ROUND 13 PREDICTIONS

• • Broncos desperate home response after consecutive heavy defeats (0-42, 4-32)
• • Dragons' recent 30-26 victory at this venue provides psychological edge but they're also in poor form
• • Significant spine uncertainty for both teams due to fantasy price drops (Reynolds, Mam, Walsh for Broncos; Flanagan for Dragons)
• • Both teams showing defensive fragility (conceding 25-30+ in recent matches)

Updated 126d ago

• • Knights on exceptional form with 2 consecutive dominant wins (34+ point margins); Eels lost 26–8 to Storm
• • McDonald Jones Stadium home advantage for Knights; hosting fourth straight win there
• • Eels depleted by injuries to Paulo, Simonsson, Penisini (key forwards); Fletcher Sharpe (Knights FB) shows price drop concerns
• • Mitchell Moses returning for Eels but rusty; Gutherson returning from 3-week knee injury

Updated 126d ago

• • Warriors missing critical spine injuries: Nicoll-Klokstad (five-eighth), Tuivasa-Sheck (season-ending ACL), Boyd (hooker), forcing emergency Te Maire Martin to halfback
• • Panthers home ground advantage at CommBank Stadium plus fresh Round 12 bye for recovery and preparation
• • Panthers' superior head-to-head record and balanced spine intact (Edwards, Talagi, Cogger, with Liam Martin returning from injury)
• • Excellent weather conditions favour balanced attacking play where Panthers' experience and cohesion should prevail over Warriors' in-form but depleted lineup

Updated 126d ago

• • Cowboys in superior form: 2-straight wins vs 2-of-last-3 losses for Raiders; +15 differential vs -86 for Raiders
• • Critical spine injury to Raiders hooker Jayden Brailey (concussion); multiple price drops in fantasy suggest further undisclosed concerns
• • Cowboys five-eighth Tom Dearden unavailable, but Murray Taulagi (9 tries in 7 games) returns from concussion; Cowboys historically dominant in H2H (1-0)
• • Both teams have Origin Game 1 backups (Ethan Strange/Hudson Young for Raiders; Reuben Cotter uncertain for Cowboys); Raiders more disrupted by availability uncertainty

Updated 126d ago

• • Sharks halfback Nicholas Hynes ruled out (calf injury) with debutant Niwhai Puru to play - catastrophic spine impact
• • Sea Eagles momentum with two consecutive wins including 46-18 demolition of Wests Tigers
• • Lehi Hopoate returns from suspension providing attacking spark for Sea Eagles
• • Sharks' recent defensive inconsistency (36 points conceded to Rabbitohs, 24 to Bulldogs) vulnerable to Sea Eagles attack

Updated 126d ago

• • Storm sitting 15th with momentum crisis (lost to Bulldogs R12 20-30) vs Roosters off bye with fresh legs
• • Roosters' recent head-to-head dominance (40-10 win in R26 2025 at home to Storm)
• • Storm depleted by Origin callups and injuries (Xavier Coates, Shawn Blore, Marion Seve, Tui Kamikamica unavailable) affecting backline depth
• • Roosters' strong recent form including 28-12 win over Titans R10 despite multiple unavailable players

Updated 127d ago

• • Bulldogs won last meeting (Round 22, 2025) 28-14 away from home; recent form shows 1W-1L (beat Storm 30-20)
• • Wests Tigers severely depleted: 4 confirmed injured (Doueihi, S. Fainu, L. Fainu, Taylan May) plus 10 unavailable; losing recent form (0-2: 18-46 to Sea Eagles, 16-44 to Storm)
• • Bulldogs injuries significant but fewer high-impact absences: Jacob Preston, Viliame Kikau, Connor Tracey, Samuel Hughes, Marcelo Montoya unavailable
• • Head-to-head favours Tigers (1-0) but small sample; Tigers have lost both recent matches badly while Bulldogs showed resilience beating Storm

Updated 126d ago