NRL Tips – Sea Eagles v Sharks

The Battle of the Beaches rarely disappoints and with Cronulla looking to secure a Top 4 spot, they look the play against an injury-hit Manly.

Best Bet

Sharks -3.5

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Cronulla have dominated Manly in recent years and with the opportunity to really solidify their Top 4 credentials, they look a quality bet this week.

The Sharks have won four straight against the Sea Eagles with all four coming by at least six points. They have won the last four meetings at Brookvale while they have covered nine of the last 10 clashes.

Manly have lost Tom Trbojevic and his impact is well documents: Manly’s strike-rate falls from 56% to 41% when Tom Trbojevic is out with their average scoring down 5.1ppg while their against goes up 3.0ppg.

The Sharks are 25-11 ATS off scoring 20 or fewer while they are 30-14 ATS against teams outside the Top 8.

Cronulla can be played with confidence.

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Under 47.5/Sione Katoa Try/Jesse Ramien Try

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The under is 21-8 when Cronulla are favoured on the road while the under has hit in six straight Manly games at Brookvale.

Sione Katoa has scored in three straight against Manly.

Jesse Ramien gets a plus-matchup against the horrid Manly left-edge defence.

Value Bet

Briton Nikora

To Score A Try

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Manly’s left edge defence has been incredibly poor this year and it has been the highway for 50% of the Sea Eagles tries. That sets up well for Briton Nikora. Nikora has not had his best tryscoring season but he is a noted tryscorer with 52 tries in 171 games. This is a great situational spot for the Queensland and Kiwi star.

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