R3: Tigers Vs Sharks – Our Bets

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We head to Leichhardt oval where we have found a handful of bets for you to follow as we look to improve on a great start to the season.

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Wests Tigers Vs Cronulla Sutherland Sharks – Saturday 7:35pm AEDT

The Tigers had their hopes for an improved season destroyed when they were dominated by the Raiders last week and this task seems no easier as they take on a Sharks outfit that have been in fine form.

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Interesting Betting Insights

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks have won 10 of their last 11 NRL games against the Wests Tigers including their last four in a row; in fact, each of their last four wins against the Tigers have come by a margin of 24 points or more on the day.
This will be the first meeting between Wests Tigers and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Leichhardt Oval since September 2019 with the Sharks winning each of their last two meetings with the Tigers at the venue.
Wests Tigers won 66-18 against North Queensland Cowboys in their last NRL game at Leichhardt Oval, snapping a four-game losing streak at the venue; they’ll be out to win back-to-back games there for the first time since August 2019.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks have won their first two games of the 2024 NRL season but haven’t won more than two straight games to start a season since 2002 when they won their first three games in a row.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks haven’t scored more than six points in the first half of any of their last five NRL games but have gone on to win three times in that span with none of those wins coming after they had led at half-time on the day.
Aidan Sezer and Lachlan Galvin will be the fifth different halves pairing that Wests Tigers have started with across their last six games in the NRL; in fact, their halves have contributed just three tries and five try assists across that span.
Charlie Staines (Wests Tigers) has scored seven tries in his three career games against Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, including a four-try haul on debut in Round 9, 2020.
Ronaldo Mulitalo (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks) has scored eight tries across his last eight NRL games and is on a four-game try-scoring streak in the competition; though, he has finished four of his six career games against Wests Tigers without a try.
Aiden Sezer (Wests Tigers) kicked three field goals in his last NRL game against Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (Round 24, 2019), one of just two instances of a player kicking 3+ field goals in an NRL game in the last decade (Adam Reynolds – 3 vs Dragons in Round 7, 2018).
Nicholas Hynes (Cronlla-Sutherland Sharks) has neither scored nor assisted a try in his two games in the 2024 NRL season; the last time he went longer without one of either was a three-game stretch from Round 4 to 6 in 2022 which included a game against Wests Tigers.