What a first weekend of NRL finals, great games, upset wins, and many, many sin bins. Along those lines, close to going on report is our bold 2022 NRL Finals Week 2 Tips + Stats Preview which will hopefully go better than the 0/4 from last week.
Each week we offer up a quick preview glance for each match, and a bunch of barely interesting stats, probably more than one could ever need or want.
We also offer up some alternative tips. These alternative tips are often based on a rugby league stat, and sometimes something completely absurd, and are aimed at those NRL tipsters who just can’t be bothered.
Since only one of the four matches last weekend was won by the team that won the previous encounter, we are going to use the teams H2H to determine the winner.
So for now enjoy the 2022 NRL Finals Week 2 Tips + Stats Preview where there’s something for everyone. Mostly.
READ MORE: our NRL Finals Week 1 Team of the Week.
2022 NRL Finals Week 2 Tips – Alternative Tips – H2H Record from 2022 – Team who lost last game
Short on inspiration? Or looking for that edge to your tipping that no one else in your competition has? Well here are the Alternative NRL Tips for this round.
Looking back on the results from Week One of the finals, three of the four teams that progressed in the finals had lost the previous encounter. Only Canberra had won when winning the previous game.
So we took the results from the most recent match between this week’s contenders and gave the tips to the side that lost the last match.
ALTERNATIVE TIPS 2022 PROGRESS – 65% – 124/196
2022 NRL Finals Week 2 Tips – Gurgler Selections
Can we beat our own Alternative NRL tips? Usually not, so again we’ll have to keep trying.
Eels by 10
Rabbitohs by 2
OUR TIPS – 66% – 130/196
LAST WEEK 0/4
2022 NRL Finals Week 2 Tips H2H Stats
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.
2022 NRL Finals Week 2 Barely Interesting Stats Summary
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.
Eels v Raiders
Parramatta have won four of the last five games v Canberra.
Parramatta and Canberra have only met once on a Friday since 1998, and that was in 1999 when Canberra beat the Eels 25-12 at Parramatta Stadium.
Canberra are yet to concede a point at Bankwest/Commbank Stadium on a Friday. Their only game in 2019 they won 28-0 over the Tigers.
Parramatta have now lost their last two games on a Friday.
Parramatta have a 82% winning % at Commbank/Bankwest Stadium on a Friday. Their best day is Saturday at 90%.
Sharks v Rabbitohs
South Sydney have won the last four games v Sharks at grounds other than Shark Park. Plus they have also won 11 of the last 13 of those games.
Cronulla have won seven of nine games v Sydney opposition on a Saturday this season and 10 of 12 games v Sydney teams on all days.
South Sydney have the second best winning % on a Saturday this season with 80%, behind Penrith’s 86%.
The winner of the last three Souths v Roosters finals matches has gone on to win the premiership (in 2014, 2018 and 2019).
Cronulla hold a 4-2 H2H advantage at the Sydney Football Stadium and 11-7 on a Saturday.
TOP EIGHT H2H SINCE 2020
Here is a quick look at how these teams have fared against each other for the past three seasons.
FINALS RECORD SINCE 2020
FINALS RECORD SINCE 2010
2022 NRL Season Prediction Results
Our tips jumped ahead of the alternative tips last week, so now onto bigger and better things.
ALTERNATIVE TIPS
6/8 First Round Form
4/8 More Dangerous Mascot
3/8 Best H2H
6/8 April Fools
7/8 Bad Boy Points (Penalties/Sin Bins etc)
5/8 Greens Votes
6/8 Marginal Seats
5/8 Covid Cases
6/8 May Record
3/8 Suncorp Stadium Record
4/8 ALP Voting
2/8 Green / Teal Colour Wheel
1/4 June Form since 1998
6/8 Post Origin I Form
5/8 Winter Form
5/8 Post Origin II Form
4/4 Kicking Kings
5/8 Post Origin III Form
3/8 Twitter Followers
6/8 Current Ladder
7/8 August Form
2/8 Alphabetical Order
8/8 H2H Winner for Day of Week matches 2022
7/8 Lower Max Points Against for 2022
6/8 Last Round Form
2/4 Finals Record
