Roosters vs Knights Grand Final Betting Tips & Prediction
The Knights have earned this, and I still cannot get…

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 Saturday.
$1.34
$1.99
$1.89
$9.12
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A side with a home final banked against a side whose season ended last weekend. That usually reads one way.
It has not read that way in this fixture for years.
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad returns from suspension and Te Maire Martin and Chanel Harris-Tavita are both back from hamstring injuries. Wayde Egan and Kurt Capewell are rested, so this is not a full strength seventeen, but the halves pairing is the point. Andrew Webster wants combinations working before a home final, not a fortnight of rust.
The Sea Eagles have covered nine and a half in five of the last six meetings, including a draw in Auckland and three outright wins. The one that got away was a twenty point Warriors win at this ground last year, so the blowout is on the record and I am not pretending otherwise. I still think one result in six is the wrong way to price this.
Manly have piled on 44 in back to back wins over the Dragons and the Knights, so the form guide on this page argues over and I am going the other way. My reason is who those 44s came against. Three of the five games on the Sea Eagles’ form guide have them held to twenty or fewer, and the Warriors have the better defensive record of the two by a distance. Good sides do not let Manly play like that.
The Sea Eagles are out of the finals but Tom Trbojevic is still at fullback and Jamal Fogarty is still steering them, and Kieran Foran has named the same squad that put 44 on the Dragons, so nothing moved on their sheet. That is the profile that covers a big line. Not good enough to win it, too good to get run off the park.
Manly have covered nine and a half in five of the last six meetings and that is the reason I am on it, not my own number. My number is close: I make it Warriors 23, Manly 15, so an eight point Warriors win, inside nine and a half but not by much. Thirty eight points in the game is the bigger gap, ten and a half short of the total.
Take the Warriors to win it and Manly to keep it respectable. The head to head at $1.34 is the safe end of it if all you want is the winner. But nine and a half against a side that has covered it five times in six meetings is charity, and the under is the leg I am least confident in.
Tom Trbojevic to score a try, $2.65. He’s crossed for a try in two of his last four.
Jacob Laban to score a try, $3.60. Two last start for Jacob Laban, and that is a try in four of his last seven. I have the Warriors winning 23 to 15, so the points are coming from his side, and $3.60 on that kind of touch is the leg I am happy anchoring the multi with.
Jason Saab to score two or more tries, $6.00. Jason Saab bagged a double last start and that is the third time in seven games he has put on two or more. Manly are the side I have losing by eight, not being kept scoreless, and $6.00 for a bloke doing doubles that regularly is worth a swing.
Reuben Garrick to score a try, $3.35. Back to back tries now for Reuben Garrick, three in his last seven games all up. I make Manly 15 points in this game and someone has to score them, so $3.35 on a bloke already crossing two weeks running stacks up.
These prop odds are Sportsbet’s, correct at time of posting. Prices move, so check before you bet and take the best one going. Late team changes can knock out any leg.
| Match | New Zealand Warriors vs Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
| Date | Saturday, September 5 |
| Kick-off | 3:00pm AEST |
| Venue | Go Media Stadium |
| Round | NRL Round 27 |
| Status | Scheduled |
| Our Tip | Multi: Warriors Win, Under 48.5 points & Jacob Laban Anytime Try @ $9.12 |
| Predicted Score | New Zealand Warriors 23 – Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 15 |
The Warriors. I make it Warriors 23, Manly 15 at Go Media Stadium, and the head to head at $1.34 is fair if the winner is all you want. The Sea Eagles are out of the finals but they are not a bad side.
My headline multi at $9.12 takes the straight win with the total and a player prop, Jacob Laban Anytime Try. The win leg anchors it this week; the line bet on the card still stands as its own play.
It is the leg I am least confident in, but I take the under 48.5 at $1.89. Manly’s big scores have come against sides that let them play, they have been held to twenty or fewer in three of the five games on their form guide, and the Warriors defend better than either of those sides.
Round 27 is the last round of the 2026 NRL regular season, so there is no Round 28 fixture for the Warriors. What follows is set by where the ladder finishes.
There is no Round 28 fixture for the Sea Eagles. Round 27 closes the 2026 NRL regular season and the NRL confirms anything beyond it once the round is complete.