Monday’s NRL match being the last game for Round 18 is between Nth Queensland Cowboys and Manly Sea Eagles with the opening kick to commence at 7:00pm local time. The game is to be played at 1300SMILES Stadium with the favourite for the match being Manly Sea Eagles. View our NRL live scores, odds and results for the game between Nth Queensland Cowboys and Manly Sea Eagles.
WHERE AND WHEN: 1300SMILES Stadium, Monday 15th July, 7:00pm
Opening odds comparison:
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| Nth Queensland Cowboys | 3.05 | 2.95 | 3.10 | 2.90 | 3.05 | 3.07 |
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Manly Sea Eagles
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1.38 | 1.42 | 1.38 | 1.42 | 1.38 | 1.39 |
Preview:
The last match of round 18 is between the Cowboys and the Sea Eagles, kicking off on Monday night at 7.00pm at 1300SMILES Stadium. Another match affected by
Origin commitments, the Sea Eagles will be expected to win here. Saying that, however, the Cowboys do have a lot to play for, with a loss here pretty much ending any hope they have for the finals glory. The North Queensland side will need more than hunger to get them through, however, with Manly full of confidence after coming off a great win against Parramatta last round. The Sea Eagles beat the Cowboys in their last clash, the 2012 semi-final, and they will be looking for a similar result this weekend.
Teams:
Nth Queensland Cowboys:
Clint Greenshields, Ashley Graham, Antonio Winterstein, Kane Linnett, Kalifa Faifai Loa, Ray Thompson, Robert Lui, Ricky Thorby, Anthony Mitchell, Glenn Hall, Ethan Lowe, Jason Taumalolo, Joel Riethmuller. Interchange: Rory Kostjasyn, Gavin Cooper, Tariq Sims, Scott Bolton, Michael Morgan
Manly Sea Eagles:
Brett Stewart, Jorge Taufua, Jamie Lyon (c), Steve Matai, David Williams, Kieran Foran, Peta Hiku, Brenton Lawrence, Matt Ballin, Brent Kite, Jamie Buhrer, Justin Horo, Glenn Stewart. Interchange: Richie Fa’aoso, George Rose, James Hasson, Ligi Sao
Manly’s Symonds ruled out for 4-6 weeks
Manly second-rower Tom Symonds is set to miss up to six weeks of NRL action after breaking his thumb in the big win over Parramatta on Monday.
The Sea Eagles said Symonds would have surgery to insert pins into the fractured finger, ruling him out for four to six matches.
“But the upshot is that this will speed his recovery,” the club posted on its website on Wednesday.
The news was better for fellow back-rower Glenn Stewart, whom Symonds replaced after he was inadvertently poked in the eye by teammate Daly Cherry-Evans.
While the club said the extent of damage was still uncertain, he was no longer wearing an eye-patch and was likely to head to Townsville to play North Queensland on Monday.
Prop George Rose was also expected to be back on his feet in time to face the Cowboys after scans on a twisted ankle cleared him of any serious injury.
The Sea Eagles will this week be without two of their stars – Cherry-Evans (Queensland) and Anthony Watmough (NSW) – due to State of Origin duty, with Cherry-Evans to miss his first NRL match since debuting for Manly in 2011.