Canterbury Bulldogs vs St George Illawarra Dragons Tips, Odds and Teams – NRL 2018 Round 14

Monday’s NRL 2018 Round 14 match is between Canterbury Bulldogs and St George Illawarra Dragons. The opening kick is set to commence at 16:00 local time with the game to be played at ANZ Stadium, Sydney. The away team St George Illawarra Dragons are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Canterbury Bulldogs and St George Illawarra Dragons.

When: 16:00 | Monday 11/06/2018

Where: ANZ Stadium, Sydney

Preview:

This is a game that no doubt the Dragons are supposed to win but as we have seen in the NRL, if you’re 10 percent off at times, it will hurt you.

Interesting to see how the Dragons will handle the Origin period having given up so many players.

The overflow of Wednesday night’s buster will play its role as well.

There has been plenty of time to think about their last game and the areas they were poor at in their biggest defeat of the year, 26-2 against the Panthers.

The Bulldogs will try hard and compete but with a real lack of attacking flair, will struggle to score points.

They play very lateral and early not asking enough questions of the defensive line.

KEY BATTLE: Bulldogs forwards v Dragons forwards

The matchup of the forward packs will prove the difference.

The Dogs have a big task ahead but if they do so, will provide plenty of confidence for the team.

Then Moses Mbye and Will Hopoate can come to life.

The Verdict

For me, I think the Dragons will be too strong and too fast around the centre third of the field.

The Dragons have a 22-13 (62.9 percent) record playing within its home state in day matches since 2015.

Unibet Odds:

Canterbury at $2.65

St. George-Illawarra at $1.49

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Tip: St George Illawarra Dragons at $1.42

Value Tip: First Try Scorer: Euan Aitken at $11.00

More Info:

Teams:

Canterbury Bulldogs:

1 Moses Mbye, 2 Brett Morris, 3 John Olive, 4 Will Hopoate, 5 Marcelo Montoya, 6 Jeremy Marshall-King, 7 Matt Frawley, 8 Aaron Woods, 9 Michael Lichaa, 10 David Klemmer, 11 Josh Jackson (c), 12 Raymond Faitala-Mariner, 13 Adam Elliott

Interchange: 14 Rhyse Martin, 15 Kerrod Holland, 16 Renouf Toomaga, 17 Aiden Tolman

Reserves: 19 Reimis Smith, 20 Clay Priest, 21 Greg Eastwood, 23 Lachlan Lewis.

St George Illawarra Dragons:

1 Matt Dufty, 2 Nene Macdonald, 3 Euan Aitken, 4 Tim Lafai, 5 Jason Nightingale, 6 Gareth Widdop (c), 7 Ben Hunt, 8 James Graham, 9 Cameron McInnes, 10 Paul Vaughan, 11 Tyson Frizell, 12 Tariq Sims, 13 Jack De Belin

Interchange: 14 Jeremy Latimore, 15 Kurt Mann, 16 Leeson Ah Mau, 17 Blake Lawrie

Reserves: 18 Patrick Herbert, 19 Jacob Host, 20 Reece Robson, 21 Luciano Leilua, 22 Hame Sele, 23 Darren Nicholls.

NRL News:

St George Illawarra have moved quickly in the race for the game’s best female players by signing Jillaroos trio Kezie Apps, Sam Bremner and Talesha Quinn for the inaugural women’s NRL competition.

Each of the clubs in the four-team league, which includes the Dragons, Brisbane, Sydney Roosters and Warriors, are fighting it out for the game’s top-end talent after a signing window opened up last week.

A pool comprising of the 40 NRL-contracted players, as well as the top 20 from New Zealand, can be signed as marquees until June 11.

Clubs will then finalise their squads for the competition, where games are set to be held as double-headers during the men’s NRL finals series, via free agency.

The Dragons unveiled their big names on Tuesday, including 2016 Women’s Player of the Year in Apps.

“It’s really exciting and something that I never thought I’d be able to ever achieve. I can’t believe it’s actually happening that I’ll be playing for an NRL club,” Apps said.

“The Dragons have helped me so much personally so it’s very exciting to represent them on the field as well as off the field.”

Bremner was signed after leading NSW Country to a national championships title last week and was crowned player of the tournament.

“It’s a big day for women’s rugby league and me personally. It feels like yesterday I was trying to get my friends to learn and play with me back in 2010 for Helensburgh,” Bremner said.

“Now I’m signing one of the first NRL women’s contracts. It’s crazy to think how far the women’s game has come. It gives me goosebumps. I’m really excited and looking forward to playing for the Dragons.”

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