NRL Pro Punter Previews - Dolphins v Dragons, Round 2 2024

Rounding out Round 2 is the Dolphins hosting the Dragons and the bookies are struggling to find a favourite in this one.  

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Dolphins v St George Illawarra Dragons
Sunday, 6:15pm AEDT

Dolphins 1.90
Dragons 1.90
Dolphins -1.5 (2.00) / Dragons +1.5 (1.80)
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For the Dolphins, with Ray Stone and Connelly Lemuelu both ruled out due to injury, Coach Bennett has brought in Wallace and Aitken. Both of these guys deserved to be there in Round 1 in my view, so no great loss with these changes.

O’Sullivan has been replaced by Katoa in the halves and Niu has lost his spot to Averillo.

Once again, I don’t think the Dolphins lose anything in these changes and I don’t mind the look of this Dolphins side.

Last week, they were just horrible across the park. Their wingers and outside backs were exposed on 5th tackles, with the Cowboys running the ball with ease.

The Hammer played one of his worst games, with a series of brain explosions and bombed tries hurting his team.

I am sure Coach Bennett would have roasted his team and stressed upon them the importance of lifting for this one at their home ground in Redcliffe.

As for the Dragons, they were great against the Titans, with Coach Flanagan clearly creating a tougher and more battle-hardened footy team over the off-season. However, the Titans were missing some key players and played poorly, so I am not getting carried away with their form as I think they ran into teams that were massively off their game.

However, what is worrying for the Dolphins, is the fact that the Dragons will welcome back three key forwards this year. Leilua will make his debut off the bench, while 2023 player of the year Lawrie will return to the front row. Sele returns home to Dragons from his stint at Souths, so this Dragons pack is looking pretty strong.

I think this is one of those occasions where the Round 1 form has been factored into too much. This should be a beauty!

Predicted score: 19 Dolphins - Dragons 18

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