NRL Round 18

Knights

v

Dolphins

Sunday, July 5th, 2026
4:05 PM (Timezone: Australia/Sydney)
McDonald Jones Stadium (Newcastle, NSW)

Introduction

This match centre provides fixture details, team news, bookmaker odds, form guides and team statistics for the NRL Round 18 clash between the Newcastle Knights and the Dolphins. You can view other fixtures for this round in the NRL match centre.

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Market	Selection	Open	Current
H2H	Knights Dolphins	2.15 1.69	2.15 1.70
Line	Knights Dolphins	+2.5 1.90 -2.5 1.90	+2.5 1.90 -2.5 1.90

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Member Tipping

The # and % columns denote the number of tippers for each selection, not the number of units tipped. Submit or edit your tips for this fixture.

All Tippers

Selection	#	%
Knights Dolphins	9 17	34.6% 65.4%
Knights (+2.5) Dolphins (-2.5)	5 5	50.0% 50.0%
Over 50.5 Under 50.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

My Favourite Tippers

Selection	#	%
Knights Dolphins	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Knights (+2.5) Dolphins (-2.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 50.5 Under 50.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Knights Supporters

Selection	#	%
Knights Dolphins	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Knights (+2.5) Dolphins (-2.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 50.5 Under 50.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Dolphins Supporters

Selection	#	%
Knights Dolphins	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Knights (+2.5) Dolphins (-2.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 50.5 Under 50.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Form Guide: Newcastle Knights

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Result	Score
2026-06-28	Knights vs. Tigers	Win	12-6
2026-06-19	Knights vs. Dragons	Win	22-20
2026-06-05	Storm vs. Knights	Loss	32-30
2026-05-30	Knights vs. Eels	Win	28-22
2026-05-17	Titans vs. Knights	Win	12-36
2026-05-09	Dragons vs. Knights	Win	10-44
2026-05-03	Knights vs. Rabbitohs	Win	42-38
2026-04-26	Knights vs. Panthers	Loss	12-44
2026-04-19	Roosters vs. Knights	Loss	38-24
2026-04-12	Tigers vs. Knights	Loss	42-22
2026-04-05	Knights vs. Raiders	Win	32-12
2026-03-28	Bulldogs vs. Knights	Win	16-24

Form Guide: Dolphins

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Result	Score
2026-06-27	Dolphins vs. Warriors	Win	26-24
2026-06-20	Tigers vs. Dolphins	Win	22-36
2026-06-12	Dolphins vs. Roosters	Win	48-10
2026-06-06	Cowboys vs. Dolphins	Win	14-40
2026-05-21	Raiders vs. Dolphins	Win	22-30
2026-05-15	Rabbitohs vs. Dolphins	Win	10-32
2026-05-07	Dolphins vs. Bulldogs	Win	44-12
2026-05-01	Dolphins vs. Storm	Win	28-10
2026-04-25	Warriors vs. Dolphins	Loss	20-18
2026-04-17	Dolphins vs. Panthers	Loss	22-23
2026-04-02	Dolphins vs. Sea Eagles	Loss	18-52
2026-03-27	Broncos vs. Dolphins	Loss	26-12

Head-to-Head Results

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Score
2025-06-21	Dolphins vs. Knights	20-26
2025-03-13	Knights vs. Dolphins	26-12
2024-09-08	Knights vs. Dolphins	14-6
2024-04-28	Dolphins vs. Knights	14-18
2023-08-05	Dolphins vs. Knights	28-30
2023-03-17	Knights vs. Dolphins	20-36

Note: only league fixtures are included, not
pre-season or cup fixtures.

Performance Guide: Newcastle Knights

H2H Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
	Last 12 Months		vs. Dolphins
Streak	4 wins	2 wins	2 wins	5 wins
Record	6-0-6	10-0-13	2-0-1	5-0-1
Value	$-0.82	$-2.76	$0.35	$4.60
Record as Fav	3-0-0	5-0-0	2-0-0	3-0-0
Value as Fav	$1.03	$1.79	$1.35	$1.65
Record as Dog	3-0-6	5-0-13	0-0-1	2-0-1
Value as Dog	$-1.85	$-4.55	$-1.00	$2.95
Line Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
Streak	3 losses	2 losses	2 wins	4 wins
Record	4-0-8	9-0-14	2-0-1	4-0-2
Value	$-4.50	$-6.05	$0.75	$1.51
Record as Fav	0-0-3	2-0-3	2-0-0	2-0-1
Value as Fav	$-3.00	$-1.30	$1.75	$0.75
Record as Dog	4-0-5	7-0-11	0-0-1	2-0-1
Value as Dog	$-1.50	$-4.75	$-1.00	$0.76
Winning Margin Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
1-12 wins	5	6	1	4
13+ wins	1	4	1	1
1-12 losses	1	2	0	0
13+ losses	5	11	1	1
1-7 win	4	4	0	3
8+ win	2	6	2	2
1-7 loss	1	2	0	0
8+ loss	5	11	1	1
Total Score Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
O/U Streak	3 unders	2 unders	2 unders	4 unders
O/U Record	6-0-6	14-0-9	1-0-2	2-0-4
Overs Value	$-0.77	$3.06	$-1.15	$-2.24
Unders Value	$-0.15	$-5.31	$0.70	$1.48

