- Tigers have conceded at least one try to a Right side CTW every single week
- Tigers have been shit on for 8 tries in the last four games to Right side CTWs
- Fullbacks are the only spine players who have scored on the Tigers (2 Tries)
- Tigers have conceded just 4 tries to any kind of forward in the last six weeks
- Jahream Bula has scored for the last four straight games (5 Tries)
- Tigers Right side CTW has scored 7 tries in the last four games
- No team has managed to score more than 4 tries against the Tigers in a game
- Raiders have been obliterated by Left CTW for 8 tries in the last four games
- Raiders have conceded at least one try to a Right side CTW for the last 3 games
- Raiders have conceded 6 tries to Halves in the last seven weeks (3 to each side)
- Ethan Strange is the only Raider to score in more than two consecutive games
- The Raiders Left Wing or Right Centre have scored for the last 5 straight games
- Ethan Strange is currently on a three game try streak
- The Raiders have only conceded less than 6 tries in two games this season
Analysis:
The Tigers left side defence may be on par with Sky News for the amount of sloppy right wingers they make look like godlike geniuses, but I don’t give a fuck, they are the greatest Rugby League team in the competition right now. Nobody is bringing the excitement that these shit-hot underdogs are currently pulling out their dickholes, and we should be in for another show this Thursday at Leichhardt. I’ll keep this brief and informative, not unlike the tags in your jocks, punters, there’s no need to complicate this shit.
Wests have a huge disparity when it comes to which side the tries are coming through, with just four tries being boofed up their left, and fourteen fucking tries being put through their right side. It would actually be a fucking miracle if Timoko* or Stuart don’t get one past them this week. While they have only given up just three tries to starting forwards so far, all three of them came through the right side, so if you’re gonna go there, Joey Taps and Noah Martin* would be your huckleberries.
On the other side of the field, the Raiders have been almost exclusively destroyed by Left side CTWs all season so far, with a more recent trend of Right side CTWs getting at least one by them for the past three straight games, so either side is on for the Tigers really, but Lualilii and To’a* should be your first considerations.
Doueihi? Yeah he fuckin does. The Raiders have been touched up like a crosswalk button by halves and old mate has already proved he’s in a scoring mood this year.
Jahream Bula is on a rampage at the moment, and I like that to continue this week. Ethan Strange is also on fire, but I trust him a lot less due to the Tigers’ strict ‘No Halves’ policy they have been enforcing on their try line. If he doesn’t get one through these cunts, nobody will. A sneaky Strange last try scorer wouldn’t be the dumbest thing in the world, just quietly.
*presuming they line up as they currently are on paper. Benji and Sticky have made a few personnel changes this week, but I don’t think they will have much bearing on the result, since they have just replaced starting players with… other starting players. Always a chance they swap sides, but as it is currently, Lualilii and To’a are named on the Tigers Left wing, Timoko and Stuart on the Raiders right wing. Hosking is inked in to take Hudson Young’s position on the left edge for the Raiders, but since Noah Martin hasn’t exactly sewn up the right edge, I reckon there’s about a 90% chance Sticky gets his hands in there again before kickoff, so just pay attention to the team lists if you’re worried, otherwise just avoid them, punters, what else do you want from me? I’m not your fuckin dad.
Tigers Try Scorers: Luke Lualilii/Starford To’a, Taylan May/Sunia Turuva, Jahream Bula
Raiders Try Scorers: Matt Timoko/Seb Kris, Jed Stuart
Degen Bets: Jahream Bula/Matt Timoko FTS, Jarome Luai/Adam Doueihi, Joe Tapine/Noah Martin, Ethan Strange LTS
