Big League Weekly Edition – August 01, 2019

GAME TWO: Warriors v Canberra

Round 20 BIG LEAGUE 2019 39

ATTACK

DEFENCE

MATCH AVERAGES

HEAD-TO-HEAD

AT MT SMART STADIUM

WINNING FORM

PAST8 CLASHES

2018 –

2017 –

2016 –

2015 –

BIGGEST HEAD-TO-HEAD WINS

NEXT CLASH

CASUALTY WARD

DATE:FRIDAY,AUGUST 2
VENUE:MTSMARTSTADIUM
KICK-OFF:8PM(NZ);6PM(AEST)
REFEREE:MATTCECCHIN
ASSISTANTREFEREE:GAVINBADGER
TOUCHJUDGES:MICHAELWISE& JARRODCOLE
SENIORREVIEWOFFICIAL:JAREDMAXWELL
REVIEWOFFICIAL:BENGALEA
FOXLEAGUE:5.30PM(AEST)
LIVERADIO: ABC, TRIPLE M,NRLNATION

WARRIORS RAIDERS

12th(17 )

341

377

56

77%

38

17

1

61

38

13

9

3

3

19

21

181

359

1624

9

13

4

81%

HEAD-TO-HEADLEADERS

AVERAGE METRES

Ken Maumalo 196

Josh Papalii 139

AVERAGETACKLES

Josh Hodgson 40

Adam Blair 36

Elliott Whitehead 34

LINE-BREAKS

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 13

Peta Hiku 9

STATS

MtSmartStadium

Friday8pm

Form:TheWarriorshavebeen

confrontedwiththeirtoughest

psychologicalchallengeof

2019 thisweekastheydealt

withthefall-outfromlast

Saturday’snarrowlossto

Parramatta.Theirfrustrationat

a 9-2savaginginthepenalties

anda seriesofcrucialcalls

thatwentagainstthemwas

compoundedwhentheNRL

admittedthatmatchofficials

hadgotit wrong.Insteadof

sharingeighth-placeonthe

ladder,theWarriorsnowsit12th

andwillneedtowinatleastfour

oftheirremainingsixgamesto

reachthefinals.It’sa different

mindset for the Raiders, who

continuedtheirbuild-upforthe

finalswitha decisivewinover

Penrith.Theirsixthwinfrom

theirpastsevengamesshored

uptheirpositioninthetopfour

anddespitea toughrunahead,

they’replayingwitha confidence

thatshouldconcernopponents.

History:Neithersidehas

achievedlong-termdominance

inthisfixtureandresults

since 1995 favourtheRaiders

by 21 winsto19.Individually,

therehavebeentwo

stand-outperformers:Manu

VatuveifortheWarriorsand

JarrodCrokerfortheRaiders.

VatuveiterrorisedtheRaiders,

crossingfor 17 triesfrom

14 games(2004-16);while

Croker has been equally

productiveinscoring 17 tries

from 17 games.TheRaiders’

captainhasalsoweighedin

with 45 goalsfora tallyof

158 pointsinthesegames.

Dangersign:Englishmen

JoshHodgson,JohnBateman

andElliottWhiteheadcontinue

toinspiretheRaiderswiththeir

never-say-dieefforts.They’ve

providedanx-factorthatgives

theGreenMachinea realistic

hopeofbreakingits25-year

premiershipdrought.

BestBet?LookfortheRaiders

toaddtotheWarriors’demons

witha winby1-12points.

Money-spinner:Besthopesfor

FirstTryscorerareKenMaumalo

andCharnzeNicoll-Klokstador

for value, look to Jazz Tevaga.

byDAVIDMIDDLETON

@Middleton_David

NRLPreview

Raiders on the march to September

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