The international season kicks off as it so often does with the traditional PM’s XIII matches and we have a very good bet in the main game.
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This line – as it nearly always is – is incredibly disrespectful to the PNG PM’s XIII with the 31.5 points on offer far too big.
This Australian PM’s XIII is hardly star-studded. Only Mitchell Moses, Ethan Strange, Bradman Best and Keaon Koloamatangi will be heading off with the Australian team to the UK. While there is some promising talent around with the likes of Jye Gray, Trai Fuller and Cory Horsburgh, there are plenty of plodders who are fringe first graders. Kevin Walters is also coaching and that is a big red flag.
Jason Demetriou’s team has six players with NRL experience and is made up of most of PNG’s strongest team with Jack De Belin, Nene MacDonald and Kyle Laybutt the veterans leading an exciting and on-the-rise team.
The last two seasons the margins have been just 12 and 22.
Very happy to bet the plus hard.
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Jason Saab is a pure tryscorer with 73 tries in 106 NRL games. Six of the last eight PM XIII wingers have scored.
Jye Gray has 12 tries in 28 starts in the NRL as a starting fullback.
Robert Derby has six tries in seven games in PNG colours and scored nine tries in 17 games for the Cowboys this year.
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Big Sylvester Namo became a bit of a cult hero this time last year. The hard-running, big-hitting prop scored a try in all three Pacific Bowl games last year and all were at double figure odds. All were also coming off the bench. He scored three tries in 16 games for Brisbane and Castleford this season.
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