Round 2 Tips and Late Mail
2014 National Rugby League Premiership
By W D Nicolson - March 13, 2014
Round 1 was woeful... okay, 0/8 would've been woeful - but 2/8 keeps www.wdnicolson.com's Round by Round Tips in very average expert mode. But the good news is The Postman's Late Mail was half decent...
|-| If you play any form of Fantasy Footy in 2014 - The Postman's Friday Trades Article is compulsory reading.
Remember our Previews are now purely the essentials in 2014 - I'll try to write very little fluff and you'll simply (entertainingly) get my read on each game and insightful Late Mail.
Check out the Votes from Round 1 of the @NRLTweet Player of the Year Award here.
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'.
HEADS UP: We do have an NRL Tipping Comp for listeners of NOT The Footy Show - go here for the details.
So let's see if I can improve from that outstanding 25% tipping percentage in Round 1... to the Tips!
ROUND 2 TIPS and LATE MAIL
All tips are subject to last minute changes, Game Odds/FootyTab are from Wednesday night and do not update thereafter.
Friday at Gosford 7:45pm or 8:05pm
Sea Eagles $2.70 v $1.48 Rabbitohs
FOOTYTAB: MAN +4.5 Teams Analysed on our NRL Injured List
@NRLTweet's PREDICTION:
Well Manly blew a 20-0 lead at home and the Rabbitohs gave the Roosters an early lead then ran over them to win by 20 points. So really... what do you do at a neutral venue? Despite the game being at Gosford it is Manly's 'home' game and these two have had good battles of late on Friday nights... and of course in the Preliminary Final last year. No Brett Stewart is a worry but something tells me Manly put an 80 minute performance in this week and I've got them to edge the Rabbitohs... for really no apparent reason other than 'away' teams killed me last week. Sea Eagles by 2 points.
@NRLTweet Player of the Year Award Voters for #NRLManSou:
| M Vickers @MercurialMattyV |
| T Schroder @troy_79 |
Track live round votes via #NRLTweetPOTY
LATEST OF LATE MAIL from The Postman:
MAN - Williams (knee) should take his place on the wing after being named, while Lyon and Matai got through Round 1 despite having to pass fitness tests the day before. King remains a game time decision despite being named.
Glenn Stewart is OUT... with Sene-Lefao coming in
SOU - Got a hunch we'll see Tyrrell start at prop and George Burgess go to the bench so Maguire can try and take advantage of Manly's bench props with GB. McQueen's ankle has struggled all week and he's out - replaced by Kyle Turner coming into the squad.