Featured Tip from Mike Wilson

Pick Details

Sport / league:: NRL
Event / fixture:: Roosters vs. Sea Eagles
Event date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 at 7:00 PM
Market:: Team To Convert The Most Tries
Tip:: Roosters @ 1.95 (Centrebet)
Tip Result:: Loss

The second game of Saturday features the minor premiership winning Roosters hosting the 4th placed Sea Eagles at the old Sydney Football Stadium.
The Roosters out gunned the Rabbitohs in Round 26 to snatch an emphatic win and finish the minor premiership at the top of the ladder. The Roosters players are looking good and thanks to some well executed attacking plays from the centre of the field they are now widely tipped as the team to beat.
Sonny Bill Williams will be the key man for the Roosters. Way back in Round 1, Williams was certainly not up to the pace of modern day NRL but at present he is a major weapon in the Roosters’ arsenal and has to be followed by the defence at every minute. The reason for this is that he is capable of either breaking open a play by feeding off his halves in Pearce and Maloney, or simply on his own by putting the opposition defence in two minds when running at the edges. Sometimes you just don’t know if he’ll split two tacklers on his own or simply draw them in before finding an outside man to receive his offload. Manly beware.
The Sea Eagles enter the finals series having lost only 2 of their last 9 games. The Manly attacking and defensive structures have proven to be well rounded and they should be credited for their 4th place but it must be pointed out that they have played some soft opposition in the back half of the season. I’m certainly not suggesting they aren’t one of the best teams in the makeup of the 2013 season, but what I am suggesting is that they probably aren’t good enough to defeat the Roosters whom they have already lost to twice this season.
Probably the biggest plus that the Sea Eagles hold over their feathered counterparts is almost twice as much finals experience with 143 finals matches under their belts compared to the 75 notched up by the Roosters.
My best bet for this game is a bit different to the norm. I’m tipping the Roosters to win a close match, but the best bet will be regarding which team converts the most tries. If I am to be expecting a close game, then my best bet should make sense given the two team’s goal kicking stats.
James Maloney is the kicker for the Roosters and has been striking them at a whopping 88.18% (97/110) in 2013 whereas Sea Eagles kicker Jamie Lyon is lost in the dark ages of goal kicking abilities with a measley strike rate of 66.96% (77/115).
Maloney it is.

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