NRL Tips - Tigers v Eels

The Tigers are back in the top 8 following a win over the Knights but the headlines in the last week have been all about Lachlan Galvin. The players pushed for him to be dropped and with Moses returning for the Eels, the Easter Monday clash promises to be a belter.

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Tigers WIN

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$1.70

With the Tigers leadership group standing up and requesting for Galvin not to play this week they have painted a target on themselves to turn up and win big.

The addition of Michell Moses will give the Eels a boost but it is difficult for a halfback to contribute is he is restricted to long kicks from within his own half. The Eels rank last in average run metres per game and last week rank for 697m fewer than the Raiders.

The Eels have covered the line in only 33% of game after a loss in the last year and have lost 2 of the last 3 Easter Monday games despite starting as firm favourites. The Tigers have held opposing teams to 18.3ppg this season and that number drops to 9.3ppg in their three wins.

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Under 46.5 points/Tigers+7.5/Turuva Try

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Sunia Turuva has delivered a try in 4 of his last 5 games with a total of 6 tries for the Tigers this season. His try scoring run is set to continue as the Eels have conceded 1 or more tries to the opposing right winger in each of their last 8 games when listed as the away team.

There has been an average of 41.4 total match points in the Eels last 5 games and that is despite them conceding 50 against the Raiders last week. That figure is almost identical to the 41.3 average total match points in the last three Easter Monday games.

On the topic of Easter Monday games, 6 of the 10 have been decided by 8 or fewer points with the last three having a margin of no more than 6 points.

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Sunia Turuva

First Tryscorer

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$8.00

They say not to turn your back on the hand that feeds you and we won’t be after Turuva handed us a $9.50 winner with the first try last week. He has scored the opening try 5 times dating back to the start of last season and of his 7 tries scored this season, four of them have been inside the first 30 minutes of play. Moreover, the Eels have been slowest starters and are yet to score the opening try of a game this season.

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