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V Eels v Dolphins Preview Eels host their annual game up north in Darwin against The Dolphins. The ‘home’ side, the Eels, will be aiming to re-establish themselves in the top eight, meanwhile, The Dolphins will be intent on maintaining their own mostly positive start to the 2024 season. DOLPHINS Last week, The Dolphins lost to Brisbane Broncos, in a competitive match for a long while. Eventually, the Broncos prevailed with a 28-14 victory. H Tabuai-Fidow suffered a hamstring injury. Coach Wayne Bennett brings in Trae Fuller to take his place, while Sean O’Sullivan also joins the bench in place of suspended Anthony Milford. EELS Parramatta Eels were able to get back to winning ways with a 27-20 victory over the North Queensland Cowboys. Daejarn Asi had a good game at five-eighth (stand off half), while the reshuffled back-line was far better defensively than it had been in weeks past. This week youngster Blaize Talagi gets a place on the bench. The tipsters in our forum competition this week are split as follows Dolphins to win 6 Eels to win 10

Dragons v Warriors DRAGONS Shane Flanagan has made one forced change after last week’s 24-12 win over the Tigers. Jack Bird is ruled out after failing his HIA. Christian Tuipulotu comes into the side on the wing with Zac Lomax moving to centre. Lomax has been one of the best wingers in the competition so far this season, particularly under the high ball. WARRIORS Andrew Webster also has one forced change, with Jazz Tevaga suffering a hamstring injury. Adam Pompey moves into the 17 to take his place on the bench. Fresh off the back of a 22-all draw against Manly last week, the Warriors will feel they deserved the two points, after coming back from 16-0 down. Despite falling short of the win, they’ve proved they’re one of the most resilient teams in the competition. With Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad returning at fullback over the past few weeks, the Warriors’ attack has gone from strength to strength. In this fixture at WIN Stadium last year, the Warriors scored 48 points, with Dallin Watene-Zelezniak scoring four tries himself. The Dragons’ defence has hopefully improved in the meantime. Our R7 forum tipsters: Dragons to win - 4 Warriors to win - 12

Friday’s Matches UK kick off times Aussie times (AEST) Friday, April 19 Dragons vs Warriors WIN Stadium, Wollongong Fox 6pm Eels vs Dolphins TIO Stadium, Darwin Nine/Fox 8pm

As sports photography goes this is the money shot:

That bin beckoned Teddy but … … no

The competition is underway as the first game of the round has kicked off. Join us next week for our Round 8 tipping competition. Cheers. Hi StandOff Half, have a good weekend.

Good luck everyone

I agree with the first paragraph., it’s what I’ve done. I’m hopefully working towards the CTW paragraph.

No, but I have SJ and he’s rewarded me with good scores and so far good reliability.

I’d hold back if you’ve had three already.

Looking at your number of home wins I take it you picked Panthers. You put both Panthers and Tigers in your list. G

Round 6 Awards

As promised, here's the animated award or Round 5...

TIPPING LADDER AFTER ROUND 6 1= Dunbar 33 1= Jeff Stein 33 1= R L Winger 33 4= Llangennech 31 4= The Red Rooster 31 6 Wests Tigers Rule 30 7= Graham 29 7= Spotty Herbert 29 9= Dee Deuce 27 9= Irish Saint 27 11 StormGirl 26 12 Barney 25 13 Roo 23 14 The Future is League 16 15 Lucky 7 13 16 StandOffHalf 10 17 My Missus 9

EVERYONE WELCOME If you haven't entered before, this is the week to give it a go. Occasional entries welcome. Join in as and when you want. Fixtures: Bye Rabbitohs All you need to do is: 1. Name the 8 winning teams (a drawn game after extra time counts as a win for both teams for the sake of our comp) 2. How many points will be scored by all the teams added together in R7? (Used as tie breaker for Champion Tipster) 3. How many HOME wins will there be in the round? When a game is played on the road the first team is taken as the home team. 4. Poll: Which game will produce the biggest total of points? Enter in your post and also at the top of the topic. Entries welcome until the first game of the round kicks off this Thursday. Good luck Enjoy your Rugby League