State of Origin is officially over for another year, and that means the business end of the NRL competition and NRL tipping around the world is here. So our stat-filled preview of the upcoming weekend of rugby league is more important than ever with our 2023 NRL Round 21 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 21 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.
| Thu | St George Illawarra | v | Wests Tigers | 7:50 pm |
| Fri | Warriors | v | Canberra | 6:00 pm |
| Fri | South Sydney | v | Brisbane | 8:00 pm |
| Sat | Gold Coast | v | Roosters | 3:00 pm |
| Sat | Newcastle | v | Melbourne | 5:30 pm |
| Sat | North Queensland | v | Parramatta | 7:35 pm |
| Sun | Penrith | v | Bulldogs | 2:00 pm |
| Sun | Cronulla | v | Manly Warringah | 4:05 pm |
WESTS TIGERS to beat St George Illawarra
WARRIORS to beat Canberra
SOUTH SYDNEY To beat Brisbane
ROOSTERS to beat Gold Coast
MELBOURNE to beat Newcastle
NORTH QLD to beat Parramatta
PENRITH To beat Bulldogs
CRONULLA to beat Manly Warringah
READ MORE: Our 2023 Match Centre Home
2023 NRL Round 21 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 21 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.
Wests Tigers have won five of their last seven games v St George Illawarra and three of the last four on a Friday.
Wests Tigers also lead the H2H at WIN Stadium by 4-2.
Between Dragons and Tigers they have just one win between them since Round 13.
Canberra have won all three away games on a Friday this season.
Canberra have won six away games in a row.
South Sydney have won all four games at the Sunshine Coast Stadium.
Broncos have won eight of the nine away games this season.
Roosters have won nine games in a row v Gold Coast.
Gold Coast have won just two of their last 14 games v Sydney sides at home on a Saturday.
Roosters have won five straight away games v Queensland sides on a Saturday.
Melbourne have won 11 straight v Newcastle and four straight in Newcastle.
Cowboys and Parramatta finished first and third respectively in a ladder calculated on the Origin period over the past eight weeks.
Parramatta have won four of the last five games v Cowboys.
North Queensland have won eight straight v Parramatta at home on a Saturday.
Going back to 2020, Parramatta have won eight of their last nine away games v Queensland sides.
Penrith have won all of their five 2020+ games v Bulldogs.
Penrith have won the last four games on a Sunday v Bulldogs, who last beat the Panthers on a Sunday in 2006.
Penrith have won nine games in a row on a Sunday, including all three this season.
Although the Sharks did beat Manly at home last time in 2022, their longer record is quite poor, with just three wins in their last 14 home games v Manly.
Cronulla have alternated loss then win for Sunday games all season. They lost last Sunday for the record.
Manly have won just two of their last 13 away games v Sydney clubs.
Cronulla have won eight straight v Sydney clubs.
2023 NRL Season Stats
CURRENT LADDER
CURRENT LADDER FOR ORIGIN PERIOD
Here is the final “Origin Period” ladder – a table based on the results for the eight weeks from the week before the first State of Origin to last weekend.
CURRENT FORM STATS
