It’s that magic time of year where the NRL community comes together as one to celebrate the great name of rugby league at the greatest ground in the world. Talking of a need for a volunteer for our next trick, our 2025 NRL Magic Round Tips Predictions & Stats Preview are right here, and waiting to be sawed in half.
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 Magic Round Tips
Here are our tips for the week ahead. How did we get to here? By going through all the visuals and stats below.
2025 NRL Magic Round Tips Weekly H2H Stats Summary Cheat Sheets
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.
2025 NRL Magic Round Tips Weekly Barely Interesting Stats
Our famed barely interesting stats all in the one place for this week of fewer games.
CRONULLA v PARRAMATTA
Surprisingly, these teams have only met three times on a Friday since 1998. Cronulla lead the H2H 2-1.
Cronulla have won their last two at Suncorp Stadium and four of their last five there on a Friday.
Parramatta have lost three in a row at Suncorp Stadium.
Magic Round Record – Cronulla WLLLW Parramatta LWLLL
ROOSTERS v DOLPHINS
Dolphins are undefeated v Roosters at Suncorp Stadium.
Dolphins are 9/18 at Suncorp Stadium as the home team and 2/3 as the away team.
Dolphins last start win v Melbourne was their first win at the ground on a Friday in six attempts.
Roosters have won their last three at Suncorp Stadium on a Friday.
Roosters have won five straight v Qld sides on a Friday in a game not in NSW.
Magic Round Record – Roosters WWWLL Dolphins WW
SOUTH SYDNEY v NEWCASTLE
Souths v Newcastle is the third least played game since the Titan’s entry in 2006, played just 25 times. Only Gold Coast v Souths (23) and Brisbane v Wests Tigers (22) is lower.
Souths lead Newcastle 5-4 in the H2H at grounds that aren’t the regular home ground for either side.
Souths are W6 L2 for games at Suncorp v non Qld sides. Newcastle are W3 L1.
Souths are W3 L3 at Suncorp Stadium on a Saturday. Newcastle are W2 L5.
Magic Round Record – Souths WWWWL Newcastle WLW-W
WARRIORS v NORTH QLD
Warriors have won three in a row v Cowboys.
Going back to 2021, the Warriors are W2 L8 at Suncorp Stadium from their last ten games.
Warriors are also W2 L8 at Suncorp Stadium overall on a Saturday.
North Qld are W2 L3 at Suncorp Stadium on a Saturday.
North Qld have won five games in a row v non-Broncos sides at Suncorp Stadium. Warriors have won just one of their last five v non-Broncos there.
Magic Round Record – North Qld LLWWW Warriors WLLLW
WESTS TIGERS v ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA
Dragons have won five of their last six v Tigers. And the last three on a Saturday.
Wests Tigers have lost their last three games at Suncorp Stadium, but their last win was v Dragons.
Wests Tigers are W2 L6 at Suncorp Stadium on a Saturday. Dragons are W3 L5.
Dragons have lost five in a row at Suncorp Stadium v non-Broncos teams. They’ve scored exactly 6 points in the last three matches.
Wests Tigers have lost five of their last six at Suncorp Stadium v non-Broncos sides. Again vs Dragons is the only win.
Dragons are winless at Magic Round.
Magic Round Record – Wests Tigers WWLWL St George Illawarra LLLL-
GOLD COAST v BULLDOGS
Gold Coast have won three straight v Bulldogs in Qld. At Suncorp Stadium it is W3 L2.
Bulldogs lead the H2H 7-3 v Gold Coast on a Sunday.
Gold Coast have won their last four games at Suncorp Stadium on a Sunday.
Bulldogs have won just once in their last 15 visits to Suncorp Stadium.
Bulldogs have lost all five Magic Round games.
Magic Round Record – Gold Coast LLWWL Bulldogs LLLLL
PENRITH v BRISBANE
Penrith have won eight of their last nine v Broncos.
Broncos have lost five in a row v Penrith in Qld.
Broncos have never lost to Penrith on a Sunday as the home in six games.
Broncos have won five of their last six as the away team at Suncorp Stadium.
Broncos have won just four of their last 12 at Suncorp Stadium on a Sunday.
Broncos lost all five day games last season.
Penrith have lost two of their last three at Suncorp Stadium. They are W3 L6 on a Sunday there.
Magic Round Record – Panthers LWWWL Brisbane WLWWW
MELBOURNE v CANBERRA
Canberra might be disappointed this game isn’t at AAMI Park – they lead the H2H by 8-7 there.
Melbourne are 2/2 v Canberra in Qld.
Melbourne are 11/14 on a Sunday v Canberra.
Melbourne 64% win rate on a Sunday is the NRL’s best. For the record, three of the four worst are Qld teams.
Canberra have won their most recent game at Suncorp Stadium on a Sunday (2022), but it was seven losses in a row before that.
Canberra have won their last four Magic Round games.
Magic Round Record – Melbourne WWLLW Canberra LWWWW
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