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St George Dragons vs New Zealand Warriors 2024 Tips - Warriors make it three in a row against Dragons

Jeremy Darke

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Last updated: 17 Apr 2024

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St George Dragons vs New Zealand Warriors expert predictions for Friday’s Round 7 NRL game
Warriors forecasted to clinch a third straight win against Dragons.
Kick off is at 6:00 PM at WIN Stadium
Preview, expert analysis, stats, team news & best bet

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Marcelo Montoya of the Warriors (Photo by Dave Rowland/Getty Images)

St George Dragons vs New Zealand Warriors Preview and Best Bet

The Warriors will make it three in a row against St George as they are predicted rack up the points on the south coast.

St George Dragons vs New Zealand Warriors Preview and Best Bet
Head to Head
St George Dragons Recent Form
St George Dragons Team News
St George Dragons Team List
New Zealand Warriors Recent Form
New Zealand Warriors Team News
New Zealand Warriors Team List
St George Dragons vs New Zealand Warriors NRL 2024 Round 7 FAQ’s

New Zealands game last weekend against Manly ended in a 22-all draw with Shaun Johnson and Daly Cherry-Evans both missing opportunites to slot the extra point. The Warriors looked exhauseted at the completion of the game and will now have a 6 day turnaround with a trip to Sydney for their troubles.

The Dragons upended the Tigers in their match on Sunday with a spirited attacking effort. Despite being outdone by Wests in almost all stats St George were able to hold on to the win thanks to some desperate tryline defence. At the other end of the park the Dragons had only 9 tackles inside the Tigers 20m zone with 3 of the 4 tries they scored coming from swinging backline plays starting outside the red zone.

The top tier scoring teams have all put points on St George so far this year and with the Wahs starting to click more and more in attack for each week this total could get big. I predic that the Dragons will be able to score a try or two to help the total along and therefore will be playing the Over.

New Zealand lead the NRL in average Run Metres notching 1630m per game
St George concede the 4th most Run Metres on average allowing their opponents 1479m per game
The Dragons are also ranked 4th worst in Opposition Points allowing an average of 23.7 points per game
All three Dragons losses this season have been by 13 or more points.

Head to Head

The Dragons and Warriors have met 8 times since the beginning of the 2019 season with New Zealand winning 5 of 8 including both games played last year. The Warriors came away with double digit winning margins in those games

3 of the last 4 games have gone Over the Game Total with an even 4-4 split over the past 8 games. New Zealand hold a 5-3 ATS advantage over St George in that same period.

St George Dragons Recent Form

The Dragons are 2-3 in their last 5 games both straight up and ATS. 3 of those games have gone Under the Game Total.

So far this season 4 of 6 games the Dragons have played have gone Under the Game Total with all three of their losses being by 13+ points.

St George Dragons Team News

Jack Bird will miss this game with concussion protocol which sees Zac Lomax move in to the centre position where he has played most of his football. Christian Tuipulotu comes on to the wing in his club debut.

Raymond Faitala-Mariner will start from the front row after coming in late last week in place of Luciano Leilua. Despite not seeing a single minute of action in their win last week Jesse Marschke has again been named at 14.

St George Dragons Team List

1. Tyrell Sloan

2. Christian Tuipulotu

3. Moses Suli

4. Zac Lomax

5. Mikaele Ravalawa

6. Kyle Flanagan

7. Ben Hunt

8. Francis Molo

9. Jacob Liddle

10. Hame Sele

11. Raymond Faitala-Mariner

12. Jaydn Su'A

13. Tom Eisenhuth

Interchange

14. Jesse Marschke

15. Blake Lawrie

16. Jack de Belin

17. Ben Murdoch-Masila

Reserves

18. Michael Molo

19. Mathew Feagai

20. Toby Couchman

21. Viliami Fifita

22. Fa'amanu Brown

New Zealand Warriors Recent Form

New Zealand are now 3-1-1 in their last 5 games but have only covered the line in 2 of those games. Across the 6 games played so far this season 4 have gone Under the Game Total with 4 games finishing with a margin of 12 points or less.

New Zealand Warriors Team News

Adam Pompey comes onto the bench to replace Jazz Tevaga who has a hamstring injury in an otherwise unchanged team that drew with the Sea-Eagles

New Zealand Warriors Team List

1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad

2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak

3. Rocco Berry

4. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

5. Marcelo Montoya

6. Te Maire Martin

7. Shaun Johnson

8. Addin Fonua-Blake

9. Wayde Egan

10. Mitch Barnett

11. Jackson Ford

12. Kurt Capewell

13. Tohu Harris

Interchange

14. Chanel Harris-Tavita

15. Tom Ale

16. Jacob Laban

17. Adam Pompey

Reserves

18. Zyon Maiu'u

20. Taine Tuaupiki

21. Ali Leiataua

22.Edward Kosi

23. Paul Roache

St George Dragons vs New Zealand Warriors NRL 2024 Round 7 FAQ’s

How to watch St George Dragons vs New Zealand Warriors NRL 2024 Round 7?

You can watch the St George Dragons vs New Zealand Warriors NRL 2024 Round 7 game via Fox Sports or Kayo Sports. If you are watching from outside of Australia the WatchNRL app is the perfect solution.

How to buy tickets to St George Dragons vs New Zealand Warriors NRL 2024 Round 7?

To buy tickets to the St George Dragons vs New Zealand Warriors NRL 2024 Round 7 game check the NRL website or the official St George Dragons site.

Verdict

St George/Illawarra Dragons v New Zealand Warriors

The Dragons have put up some ok performances in their 3 wins this season but they haven’t been against any quality opponents. Now they meet another possible top 4 team and my prediction is they will be brought back down to earth, hard. Warriors to win by 13+ and AFB to score first as usual!