NSW Country Eagles will be looking to make it two in a row when they host the Canberra Vikings in Sydney. Join us on The Roar from 3pm (AEST) for live scores of this clash.
The Eagles are coming off a thrilling one-point win over the Greater Sydney Rams, however with the Rams dropping nine conversion points the Eagles might consider themselves lucky to come away with all the points.
Despite Greater Sydney’s poor kicking, Jono Lance was in fine form for the Eagles, nailing all four kicks.
the Eagles also showed how tight they can be in defence, holding off the Rams brilliantly for 21 minutes to steal the win.
This is the start of the Vikings’ 2015 NRC campaign, after having the bye for Week 1, and Canberra players Rodney Iona and Blake Enever believe the extra week will give them an advantage.
“We’re very excited, it’s that point where we just want to get out there and play already, we took a positive out of the bye, trained hard and grabbed the opportunity to work on combinations,” Iowa told The Canberra Times.
Iona will be looking to prove his worth as a playmaker, filling in for Christian Lealiifano who was named in the Barbarians squad to play Samoa.
In their only other clash, the Eagles ventured to Canberra in October last year and won by 5 in a match that went back-and-forth for 80 minutes.
Prediction
Vikings by 3.
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