Things are getting serious now with the NRL Finals – two knockout finals to determine the grand finalists. So we offer up our seriously good 2022 NRL Finals Week 3 Tips + Stats Preview, which will be a knockout one way or the other.
Each week we offer up a quick preview glance for each match, and 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 is based on the H2H of the four remaining teams against each other since 2020.
So for now enjoy the 2022 NRL Finals Week 3 Tips + Stats Preview where there’s something for everyone. Mostly.
READ MORE: our NRL Finals Week 2 Team of the Week.
2022 NRL Finals Week 3 Tips – Alternative Tips – H2H Record from 2020.
Short on inspiration? 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.
We’ve based tips on the visual below, an interesting look at the remaining teams record against each other since 2020. Whoever has the better record against this week’s opponent gets the tip. It also shows up some incredible H2H results, especially if Souths can beat the Panthers.
So we took the results from the most recent match between this week’s contenders and gave the tips to the side that lost the last match.
ALTERNATIVE TIPS 2022 PROGRESS – 63% – 125/198
2022 NRL Finals Week 3 Tips – Gurgler Selections
Can we beat our own Alternative NRL tips? Usually not, so again we’ll have to keep trying.
Parramatta by 6
Rabbitohs by 4
OUR TIPS – 67% – 132/198
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2022 NRL Finals Week 3 Tips H2H Stats
Looking for a cheat sheet for the weekend’s upcoming games?
Here’s as much information that we could cram into one size fits all visual.
2022 NRL Finals Week 3 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.
Cowboys v Eels
Parramatta have won six of the last season games v Cowboys on a Friday.
North Queensland have won 11 of their last 13 v Parramatta in Townsville.
North Queensland have won all four clashes v Parramatta in September since 1998.
The Cowboys have lost four of their last five matches v Sydney opposition at home on a Friday.
Panthers v Rabbitohs
Penrith have won eight of the last nine v South Sydney.
Penrith have won the last three at the Olympic Stadium. Prior to that they lost the other seven games.
Prior to Souths’ victory v Penrith in last season’s finals week 1, the Rabbitohs had lost eight games in a row v Penrith on a Saturday.
Penrith have won 21 of their last 23 games on a Saturday v all opposition. For the record, both of those losses were in Townsville’s new stadium (v Souths 2021 / Cowboys 2022)
Souths win over the Panthers last season was the only match between these sides in September since 1998.
South Sydney will fancy their Premiership chances if they get past Penrith as they have won 11 in a row v Parramatta and North Queensland.
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
6/8 Current Ladder
7/8 August Form
2/8 Alphabetical Order
8/8 H2H Winner for Day of Week matches 2022
7/8 Lower Max Points Against for 2022
6/8 Last Round Form
2/4 Finals Record
1/2 Who won last match
