NRL ROUND 13 TIPPING PREVIEW
By W D Nicolson
Well loyal visitors to
www.wdnicolson.com, you are very lucky to get the most interesting (can't really claim comprehensive anymore but we will declare it the most interesting) NRL preview on the net this week, as the writer is in the midst of a move and quite frankly doesn't think spending good packing time writing up a preview is smart business.
But I'll soldier on and deliver some Late Mail and insight that you probably are better served listening to for a while
on our newest Podcast - just 53 minutes long with extra GT tips - and thanking me later.
Some very tough games on the picking schedule this week... good luck to us all.
For more on how we see the Weekend unfolding, check out the Podcast and Preview below.
For game-specific Late Mail every week - check back on Friday (or if there's an earlier game, earlier) for all your tipping and fantasy game needs.
NOT The Footy Show Episode 109
Round 13 NRL Preview - Released Wednesday May 30, 2012
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NRL ROUND 13 PREVIEW - 2012
31/05 Odds are courtesy of Sportingbet Australia
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All Kick-Offs are LOCAL time.
FRIDAY - JUNE 1
SEA EAGLES $1.48 v $2.72 DRAGONS 
STI +6.0 | GAME STATS | @ Brookvale Oval, Brookvale. 7:35pm Kick-Off.
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COMING IN
Sea Eagles are 7-5 and 7th, Dragons are 6-6 and 10th.
HEAD TO HEAD LAST 10
Sea Eagles 3 Dragons 7
The Dragons have won 4 straight dating back to late 2010.
TUESDAY TEAM NEWS
MAN: B Stewart, M Oldfield, J Lyon (c), D Whare, J Taufua, K Foran, D Cherry-Evans, J King (c), M Ballin, B Kite, A Watmough, D Harrison, G Stewart.
Bench: J Buhrer, J Galuvao, D Lussick, G Rose, V Mauro.
[Team Changes - Steve Matai spends two weeks on the sidelines for a regulation Matai tackle, so Dean Whare moves to left centre and Michael Oldfield comes back onto the right wing. Jason King is named to return at prop, while Anthony Watmough must be in some doubt after not being able to run the ball when he returned to the field against Penrith. Manly have named a 5 man bench.
]
STI: B Morris, D Vidot, K Stanley, M Cooper, J Nightingale, J Soward, B Hornby (c), D Hunt, M Rein, T Merrin, B Scott, B Creagh, D Young.
Bench: N Fien, J Latimore, L Ah Mau, J Marketo, J de Belin, C Stanley.
[Team Changes - Nathan Fien returns from injury on the bench for Cameron King, while Trent Merrin starts at prop for Jeremy Latimore who goes to the bench. Otherwise there are only two new faces to the bench with Chase Stanley and Leeson Ah Mau added
. ]
Listen to the Podcast for a full preview, but we like the Sea Eagles. Look Manly might've been dusted by the Panthers last week but the Dragons had all sorts of trouble beating the Eels, take Manly at home..
TIPPING AND FANTASY LATE MAIL
SMH and Other Late Mail - Kieran Foran should play but Jason King remains in doubt. George Rose could start, while Vic Mauro would come into the 17. Anthony Watmough is expected to play despite a neck injury. The Dragons will choose their bench before kickoff... while Jack de Belin could start for Dean Young.
THE NRL TWEET'S PICK
Sea Eagles by 6.
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STATE OF ORIGIN 2012
