NRL Best Bets and Multi for Round 18, 2022

Jul 15, 2022, 5:47AM

We have NRL predictions and NRL betting tips for Round 18 of the 2022 NRL season.

With punters across Australia searching for value this weekend, Stats Insider has simulated every Round 18 NRL game 10,000 times each to find just that.

With NRL best bets, NRL odds, and NRL predictions provided weekly, check out our NRL betting tips for Round 18 below.

NRL Bets and Odds, Round 18

Knights +8.5 at $1.91

As long as the Kalyn Ponga is named in the final team, this would likely be the best squad the Knights have put on the field all NRL season.

Newcastle has put 66 points on the board over the past two weeks, and if their attacking side can keep that up, they should be able to keep this one to eight points or less.

Sea Eagles vs Knights is at 4 Pines Park on Saturday, July 16 at 5:30pm AEST.

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Tigers +8.5 at $1.91

The Wests Tigers officially named their coaching plans for the next few years this week, with club legends Tim Sheens and Benji Marshall involved in a succession plan.

But before that, we're taking them to cover the line against a Panthers side who have not named any of their Origin players to play this week.

At the time of writing, our model has the Tigers as a 62% probability of covering the line, with our projected margin down at four points.

Tigers vs Panthers is at Commbank Stadium on Sunday, July 17 at 2:00pm AEST.

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Ken Maumalo Anytime Try +4.5 at $2.50

If you're taking the Tigers +8.5, we recommend making it a same game multi by adding Ken Maumalo to score a try.

Maumalo has been in good scoring form this season, with 10 tries in 13 games. And even though he hasn't scored in three weeks, his 94 metres post-contact last week show that he is still pushing hard to get across the line.

Our fair odds for Maumalo to score a try this week are $2.14, with Ladbrokes offering the best of the bookies at $2.50.

Looking for more? Check out our top ten NRL Anytime Try Scorers for Round 18.

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NRL Multi Bet for Round 18

If you're looking to juice up your NRL betting this week, then a multi of our model's best NRL bets is the way to go in Round 18.

Knights +8.5 ($1.90)
Tigers +8.5 ($1.90)
Multi odds = $3.61

Multi odds via Ladbrokes.

All odds and probabilities in this article are correct at time of publishing and subject to change.

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