Panthers vs Roosters Prediction
Penrith go in as minor premiers on three straight wins and I have this one 23-14 Panthers. That score is…
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.
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…
Nineteen and a half points is a heavy line and I am taking it. The question here is not whether…
Only one of the last five games on each of these form guides has cleared fifty six and a half,…
Cronulla are already in the eight and have rested a handful of regulars, and the market jumped all over it.…
Team news first. Canberra hand Coby Black a debut at halfback, Ethan Sanders is rested and Josh Papalii is named…
Te Maire Martin and Chanel Harris-Tavita are both named in the halves, so the Warriors go into this one settled. I am with them to win it and still taking the Sea Eagles and the nine and a half on…
The market has Souths favourite in a derby the Roosters have owned for two years, and I am on the other side of it. Give me the Roosters at better than even money and a low scoring game.
Kristian Woolf has left Selwyn Cobbo, Kodi Nikorima and Kulikefu Finefeuiaki out of a side already bound for the top four, and the bookies still want eleven and a half from the Titans tonight. I think the Dolphins win this.…
Canterbury are the better side tonight and I have the Bulldogs winning at Accor. What I cannot find is a ten and a half point win over a Broncos side that only has to stay in touch, or anything like…
The bookies are giving the Eels six and a half points at CommBank Stadium. I have Cronulla by twenty three. Parramatta are thirteenth with nothing left to chase and the Sharks still have a top four spot in front of…
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The 2026 NRL Grand Final is played at Accor Stadium in early October. KRUZEY publishes a Grand Final preview the week of the finale with form lines, ladder position, head-to-head, finals form, and the market read. Until the finals series confirms the two teams, the read is based on the predicted ladder. Our 2026 NRL Predicted Ladder and Finals Series tips link from the rounds we cover section above. Bookmark the page; the prediction lands when the matchup does.