R3: Warriors Vs Raiders – Our Bets

2 years ago - Sportingbase

We have a great game of footy to kick off our Friday night and we have found two great bets for you to follow below.

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NZ Warriors Vs Canberra Raiders – Friday 6:00pm AEDT

The Warriors were left heartbroken after arguably the greatest try of all time stole victory from them in the final seconds against the Storm last week.

The question is can they pick up the pieces and bring their best against a confident Raiders outfit that is now 2 from 2.

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Interesting Betting Insights

New Zealand Warriors have won three of their last four NRL games against Canberra Raiders including their last two on the bounce; though, two of their three wins in that term came by just a single point in Golden Point on the day (both won by Shaun Johnson field goals).
Canberra Raiders have lost only one of their last five NRL games against New Zealand Warriors in New Zealand in regular time, picking up three wins and one Golden Point loss in that period.
New Zealand Warriors have won three of their previous four NRL games at Apollo Projects Stadium including a 34-14 win over Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in Round 14, 2018 – their most recent NRL game at the venue.
Canberra Raiders have won their first two games of the 2024 NRL season and will be looking to start a campaign with three straight wins for just the second time in the last 19 seasons (W3 in 2020).
Canberra Raiders have had four players score tries in both Round 1 and Round 2 of the 2024 NRL season (Jordan Rapana, Zac Hosking, Xavier Savage, Danny Levi) which is more than any other team in the competition.
Canberra Raiders have a 90% completion rate across the first two rounds of the 2024 NRL season, the highest of any team in the competition, while their 73 total sets are also the third-most of any team in the competition.
No team has scored more tries from play-the-balls inside the opposition 20m zone this season than the Canberra Raiders (7); The Dolphins have also scored seven tries from this zone.
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak (New Zealand Warriors) has crossed for one try in five of his last six NRL games against Canberra Raiders including his last two in a row; indeed, he has scored nine career tries against the Raiders which is his joint-most against any team in the league.
Xavier Savage (Canberra Raiders) has scored one try in each of his last four games in the NRL, the longest try-scoring streak of his career; the last time he played a game without scoring a try was in Round 26, 2022 against Melbourne Storm.
Shaun Johnson (New Zealand Warriors) was directly involved in five tries across his last two NRL games against Canberra Raiders (1 try, 4 try assists) and has kicked a field goal in two of his last four games against them.