NRL | 2023 NRL Round 18 Tips Predictions & Stats

Despite all the State of Origin hype, the 2023 NRL Season still exists, and so does our stat-filled preview of the upcoming weekend of rugby league with our 2023 NRL Round 18 Tips Predictions & Stats.

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.

2023 NRL Round 18 Tips – Gurgler Tips and Schedule

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

CRONULLA to beat ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA
SOUTH SYDNEY to beat Warriors
MELBOURNE to beat Penrith
CANBERRA to beat Gold Coast
NORTH QLD to beat Wests Tigers
BRISBANE to beat Dolphins
BULLDOGS to beat Newcastle
ROOSTERS to beat Manly

READ MORE: Our 2023 Match Centre Home

2023 NRL Round 18 Tips 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 size fits all visual.

2023 NRL Round 18 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.

Cronulla have won six in a row against the Dragons.

The away side have won both of the Thursday clashes between these sides.

Cronulla have won five games in a row as the home side on a Thursday night. Although, the last team to beat them at home on a Thursday was the Dragons in 2018.

St George Illawarra have lost all three away games this season to top eight cliubs. Cronulla’s record v bottom half clubs (at time of fixture) is W7 L2.

The Warriors have won four straight Friday games.

South Sydney have lost four of their last five games, conceding 28 points or more in all five games.

South Sydney have won 13 of their last 14 against the Warriors. Including their last four games at Mt Smart Stadium going back to 2013.

South Sydney and the Warriors have met five times on a Friday since 1998, and the Rabbitohs have won all five games.

Penrith won on their last visit to Melbourne in 2018 but lost all eight other clashes there. One of those games was at Marvel Stadium in 2001 too.

Melbourne Storm’s record is W13 L7 for games in Melbourne at the Docklands Stadium.

Storm have won 11 of their last 12 matches at home on a Friday. Penrith have lost two of their last three games away on a Friday.

Gold Coast made it two wins from two for teams who had unceremoniously dumped their coach earlier in the week.

Canberra have won seven of their last eight v Titans.

Gold Coast have won two of their last three away games. Which is good, as they have lost 14 of their last 16 away games on a Saturday in NSW / ACT.

Wests Tigers have won six of their last nine v North Queensland.

Wests Tigers have won the last four games v Cowboys on a Saturday. Including a last start 66-18 thrashing.

Wests Tigers have won just three of 18 away games since 2022. They have scored exactly 12 points in four of their last five away games. And zero in the other.

Cowboys have won both of their home games v bottom half sides this season.

Brisbane have won their only game played at home in Qld not at their regular home ground. It was a 48-12 win over the Warriors at Carrara in 2001.

Broncos have only played three home games on a Saturday v fellow Queensland teams. The record is W2 L1.

Appropriately going to the Gabba, Dolphins have conceded a few cricket scores recently with 136 points in their last three games.

Dolphins are unbeaten away from home against fellow Queensland teams.

Bulldogs lead 8-6 in the H2H v Newcastle at the Olympic Stadium.

Bulldogs have won all three home games on a Sunday this season. Newcastle have won their only away games on a Sunday this season.

Manly have lost three straight at Brookvale v Roosters.

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