It’s finally here, the five game round of NRL with depleted teams that everyone’s been waiting for. Talking of patience and other Guns N Roses song, welcome to our Jungle of 2025 NRL Round 12 Tips Predictions & Stats Preview where the tips just worse with every game.
Each week this season 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 flavour than one could ever need or want. It’s all you can eat NRL stats.
2025 NRL Round 12 Tips
Here are our tips for the week ahead. How did we get to here? By going through all the visuals and stats below.
DOLPHINS by 2
PARRAMATTA by 8
PENRITH by 12
CRONULLA by 10
WARRIORS by 2
2025 NRL Round 12 Tips Weekly H2H Stats Summary Cheat Sheets
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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.
2025 NRL Round 12 Tips Weekly Barely Interesting Stats
Our famed barely interesting stats all in the one place for this week of fewer games.
BULLDOGS v DOLPHINS
Bulldogs have won both games v Dolphins, but both of those games have been in Bundaberg.
The Dolphins are yet to play at the Sydney Olympic stadium.
Bulldogs have won all three games at the Olympic Stadium this season. Two of them to nil.
Bulldogs have a patchy Thursday record – W3 L5 overall from their last eight games since 2019 and W5 L6 all time at home.
Dolphins have a strong W6 L2 record on a Thursday with a W2 L1 record away.
Dolphins are W2 L7 for away games v Sydney teams in Sydney.
PARRAMATTA v MANLY
Parramatta have a W17 L5 record at home to Manly including winning nine of their last ten at home to Manly.
The home side dominates this fixture, with the home side (either team) winning 13 of the last 15 going back to 2018.
Manly won the last clash between these sides on a Friday, but Parramatta had won six in a row on a Friday before that game.
Manly have lost nine of their last ten away games on a Friday.
Parramatta have lost five games in a row on a Friday at home.
PENRITH v NEWCASTLE
Penrith’s record in Bathurst is W6 L4. Against NSW opposition it is W3 L2.
Newcastle’s record at regional NSW grounds as the away team is W4 D1 L3.
Penrith have won seven in a row v Newcastle.
And from 2016, Penrith have won 13 of 15 matches v Newcastle.
It’s four wins in a row for Penrith as the home side and anywhere on a Saturday.
Penrith have lost their last two home games v NSW sides.
Newcastle have won five of their last six away games on a Saturday that weren’t in Qld.
ROOSTERS v SHARKS
Cronulla have won the only clash v Roosters at Gosford.
Roosters are W10 L10 at Gosford. But have won their last five games there.
Sharks are W4 L2 at Gosford but have won their last three games there and scored 40+ points in all three wins.
Cronulla beat the Roosters at Magic Round last season. Prior to that it was seven straight wins for the Roosters on a Saturday.
Since 2018, the Roosters are W38 L9 v Sydney teams as the home side.
WARRIORS v CANBERRA
The Warriors have won the only post-Covid game between these sides at Mt Smart Stadium in 2023.
Canberra have won the last two games between these sides at Mt Smart Stadium in 2012 and 2017 on a Sunday. Prior to that the Warriors won six games in a row.
Warriors have won their last three home games at Mt Smart Stadium on a Sunday.
Canberra have won four Sunday games in a row. All of those sides were non NSW.
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