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Wests Tigers
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Match Complete
Bulldogs
22
| L. Garner |  | 65 | ||
| M. Fonua | | 54 | ||
| 48 | | A. Elliott | ||
| 39 |  | R. Martin | ||
| 37 | | D. Napa | ||
| 30 | | R. Martin | ||
| 29 | | K. Foran | ||
| 28 | | R. Martin | ||
| 26 | | R. Smith |
| 2 | Tries | 4 | ||
| 0 | Conversions | 3 | ||
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
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Round 3 of the NRL season continues this Sunday afternoon as the Wests Tigers take on the Canterbury Bulldogs at Campbelltown Stadium. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match, starting from 4:05pm AEDT.
This is a matchup between one of the NRL competition’s most in-form teams and a team that desperately needs a win.
OK, so the Tigers have only beaten the Sea Eagles and the Warriors, both whilst playing at home. However, it has been the manner of those victories that would be causing some concern at other clubs.
Robbie Farah is close to career-best form whist the forwards are giving Benji Marshall and Luke Brooks plenty of space to work.
Michael Maguire has got the Tigers playing a solid, clinical type of footy and the results are very encouraging to date.
He has also been helped by a stable team list, with no changes to last weekend’s 17. Josh Reynolds is again named as a reserve.
The Bulldogs, on the other hand, are firming as an early favourite for the wooden spoon, after two beatings by the Warriors and the Parramatta Eels.
Canterbury looked good early against the Eels, racing out to an early lead, but Parramatta quickly regained the lead and won easily.
They look like a team without confidence and Dean Pay has a massive job in front of him.
They still have a quality forward pack lead by Aiden Tolman, Dylan Napa and Josh Jackson, and they will need to match the Tigers’ forward pack to stand a chance in this one.
Pay has made plenty of changes, with Nick Meaney in at fullback, Jayden Okunbor starting on a wing, and Rhyse Martin and Ofahiki Ogden starting on the bench.
Martin’s inclusion is a positive for the Bulldogs, as he was Canterbury’s shining light in a late season resurgence of sorts in 2018.
Prediction
The Wests Tigers will go in as hot favourites and rightfully so.
I can’t see any other result than a Tigers win. Even if we assume the forwards matchup is even, the Tigers look to have the edge in class through the spine.
Tigers by 14
When: 4:05pm AEDT
Where: Campbelltown Stadium
TV: Channel 9, Fox League
Online: NRL Live, Foxtel app or Foxtel now
Betting: Wests Tigers: $1.42, Canterbury Bulldogs: $2.85
Wests Tigers
1 Moses Mbye 2. Mahe Fonua 3. Robert Jennings 4 Esan Marsters 5 Corey Thompson 6 Benji Marshall 7 Luke Brooks 8 Ben Matulino 9 Robbie Farah 10 Alex Twal 11 Ryan Matterson 12 Luke Garner 13 Elijah Taylor.
Interchange: 14 Russell Packer 15 Thomas Mikale 16 Josh Aloiai 17 Michael Chee-Kam.
Canterbury Bulldogs
1 Nick Meaney, 2 Jayden Okunbor, 3 Kerrod Holland, 4 Will Hopoate, 5 Reimis Smith, 6 Kieran Foran, 7 Lachlan Lewis, 8 Aidan Tolman, 9 Jeremy Marshall-King, 10 Dylan Napa, 11 Josh Jackson, 12 Corey Harawira-Naera, 13 Adam Elliott.
Interchange: 14 Michael Lichaa, 15 Ofahiki Ogden, 16 Rhyse Martin, 17 Chris Smith
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