to meet on a Thursday.
BUL v STGI – Bulldogs won their last game at the Olympic Stadium on a Thursday, in 2020.
BUL v STGI – Bulldogs have won seven of their last nine v Dragons at the Olympic Stadium.
BUL v STGI – The Dragons have improved from their pointless away record in 2023 with the current season standing at W2 L3. But they have lost both away games on a Thursday this season.
NQL v WTI – Wests Tigers have played Queensland teams three times this season and lost all three. They join South Sydney and the Warriors as teams with no wins against Qld teams this season.
NQL v WTI – North Queensland have lost their only Friday game this season. The Wests Tigers have lost five Friday games in a row and their last five away games on a Friday but are yet to play on a Friday this season.
NQL v WTI – Wests Tigers won the last game between these sides in Townsville on a Friday.
NQL v WTI – The Cowboys home record on a Friday at their new ground is W5 L8.
MAN v MEL – Manly have lost seven of their last nine v Melbourne but have won their last two games at Brookvale. Both of those games were on a Friday.
MAN v MEL – Manly have won just four of their last 14 matches at home on a Friday to non Sydney sides.
MAN v MEL – Melbourne have won both of their Friday games in 2024 so far. MAN v MEL – But……they have lost their last four away games on a Friday, and scored a combined total of 18 points.
CANB v ROO – Canberra have won the last two games v Roosters.
CANB v ROO – It’s two wins each for games in Canberra on a Saturday.
CANB v ROO – Canberra have won their last three home games to Sydney sides on a Saturday. CANB v ROO – Roosters have won ten in a row away on a Saturday to non-Sydney teams. CANB v ROO – Roosters’ record against top half teams* this season is W2 L4.
CRON v PEN – Penrith have won six of their last seven v Cronulla. But……Cronulla have won seven of their last eight home games v Penrith. CRON v PEN – Cronulla have won all six games v top half opposition*.
CRON v PEN – Cronulla are on a winning run of seven games. The last time they won as many in a row (and more) was in their premiership season of 2016.
CRON v PEN – Cronulla have also won five home games in a row. All of their 2024 home games too.
CRON v PEN – But their record at home on a Saturday in recent seasons is a little weaker – just two wins in eight.
CRON v PEN – Penrith have won 16 of their 18 away games on a Saturday since 2020.
CRON V PEN – The last 10 Cronulla home games v Penrith on a Saturday follow this sequence for Cronulla (most recent game first) LWLWLWLWLWL
SOU v PAR – Souths have won six of their last seven v Parramatta. Just not the last match in 2023. SOU v PAR – Souths have won all five of the clashes v Parramatta on a Saturday. SOU v PAR – Rabbitohs have lost their last four Saturday games and seven of their last eight. And lost four in a row at the Olympic Stadium on a Saturday. And all Saturday games this season.
SOU v PAR – Parramatta have lost seven of their last eight away games.
SOU v PAR – Parramatta have blown the most half time leads this season with three.
SOU v PAR – These teams are in the bottom two for points conceded in the second half – over 18 each.
BRI v GCT – Broncos have lost their last three Sunday games. And their last two games on a Sunday v Titans. BRI v GCT – Gold Coast have won all three games v Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium on a Sunday.
BRI v GCT – Gold Coast have also won four of the last six away games v Broncos.
BRI v GCT – Since 2016 the Broncos have won just four of 11 homes games on a Sunday.
BRI v GCT – Broncos have won eight of their last nine v Qld sides anywhere on any day.
BRI v GCT – Gold Coast have won just three of 13 games v Qld sides since 2022.
BRI v GCT – Gold Coast have won just two of 12 games away on a Sunday since 2022.
WAHS v DOL – Dolphins are second last for Post Contact Metres this season, Warriors are fourth best.
WAHS v DOL – This will be only the second trip out of Queensland for the Dolphins this season. The other was in NT.
WAHS v DOL – The Dolphins away record on a Sunday is W2 L1. All of those games have been in Qld.
WAHS v DOL – Warriors have won four of their last five at Mt Smart Stadium on a Sunday. And five of their last six there v Qld sides on a Sunday.
WAHS v DOL – Dolphins are going for four wins straight for the first time in their history.
