Who can believe we are five games down already, it only seems like yesterday we were anticipating round one of the 2022 NRL season. So our weekly reality check is here with the NRL Round 6 Predictions Stats Preview + Alternative Tips.
Each week we offer up a quick preview glance for each match, some barely interesting stats to go alongside, and our own thoughts on who will win.
We also offer up some alternative tips. These alternative tips are often based on a rugby league, and sometimes something completely absurd, and are aimed at those NRL tipsters who just can’t be bothered.
This week we have used the Climate Change protesting pitch invader from last week to determine this week’s tips, but more on that later.
So enjoy the 2022 NRL Round 6 Predictions Stats Preview + Alternative Tips where there’s something for everyone. Mostly.
And in case you missed it, all the biggest exclusive stories from last weekend’s action is in our Wooden Spooners NRL Round 5 Headlines…
2022 NRL Round 6 Predictions – Alternative Tips
Short on inspiration already? Or looking for that edge to your tipping that no one else in your competition has? Well here are the Alternative NRL Tips for this round.
This week’s alternative tips is based on the pitch invader from last weekend’s Sharks v Tigers game. The one who is now looking at jail time who brought a flare onto the field near players and wasn’t pole-axed like the Gold Coast counterpart.
So we have used Election Results from the 2019 Federal Election, and determined who has the higher % of Greens voters in each team’s electorate. Our thoughts are the higher the Greens voting %, the higher the likelihood of a climate action pitch invader with a flare, so the team with the higher Greens vote will be more wary, more distracted than the other team and be more likely to lose.
Complicated for no good reason. You know it is.
Ironically, the Storm have the highest Green voting % of the NRL teams, given climate.
2022 NRL Round 6 Predictions – Gurgler Tips
Can we beat our own Alternative NRL tips? Usually not, so again we’ll have to penalise ourselves.
RAIDERS to beat Cowboys
BULLDOGS to beat Rabbitohs
PANTHERS to beat Broncos
TITANS to beat Sea Eagles
SHARKS to beat Storm
ROOSTERS to beat Warriors
KNIGHTS to beat Dragons
EELS to beat Tigers
2022 NRL Season Prediction Results
Our tips jumped ahead of the alternative tips last week, so now onto bigger and better things.
ALTERNATIVE TIPS – 65% – 26/40
6/8 First Round Form
4/8 More Dangerous Mascot
3/8 Best H2H
6/8 April Fools
7/8 Bad Boy Points (Penalties/Sin Bins etc)
OUR TIPS – 68% – 27/40
2022 NRL Round 6 Weekly H2H Stats
Looking for a cheat sheet for the weekend’s upcoming games?
Here’s as much information that we could cram into one visual, or two. Click on the images for a closer look. It looks marginally more impressive closer up.
2022 NRL Round 6 Barely Interesting Stats
MATCH BY MATCH BARELY INTERESTING STATS
North Queensland have scored exactly 26 points in their last two games v Canberra and won both. North Queensland have conceded exactly 16 points in their last two away games on a Thursday and won both.
Canberra and North Queensland have never met on a Thursday or a Friday since 1998.
Souths have won the last three Good Friday clashes with the Bulldogs.
Souths have won their last five home games on a Friday and ten of the last 11. Of course that loss was against Melbourne, like always.
Penrith last lost at home in July 2019. Make that May 2019 for home games on a Friday.
Penrith last lost to a Queensland side at home in May 2016.
Broncos have lost six games in a row v Sydney in Sydney on a Friday by a combined 46-256.
Manly have a terrible recent record v Gold Coast at Brookvale. Gold Coast Titans have won the last three and average 40 points a game. Manly last won v Titans at Brookvale in 2013. That was preceded by two more losses, making it five losses out of six v Titans at Brookvale.
Melbourne have won 11 of the last 13 games v Sharks aa the home team. Although, the last three times the Sharks have beaten Melbourne away, they have kicked a field goal.\
Melbourne have lost their last two and five of their last six home games at AAMI Park on a Saturday. All away victors were from Sydney or Canberra.
New Zealand have lost six away games v Sydney team on a Saturday in a row. They last won a game in this category in August 2018.
Dragons have lost five in a row on a Sunday.
Parramatta have won seven in a row v Wests Tigers going back to 2018.
2022 NRL Round 6 Barely Interesting Stats – Extra
2022 TEAM STATS
Here’s a brief look at some key stats on the field for each team so far in NRL 2022.
2022 NRL Gurgler Form-O-Meter
Introduced as part of the Wooden Spooners Headlines is our Form-O-Meter.
This takes in 15 various stats from this season, and ranks each team within those stats. Then add all the scores together for the ultimate Form-O-Meter.
The scores relate to each team’s distance from the top scoring team.
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