Performance Guide: Dolphins

H2H Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
	Last 12 Months		vs. Knights
Streak	4 wins	8 wins	2 losses	5 losses
Record	6-0-5	14-0-9	1-0-2	1-0-5
Value	$1.15	$1.88	$-1.47	$-4.47
Record as Fav	3-0-0	11-0-2	1-0-0	1-0-2
Value as Fav	$2.15	$4.88	$0.53	$-1.47
Record as Dog	3-0-5	3-0-7	0-0-2	0-0-3
Value as Dog	$-1.00	$-3.00	$-2.00	$-3.00
Line Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
Streak	5 wins	1 loss	2 losses	4 losses
Record	7-0-4	14-0-9	1-0-2	2-0-4
Value	$2.25	$3.48	$-1.09	$-2.18
Record as Fav	3-0-0	9-0-4	1-0-0	1-0-2
Value as Fav	$2.80	$4.20	$0.91	$-1.09
Record as Dog	4-0-4	5-0-5	0-0-2	1-0-2
Value as Dog	$-0.55	$-0.72	$-2.00	$-1.09
Winning Margin Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
1-12 wins	2	5	0	0
13+ wins	4	9	1	1
1-12 losses	3	5	1	4
13+ losses	2	4	1	1
1-7 win	1	4	0	0
8+ win	5	10	1	1
1-7 loss	1	2	0	3
8+ loss	4	7	2	2
Total Score Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
O/U Streak	1 over	1 under	2 unders	4 unders
O/U Record	4-0-7	12-0-11	1-0-2	2-0-4
Overs Value	$-3.51	$-0.43	$-1.15	$-2.24
Unders Value	$2.57	$-1.57	$0.70	$1.48

Further Analysis: Newcastle Knights

Record	On the Back of a Win	On the Back of a Loss
H2H Record	6-0-3	4-0-10
H2H Betting Value	$1.14	$-3.90
Line Record	5-0-4	4-0-10
Line Betting Value	$0.35	$-6.40
Over/Under Record	5-0-4	9-0-5
Overs Betting Value	$0.36	$2.70
Unders Betting Value	$-0.87	$-4.44

Further Analysis: Dolphins

Record	On the Back of a Win	On the Back of a Loss
H2H Record	10-0-4	4-0-5
H2H Betting Value	$4.47	$-2.59
Line Record	9-0-5	5-0-4
Line Betting Value	$3.15	$0.33
Over/Under Record	7-0-7	5-0-4
Overs Betting Value	$-0.76	$0.33
Unders Betting Value	$-0.46	$-1.11

Value Guides:

Team	Market	Last 6	Last 12	Last 18
Knights	H2H	$0.79	$3.59	$2.24
	Line	$-0.40	$-0.80	$-2.95
	Overs	$-2.23	$-0.77	$4.34
	Unders	$2.36	$0.10	$-5.90
Dolphins	H2H	$4.63	$2.03	$3.25
	Line	$3.60	$5.08	$4.73
	Overs	$-0.38	$-2.59	$-1.02
	Unders	$0.12	$2.04	$-0.22

The above figures represent the net profit from wagering
$1.00 on the associated selection each game.

Where applicable, the line and O/U figures start from
the dates provided in the Notes section below the
Performance Guide.

Notes

1. The Value represent the net profit from wagering $1.00 on the associated selection each game.
2. For the 'Last 12 Months' figures the H2H records date back to July, 2025. The line records date back to July, 2025. The O/U records date back to July, 2025.
3. The H2H records between Newcastle Knights and Dolphins date back to March, 2023. The line records between the two opponents date back to March, 2023. The O/U records between the two opponents date back to March, 2023.
4. Where applicable, in the Value Guide for the last 6, 12 and 18, games, the actual lookback period is limited by the earliest line and O/U dates stated in Note 2 above.

NRL Resources

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