NRL | 2024 NRL Round 3 Tips Predictions & Stats Preview

A big weekend ahead of Rugby League action kicks off with no less than a Grand Final replay and follows a weekend of the NRL which saw all the home sides winning. Will they do it again? Talking of home truths, our stat-filled preview of the upcoming weekend of rugby league is on hand to help with our 2024 NRL Round 3 Tips Predictions & Stats Preview.

Each week we offer up a quick preview glance for each match, throw in a bunch of barely interesting stats, and mix in a pinch of opinion, and you have a rugby league soup with probably more than one could ever need or want.

2024 NRL Round 3 Tips – This Week’s Matches

Here are our tips for the week ahead. How did we get to here? By going through all the visuals and stats below.

2024 NRL Round 3 Tips – This Week’s Tips

PENRITH by 8
WARRIORS by 4
ROOSTERS by 16
BULLDOGS by 4
NORTH QUEENSLAND by 12
WESTS TIGERS by 2
PARRAMATTA by 4
MELBOURNE by 6

SEASON PROGRESS: 10/16 (62.5%)

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2024 NRL Round 3 Tips Weekly H2H Stats

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2024 NRL Round 3 Tips Barely Interesting Stats Summary

Here we take the best points of interest for each match coming up this weekend and share them with you for no cost. Feel free to share with friends and family.

46% of the teams who win a Round 1 game going back through the last ten seasons have lost their Round 2 fixture.

THU – PEN v BRI – Of the 25 Grand Final rematches since 1999, 13 reigning premiers have lost and 12 have won the first match after the Grand Final in the next season. Penrith’s record is W3 L1, and Brisbane are W1 L3.

THU – PEN v BRI – Penrith have lost two of their last three at home on a Thursday.

THU – PEN v BRI – Since 2019 Penrith has won 8 of 9 home games v Qld sides. Their only loss was in Round 1 last season v Broncos.

THU – PEN v BRI – The Broncos lost just one games away to a Sydney side last season – the Grand Final to Penrith.

FRI – WAR v CAN – Warriors are W3 L4 in Christchurch v various opposition.

FRI – WAR v CAN – Warriors have won eight of their last 10 games on a Friday.

FRI – WAR v CAN – Canberra’s record for all games in New Zealand at any ground is W8 L14. It’s W2 L2 on a Friday.

FRI – WAR v CAN – Canberra are W2 L2 away to Warriors on a Friday. Which is better than their 36% away win % over the Warriors for all games.

FRI – ROO v SOU – Roosters have won all eight clashes v South Sydney at the Sydney Football Stadium on a Friday covering the NRL era.

FRI – ROO v SOU – Overall the Roosters home record v Souths on a Friday is quite good, with a W9 L2 record.

FRI – ROO v SOU – The Roosters home record v all opposition is pretty good too. At the SFS it is seven in a row and W13 L2. At any ground it is W8 L1.

FRI – ROO v SOU – Souths have won just four games of 15 since leading the competition in Round 11 last season.

FRI – ROO v SOU – South Sydney’s last four away games v Sydney clubs average 60.5 total match points.

SAT – BULL v GC – Going back to 2015, the Bulldogs have won only three of 12 matches at Belmore. They have also lost all three games against Queensland sides over that time. And it’s only W1 L5 on a Saturday.

SAT – BULL v GC – The Bulldogs win % v Qld sides since 2022 is 50% vs their overall win % in 2022 and 2023 of 27%. Their win record v Qld sides at home over that period increases, but the only game at Belmore v Qld sides in 2022/3 was a loss.

SAT – BULL v GC – For the last ten seasons from 2014, the Gold Coast Titans have the worst Win% on a Saturday with just 12.5%. The next lowest is coincidentally Bulldogs on 20%. The Titans have lost their last six games on a Saturday.

SAT – BULL v GC –Gold Coast have won four of their last 17 games away on a Saturday from 2021. And 2/8 over that time v Sydney clubs.

SAT – STGI v NQ – St George Illawarra are W13 L6 v Qld opposition at Jubilee / Kogarah. The Dragons are W4 L2 v Cowboys at the same ground. And 1/1 on a Saturday v Cowboys at the ground.

SAT – STGI v NQ – Dragons are W12 L7 at Kogarah on a Saturday v all opposition.

SAT – STGI v NQ – Dragons have lost their last three home games on a Saturday.

SAT – STGI v NQ – Cowboys lost three of their four away games on a Saturday last season. One loss was a 66-18 defeat to the Wests Tigers.

SAT – WT v CRON – Wests Tigers record at Leichhardt Oval in the NRL era it is W51 L42. On a Saturday it is W12 L11. Against Sydney opposition it is W22 L22. Against Cronulla it is W3 L1 on a Saturday and W5 L4 on any day.

SAT – WT v CRON – Wests Tigers have won one of their last seven at home to Sydney sides on a Saturday.

SAT – WT v CRON – Cronulla have won 12 of their last 14 away games v Sydney clubs.

SUN – PAR v MAN – Parramatta have won eight of their last nine home games v Manly and 16 of the 21 overall since 1998.

SUN – PAR v MAN – Parramatta have won eight home games in a row on a Sunday.

SUN – PAR v MAN – Manly have won three of the last four Sunday games between them and the Eels.

SUN – PAR v MAN – Manly have won six away games straight on a Sunday v Sydney teams going back to 2021. Plus 11 of their last 12 on a Sunday v Sydney opposition anywhere.

SUN – NEW v MEL – Melbourne have won five in a row in Newcastle on a Sunday. The Storm have won 10 in a row on a Sunday v Newcastle at any ground.

SUN – NEW v MEL – Newcastle won the only clash between these sides last season, winning 26-18 as part of that late season surge. Prior to that, the Knights had lost 11 straight v the Storm.

SUN – NEW v MEL – Newcastle won all ten games on a Sunday last season.

2024 NRL Round 3 Tips – Odds & Total Points Predictions & Helpful Betting Stuff

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