Round 18 Tips
2014 National Rugby League Premiership
By W D Nicolson - July 10, 2014
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Sea Eagles v Tigers - Sea Eagles by 6 points.
Manly poor two weeks in a row? The Tigers need them to be...
Warriors v Eels - Warriors by 6 points.
Hayne plays and this is back on level pegging... he's no certainty so let's go with the home team.
Storm v Bulldogs - Storm by 2 points.
Cameron Smith backs up and I stick with the Storm... he withdraws and it's Canterbury even on the road.
Titans v Raiders - Raiders by 6 points.
Bolter of the week... both struggle to score points playing 'tight' - so hopefully both coaches loosen the shackles... it is a shame Jeremy Hawkins isn't allowed to play but that's on Canberra really.
Sharks v Knights - Sharks by 2 points.
Both impressive of late... but this is in Cronulla, so Cronulla it is.
Panthers v Broncos - Panthers by 6 points.
Panthers finally impressed me last week - Brisbane can win it but even sans Wallace - Penrith's go-forward was superb last Sunday.

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The 'Special Fried Rice' picks have returned but given it is me v me, every week - I'll just be listing my 'SFR' of the week with the FootyTab Starts as the variation aspect to keep things interesting vs just saying 'this team will win this week - guaranteed'.
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Sea Eagles by 6, Warriors by 4, Storm by 2, Raiders by 4, Sharks by 4, Panthers by 6.
LW: 2/5 | SEASON: 72/122
FOOTYTAB:
WST +10.5, PAR +10.5, CBY +4.5, CAN +4.5, CRO +2.5, PEN -2.5.
LW: 4/5 | SEASON: 63/122
Special Fried Rice: CAN +4.5. | Season SFR: 8/17
NQL -10.5, SYD -14.5, SOU -14.5, SOU -8.5, MEL -12.5, MAN -6.5, CBY +3.5, NEW +5.5, SYD -9.5, CAN +4.5, SYD +1.5, NQL -2.5, CBY +4.5, NEW +12.5, SGI +4.5, PEN +2.5, SYD -16.5, CAN +4.5.
TIPPING Record after 17 Rounds - 72/122 @ 59.0%
FOOTYTAB Record after 17 Rounds - 63/122 @ 51.6%
SPECIAL FRIED RICE after 17 Rounds - 8/17 @ 47.1%
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