The NRL is back for 2024 and with the big deal in Las Vegas followed up by the rest of Round 1 playing out a week later, Round 1 of the NRL has never been more exciting or anticipated. But either in the USA or Down Under, there’s tipping to be done and winners to be found. Talking of winners, our stat-filled preview of the upcoming weekend of rugby league is on hand to help with our 2024 NRL Round 1 Tips Predictions & Stats Preview.
Each week we offer up a quick preview glance for each match, throw in a bunch of barely interesting stats, and mix in a pinch of opinion, and you have a rugby league soup with probably more than one could ever need or want.
2024 NRL Round 1 Tips – This Week’s Matches
Here are our tips for the week ahead. How did we get to here? By going through all the visuals and stats below.
| Home | v | Away | When | Where |
| Manly Warringah | v | South Sydney | Sunday 3 Mar, 1:30 pm | Allegiant Stadium |
| Roosters | v | Brisbane | Sunday 3 Mar, 3:30 pm | Allegiant Stadium |
| Newcastle | v | Canberra | Thursday 7 Mar, 8:00 pm | McDonald Jones Stadium |
| Warriors | v | Cronulla | Friday 8 Mar, 6:00 pm | Go Media Stadium |
| Melbourne | v | Penrith | Friday 8 Mar, 8:05 pm | AAMI Park |
| Parramatta | v | Bulldogs | Saturday 9 Mar, 5:30 pm | CommBank Stadium |
| Gold Coast | v | St George Illawarra | Saturday 9 Mar, 7:35 pm | Cbus Super Stadium |
| Dolphins | v | North Queensland | Sunday 10 Mar, 4:05 pm | Suncorp Stadium |
2024 NRL Round 1 Tips – This Week’s Tips
SOUTH SYDNEY to beat Manly
ROOSTERS to beat Broncos
NEWCASTLE to beat Canberra
WARRIORS to beat Cronulla
MELBOURNE to beat Penrith
PARRAMATTA to beat Bulldogs
GOLD COAST to beat St George Illawarra
DOLPHINS to beat North Qld
READ MORE: Our 2024 Match Centre Home
2024 NRL Round 1 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.
2024 NRL Round 1 Tips 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.
MAN v SOU – Manly average the lowest points scored for Round 1 since 1998 at 14.6. They also average the most points against at 24.6 for Round 1.
MAN v SOU – South Sydney lost both of their Sunday games in 2023.
MAN v SOU – Manly have lost seven in a row v South Sydney.
MAN v SOU – Manly have won 8/9 clashes v South Sydney on a Sunday. Manly have also won nine of their last ten Sunday games v Sydney opposition.
ROO v BRO – Brisbane’s win rate of 79% against Sydney clubs in 2023 was the best for the season.
ROO v BRO – Broncos lost both of their Sunday games in 2023.
NEW v CAN – Newcastle have won their last six Round 1 games at home.
NEW v CAN – Canberra and Newcastle meet on Thursday night in Round 1, neither team played on Thursday in 2023.
NEW v CAN – Newcastle have won four of their past five home games v Canberra
NEW v CAN – Newcastle are on a run of six straight home wins heading into their Round 1 clash with Canberra.
WAHS v CRO – Cronulla have won just two Round 1 games since 2010.
WAHS v CRO – Warriors are 1/5 v Cronulla on a Friday.
WAHS v CRO – Cronulla have won their last five on a Friday.
MEL v PEN – Melbourne last lost a Round 1 clash in 2001.
MEL v PEN – Penrith last won a Round 1 away from home in 2006. They have played the last six Round 1 clashes at home for W4 L2 record.
MEL v PEN – Penrith have won five of the last six against Melbourne. Four of those five wins have been as the away side. And five in a row on a Friday v Melbourne.
MEL v PEN – Melbourne have only lost one of their eight games at AAMI Park v Penrith.
PAR v BUL – Parramatta have won 13 of their last 16 v Bulldogs.
PAR v BUL – Parramatta have won six in a row on a Friday v Bulldogs who last beat the Eels on a Friday in 2005.
PAR v BUL – Parramatta have won seven of their last eight at home to Bulldogs and conceded 12 points or less in all of those eight games.
PAR v BUL – Parramatta have won nine of their ten Saturday games at Commbank Stadium v all opposition.
GC v STI – St George Illawarra lost all of their away games in 2023.
GC v STI – Gold Coast have won just 1/6 v Dragons at home on a Saturday.
GC v STI – Gold Coast have won just two of 16 games at home on a Saturday v Sydney opposition.
GC v STI – Dragons have lost seven away games in a row v Qld teams.
DOL v NQL – Dolphins were 2/3 for home games on a Sunday last season.
DOL v NQL – Cowboys have won four of 13 away games on a Sunday v Qld sides.
DOL v NQL – Cowboys have won four of their last five at Suncorp v various opponents including Dolphins.
NRL Round 1 Historic Stats
This is usually where our current season stats live, but since this is Round 1, try our Round 1 Historic Stats analysis. A few visuals here, and a lot more via the link below.
Current Season Stats
With no games played so far, let’s take a look at last season’s stats, to keep in mind for the new season.
FINAL 2023 LADDER
2023 SEASON FORM STATS
