Just two weeks to go and so much left to sort out. A bunch of teams with a modest 50-50 win record all looking for their chance to be eliminated in the first week of the finals. But what a Battle of Brisbane it should be. Talking of battles, our 2024 NRL Round 25 Tips Predictions & Stats Preview is on the attack and looking for perfection.
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 flavour than one could ever need or want. It’s all you can eat NRL stats.
2024 NRL Round 26 Matches
Thu 7:50 pm – North Queensland v Melbourne
Fri 6:00 pm – Bulldogs v Manly Warringah
Fri 8:00 pm – Penrith v South Sydney
Sat 3:00 pm – Parramatta v St George Illawarra
Sat 5:30 pm – Dolphins v Brisbane
Sat 7:35 pm – Cronulla v Warriors
Sun 2:00 pm – Newcastle v Gold Coast
Sun 4:05 pm – Roosters v Canberra
2024 NRL Round 26 Tips
Here are our tips for the week ahead. How did we get to here? By going through all the visuals and stats below.
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2024 NRL Round 26 Tips Weekly 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.
Plus our famed barely interesting stats all in the one place for this week of fewer games.
Cowboys have won the last two games v Melbourne and by a combined 81-26. Both games were in Townsville.
Cowboys home record on a Thursday is W5 L6.
Melbourne have won six away games in a row and five in a row away on a Thursday.
Melbourne have never lost a Thursday game v a Qld side (nine games)
Bulldogs are still unbeaten at home this season.
Manly have won nine of the last ten games v Bulldogs.
But the Bulldogs have won five of the last six v Manly on a Friday.
Manly have also lost their last six away games to Sydney clubs.
Penrith average more points scored away from home this season than at Penrith Stadium.
Penrith have won 10 of the 12 games v Souths since 2020.
Penrith have won 16 of their last 17 games at home on a Friday v Sydney clubs.
Souths have lost their last four away games, and have won two all season.
Souths have won their last two Friday games though.
Parramatta have won nine of their last 11 home games v Dragons.
Better still, Parramatta have won all five games at home to the Dragons since 1998.
Parramatta have won two of their three home games on a Saturday this season.
St George Illawarra haven’t had the same result back to back since Round 13/14, when they won.
Dragons have won their last four away games on a Saturday though.
Dolphins are yet to beat the Broncos.
Dolphins and Broncos have won three games each since June. Only Parramatta have a worse win %.
Dolphins have won their last two home games at Suncorp on a Saturday.
Broncos have won their last four away games at Suncorp Stadium.
Broncos have won five of their last six games away to Qld sides.
Sharks record v Warriors at Shark Park is W13 L5.
Cronulla have won just one of their last six games at home on a Saturday.
Warriors have lost their last four away games to Sydney clubs.
Newcastle have won four of their last five v Gold Coast.
Newcastle have also won their last six home games v Gold Coast.
Newcastle have won 11 of their last 12 home games on a Sunday.
Gold Coast have lost their last six away games on a Sunday to NSW sides.
Gold have won three of their last 22 away games to NSW sides.
Rooster have won 16 of the 18 games v Canberra at the SFS since 1998, but not the last one.
It’s W9 L1 on a Sunday there too, but not the last one.
Roosters have won their past three games on a Sunday and passed 40 points on all three occasions.
Canberra have lost four in a row on the road. Makre that six in a row on the road on a Sunday.
2024 NRL Round 26 Helpful Betting Stuff
Here’s a few betting things to enhance your tipping.
BETTING SUMMARY FOR THIS WEEKEND
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2024 NRL Season Stats Summary
