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The Canterbury Bulldogs and Sydney Roosters clash this to open the Women in League round. Join The Roar for live scores and updates from 7:35pm (AEST).
Both sides sit equal on eight points, with the Roosters in seventh and Bulldogs in eleventh due to for and against.
The Dogs have lost their past two games, going down to the Cowboys and Tigers.
The Roosters dug themselves out of a deepening hole last weekend by blowing the Tigers off the park, snapping a four-game losing streak.
Canterbury have named a 20-man squad, including Josh Reynolds, James Graham and Greg Eastwood.
The Bulldogs have missed their forwards leader in Graham after he was suspended following his Good Friday tackle on Adam Reynolds and then tirade at referee Grant Atkins. The Dogs rely heavily on their forwards to run the middle of the field and without Graham they have lost their way.
The Roosters meanwhile have the luxury of naming the same side that dispatched the Tigers 36-4. The Tricolours were slick and clinical against a poor Wests side.
With Origin selection just around the corner, the two sets of prospective Blues halves face-off.
Trent Hodkinson and Josh Reynolds may be the incumbents who guided NSW to victory last season but both have been poor this season, with Reynolds spending more time on the sidelines through suspension than he has on the field.
Mitchell Pearce and James Maloney themselves have been under pressure, but if their performances against the Tigers are anything to go by then they are back on track.
The winner of this match will pick up a much needed two points heading into the Origin period, where both sides will likely be weakened due to representative duties.
This is a tough match to tip but the Roosters did manage a win last week so I’m going to go Roosters by 8 with not a lot of confidence.
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