Saturday’s NRL 2018 Round 15 match is between Canterbury Bulldogs and Gold Coast Titans. The opening kick is set to commence at 15:00 local time with the game to be played at Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney. The home team Canterbury Bulldogs are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Canterbury Bulldogs and Gold Coast Titans.
When: 15:00 | Saturday 16/06/2018
Where: Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney
Preview:
Although they never got the desired outcome last week, they can take a great deal of positives in the way they played against the NRL leaders.
I was impressed on how they competed and at times looked the better team.
Providing they can emulate this again, I feel they will be too strong for the Titans particularly at the home of the Bulldogs at Belmore.
This is a massive upside for them and also the younger players that haven’t played there yet.
Missing Kieran Foran again won’t deter their performance as I wasn’t convinced he was at his best anyway, therefore unable to play the type of footy we used to know.
The combo of the new improve Titans halves is definitely one for the future.
KEY BATTLE: David Klemmer v Jarrod Wallace
My key matchup after a below par display in Origin 1 is between Jarrod Wallace and Blues enforcer David Klemmer.
Wal will definitely be looking to put in a strong game before Origin 2.
The Verdict
This game has the potential to be worse than pulling teeth to watch but I’m leaning in the way of the home side Bulldogs.
Gold Coast have a 9-6 (60.0 percent) O/U record as an away team, after playing within its home state since 2017.
Unibet Odds:
Canterbury at $1.68
Gold Coast at $2.20
Odds:
Tip: Canterbury Bulldogs at $1.63
Value Tip: First Try Scorer: Brett Morris at $10.00
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 Clay Priest, 15 Kerrod Holland, 16 Renouf Toomaga, 17 Aiden Tolman
Reserves: 18 Reimis Smith, 19 Rhyse Martin, 20 Greg Eastwood, 21 Lachlan Lewis.
Gold Coast Titans: 
1 Michael Gordon, 2 Anthony Don, 3 Dale Copley, 4 Brenko Lee, 5 Phillip Sami, 6 AJ Brimson, 7 Ashley Taylor, 8 Jack Stockwell, 9 Nathan Peats, 10 Ryan James (c), 11 Kevin Proctor, 12 Keegan Hipgrave, 13 Jai Arrow
Interchange: 14 Mitch Rein, 15 Will Matthews, 16 Moeaki Fotuaika, 17 Morgan Boyle
Reserves: 18 Bryce Cartwright, 19 Leilani Latu, 20 Kane Elgey, 21 Jai Whitbread.
NRL News:
Wary of burning bridges at Canterbury, Moses Mbye says he prefers to see out the 2018 NRL season with the Bulldogs after being linked to a mid-year switch to Wests Tigers.
The Dogs No.1 signed a four-year Tigers deal from 2019 but had not ruled out the possibility of a move to the joint venture before the June 30 deadline.
However, Mbye said he felt duty bound to provide a fitting finish to his stint for a club that handed him his NRL debut five seasons ago.
Mbye, 24, was forced out of the Bulldogs due to the club’s ongoing salary cap woes.
Asked about a mid-season switch, Mbye told Fox Sports’ Queenslanders Only: “It’s the NRL, anything can happen but I am at the Dogs this week.
“I am looking forward to finishing the year with the boys.
“I think it is important how you leave a club as well.
“I want to go out without burning any bridges or upsetting anyone. I think the boys deserve that.”
Moving out of Belmore would be tempting for Mbye after Canterbury lost their 10th game of the year last round to relegate them to 15th on the ladder, equal on wins with dead last Parramatta.
And the Tigers are in need of a full-time fullback.
“At the moment the plan is to play fullback but I have only had very brief conversations with (Tigers coach) Ivan (Cleary),” Mbye said of his Tigers role.
“Obviously I still have commitments at the Bulldogs and we haven’t really gone into that (at the Tigers).”
The Bulldogs host Gold Coast on Saturday before the representative round, ensuring any switch to the Tigers would need to happen before Canterbury’s June 30 trip to Newcastle.