It’s Magic Round weekend in the NRL so we will be using our magic for our Alternative NRL Round 10 Tips which will be using Suncorp Stadium as the method of selecting winners.
With your weekly NRL tipping, instead of allowing the competition admin to give you the away teams for when you don’t care about who you tip, why not take on board our weekly Alternative NRL Tipping method instead. You’ve got nothing to lose by coming this far already.
Each week we have a new theme, and occasionally it will have nothing to do with rugby league. Just the way we like it. This week is about the winning records at Suncorp Stadium.
In addition to the tips are a whole bunch of barely interesting stats for the round of NRL ahead. Impress your neighbours and fellow passengers by stealing them and sharing.
Good luck with your Alternative NRL Round 10 Tips if you choose to use them.
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NRL Round 10 Tips Alternative – Gurgler v Suncorp Stadium Records
So here are this week’s alternative tips. The method to how it works is below.
METHOD TO THE MADNESS
Since all the teams are at Suncorp Stadium for Magic Round, why not base the tips on each team’s winning record at Suncorp Stadium since 1998. Which is actually 2003 when this version of Lang Park opened.
We have the winning % for each team at Suncorp and so which team has the better winning % is more likely to win this weekend so gets the tip.
Interestingly the teams with the best and third best record at Suncorp play each other, and the teams with the worst and third worst play each other. More on the stats on Suncorp Stadium for each team is in the insights section.
NRL Round 10 Tips – Our Selections
We say stuff the alternative tips and supply our own to see if we can beat the absurd. So far we’re winning.
WESTS TIGERS To beat Newcastle Knights
BRISBANE BRONCOS to beat Manly Sea Eagles
CANBERRA RAIDERS to beat Bulldogs
SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS to beat Cronulla Sharks
NORTH QLD COWBOYS to beat the Roosters
PARRAMATTA EELS to beat NZ Warriors
MELBOURNE STORM to beat St George Illawarra Dragons
GOLD COAST TITANS to beat Penrith Panthers
NRL Tipping Scoreboard
US – 72% – 52/72
ALTERNATIVE TIPS
THEM – 56% – 40/72
FIRST ROUND FORM – 4/8
FULLBACKS – 5/8
INJURIES @ RD 3 – 6/8
EASTER – 4/8
ZERO POINTS – 5/8
MASCOTS – 4/8
PENALTIES – 4/8
POST CONTACT METRES – 5/8
BEST H2H – 3/8
NRL Round 10 Tips – Barely Interesting Stats – Suncorp Stadium Edition
- Wests Tigers and Newcastle are playing each other in the opening game of Magic Round. These two teams have the two worst defensive records at Suncorp Stadium, both teams close to averaging 30 points a game. Newcastle also have the worst attacking record.
- Broncos are 3/6 at Suncorp Stadium when playing as the away side. The for and against are exactly the same at 130 points a piece for those six games.
- Manly have lost six of their last seven at Suncorp Stadium.
- Canberra and Bulldogs face each other for Magic Round and these teams have combined for just two wins since 2011.
- Canberra haven’t won at Suncorp Stadium since 2010 and have just one other win in 2004 (their first match on the new ground) from their 16 games at Suncorp Stadium.
- Cronulla and Souths meet at Suncorp on Saturday. Souths have only played twice at Suncorp on a Saturday before and Cronulla once. Neither team has won on a Saturday at Suncorp Stadium.
- Cowboys have won just two of their past 11 games at Suncorp Stadium
- Melbourne have a better record at Suncorp Stadium than the Broncos.
- The Storm also have a better record in Queensland. Canberra and Newcastle have the worst Qld records.
- Melbourne have won nine in a row at Suncorp Stadium, with their last loss coming against the Gold Coast in 2017. They have also lost just once in the last ten seasons (17 games)
- Melbourne are averaging 38 points per game in their last ten matches.
- Although Sunday is the day to play Melbourne at Suncorp as their winning % drops to 50%.
- Gold Coast have the second best record at Suncorp Stadium on a Sunday (behind the Roosters 100%) Penrith have won none of their Suncorp Stadium games on a Sunday. Both teams have played there four times on a Sunday.
NRL Round 10 Tips – Barely Interesting Graphs
SUNCORP STADIUM EACH TEAM’S WINNING %
Melbourne better than Brisbane. Absolutely. Good run for them considering they won the lop sided NRL fixture by 50-0 last weekend.
BULLDOGS & RAIDERS SUNCORP STADIUM RECORD SINCE 2011
The two teams meet on Saturday night, and poor are in poor form in 2021 so far.
But it is actually better than their combined record at Suncorp Stadium in the past ten seasons. Just two wins between them, and both of them for the Bulldogs.
FOR AND AGAINST AVERAGES
NRL TEAMS RECORD IN QLD FROM 1998
SUNCORP STADIUM STATS – EACH TEAMS’S WINNING % BY DAY
