Roosters vs Knights Grand Final Betting Tips & Prediction
The Knights have earned this, and I still cannot get them inside the line. The Roosters beat them twice this…
Form turns over fast in the NRL. I tip every game, not just the ones that are easy to call. You get my reasoning under every pick, so you’re not just taking my word for it – head-to-head, line, totals, and the longer-price roughies when the form lines genuinely stack up. Pick a fixture below for this round’s tips.
The Knights have earned this, and I still cannot get them inside the line. The Roosters beat them twice this…
I have the Panthers going through, and I am still taking the Knights with the points. The Panthers are the…
The Dolphins have won eight on the trot and they have beaten the Roosters twice this year, so the short…
Lose and the season is over, which is the only reason the Warriors are not a bigger favourite here. I…
The Roosters are priced like the side that ran through the middle of the season, and the Sharks are priced…
Penrith go in as minor premiers on three straight wins and I have this one 23-14 Panthers. That score is…
Nicho Hynes and Blayke Brailey are both named after being rested last round, so the Sharks are a better side…
A qualifying final between two sides who arrive on winning runs of six and seven. The Warriors should win it…
Teams are named and nothing in them moved my number. Souths get Tallis Duncan back in the second row after he sat out the Roosters game with hamstring tightness, Newcastle have named Francis Manuleleua a fortnight after he dislocated an…
Nineteen and a half points is a heavy line and I am taking it. The question here is not whether Penrith are the better side, it is whether a side sitting second with finals seven days away can be bothered…
Only one of the last five games on each of these form guides has cleared fifty six and a half, and the Dragons have scored fourteen and then ten in their last two. That is the bet here. Parramatta win…
Cronulla are already in the eight and have rested a handful of regulars, and the market jumped all over it. Melbourne are unchanged in their starting side, out of the finals and playing for pride, and that is the side…
Team news first. Canberra hand Coby Black a debut at halfback, Ethan Sanders is rested and Josh Papalii is named to start in the front row. A Cowboys side with its finals spot already banked, a Raiders side whose year…
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The 2026 NRL Grand Final is Roosters vs Knights at Accor Stadium on Sunday 4 October, 7:30pm AEDT. Ben has the Roosters by 15 and is on the line rather than the head to head. The full call is in our Roosters vs Knights Grand Final prediction, and both roads to the decider are on the NRL Grand Final tips page.