Here are our NRL Round 20 Tips Summary and Stats Preview. They couldn’t be any worse than the Round 19 refereeing and Bunker decisions.
Each week we offer up a quick preview glance for each match, a bunch of barely interesting stats, probably more than one could ever need or want.
We also offer up some alternative tips. These alternative tips are often based on a rugby league stat, and sometimes something completely absurd, and are aimed at those NRL tipsters who just can’t be bothered.
This week it’s based on current ladder positions, since all 50-50 and 20-80 calls go to the side higher up on the ladder.
So enjoy the 2022 NRL Round 20 Tips Stats Preview + Alternative Tips where there’s something for everyone. Mostly.
And why not catch our Round 19 Highlights for the best of last weekend’s NRL.
Or our Round 19 Team of the Week.
2022 NRL Round 20 Tips – Alternative Tips – Twitter Followers
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.
Since most of the bad or 50-50 refereeing decisions go with the side higher up on the ladder, just in case the officials have another shocker this weekend, we have tipped which ever team in higher up the ladder.
Simples.
ALTERNATIVE TIPS 2022 PROGRESS – 60% – 86/144
2022 NRL Round 20 Predictions – Gurgler Tips
Can we beat our own Alternative NRL tips? Usually not, so again we’ll have to keep trying.
ROOSTERS to beat Sea Eagles
STORM to beat Warriors
PANTHERS to beat Eels
TITANS to beat Raiders
SHARKS to beat Rabbitohs
BRONCOS to beat Tigers
BULLDOGS to beat Knights
DRAGONS to beat Cowboys
OUR TIPS – 67% – 97/144
2022 NRL Round 20 Weekly H2H Stats
Looking for a cheat sheet for the weekend’s upcoming games?
Much like Noah and his ark, ours come in twos.
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 20 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.
Manly and the Roosters have never met on a Thursday. Which is probably a good thing for Manly as they have only won two of ten clashes on a Thursday against fellow Sydney opposition. Roosters record by the way is nine wins from 14 similar games.
The Roosters have won their last three away games on a Thursday and conceded exactly 16 points on each of those three occasions. In fact, they have conceded by a multiple of 16 in seven of their last eight away games on a Thursday – if you include 16, 32 and 0……
If the Storm lose to the Warriors on Friday it will be the first time since 20212 where they have lost every game in a calendar month.
Melbourne have won 12 in a row against the Warriors. They average 51 points per game v Warriors from their last four games.
The Warriors last beat Melbourne in New Zealand back in 2015.
Melbourne have won 11 in a row on a Friday.
More away 16’s for you – Melbourne have conceded 16 points in their last three away games on a Friday.
Parramatta is the only team to beat Penrith twice from the start of the 2020 season.
The Eels have won their last two games on a Friday against Sydney opposition by the exact same score 22-20.
Penrith last lost an away game on August 1 last year.
Gold Coast have lost their last three and five of their last six at home to Canberra. And five of their last six v Canberra on a Saturday.
Titans have won just two of ten games on a Saturday this season. Although, that’s 67% of their total wins for the season.
Souths have won 17 of their last 18 matches on a Saturday.
Wests Tigers have been robbed in their last one match/es away in Queensland.
Broncos have won eight of the nine matches played against the Wests Tigers on a Saturday.
Wests Tigers have won just three of their last 18 Saturday matches. But they have won four of their last five matches on a Saturday against Qld opposition.
Bulldogs have won the last two matches between these sides on a Sunday.
Newcastle have lost their last two games by the exact same score line of 12-42.
Newcastle have conceded a competition worst 32.75 points at home this season – eight more on average than the next worst (Tigers).
Dragons have won four of the five games played on a Sunday v Queensland opposition since 1998.
2022 NRL Round 20 Barely Interesting Stats Extra
BRONCOS RECORD @ SUNCORP STADIUM
When doing the stats for the Broncos-Tigers game we noticed the Tigers had a decent record v Brisbane in Qld. So why not look at the Broncos home record at Suncorp Stadium for fun. Of course the de facto fourth Queensland team leads the way.
2022 NRL Round 20 NRL 2022 Season – Team Stats
We have taken the best of the NRL data and turned them into visuals you can use to enjoy your rugby league this weekend.
There’s run metres, kicking stats, errors, tackled and lack of tackles.
Plus we also have each team’s record against the top and bottom teams and home v away.
There’s so much you’ll need to stop halfway to catch your breath.
TEAM RECORD V TOP & BOTTOM EIGHT SIDES
Note – top / bottom eight is decided at time of match not current ladder.
TEAM RECORD – HOME & AWAY
Note – not the awful soap on Channel 7
RUNS
Who are the Running Men?
BREAKS, OFFLOADS, POST CONTACT METRES
Here is the break down of who is breaking through to the other side.
KICKING STATS
Note: last graph is a 100% breakdown of kick types.
TACKLES
Want some tackle and running stats? Of course you do.
BAD BOYS
Want to know which team gives away the most penalties? Or makes the most errors? Or a report card with Sin Bins and Send Offs. It’s all yours below.
2022 NRL Season Prediction Results
Our tips jumped ahead of the alternative tips last week, so now onto bigger and better things.
ALTERNATIVE TIPS
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)
5/8 Greens Votes
6/8 Marginal Seats
5/8 Covid Cases
6/8 May Record
3/8 Suncorp Stadium Record
4/8 ALP Voting
2/8 Green / Teal Colour Wheel
1/4 June Form since 1998
6/8 Post Origin I Form
5/8 Winter Form
5/8 Post Origin II Form
4/4 Kicking Kings
5/8 Post Origin III Form
3/8 Twitter Followers
