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Canterbury Bulldogs vs Sydney Roosters Tips & Preview - Dogs points the play in NRL Round 11

Jeremy Darke

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Last updated: 15 May 2025

Jeremy Darke 15 May 2025

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Canterbury Bulldogs vs Sydney Roosters expert predictions for Friday’s Round 11 NRL game
Roosters have won 3 of the last 4 matches
Prediction favors Bulldogs to cover the 8.5-point line

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Canterbury Bulldogs vs Sydney Roosters Preview
Head to Head
Canterbury Bulldogs Form
Canterbury Bulldogs Team News
Canterbury Bulldogs Team List
Sydney Roosters Form
Sydney Roosters Team News
Sydney Roosters Team List

Canterbury Bulldogs vs Sydney Roosters Preview

The Roosters have also been impressive lately and will be fresh off the bye, but they will be no match for the Bulldogs. The Chooks have lost six of their last eight matches in Accor.

Canterbury have an average winning margin of 16 points and a minimum of 8 points.
Canterbury has averaged 30 points per game in their last 4 matches.
Sydney conceded an average of 27.3 points per game in 2025.
Jacob Kiraz has 4 tries in his last 2 games.

Head to Head

Canterbury and the Roosters both took a match each in the 2024 season, and are even 2-2 in their previous four matches. The Roosters do hold a a 6-2 lead head to head since the 2019 season.

This is the first time since our data started in 2019 that the Bulldogs have come into a game against Sydney as the favourite, starting the last eight matches as an 8.5-point or longer underdog.

Canterbury Bulldogs Form

What a wild show the Bulldogs put on in Round 10, coming back from 20-0 down at half time to beat the Raiders 32-20.

The result simply came down to possession, with the Raiders winning that battle 60%-40% in the first half but the Bulldogs replied with 71% of the ball in the second half, along with 62% territory and a whopping eight linebreaks after they came back out of the sheds.

We harp on about how important how the simple fact of ball and territory wins games and this is the perfect example of that.

The impressive part of it all is that the Bulldogs were able to settle themselves after a tumultuous first half with eight errors and come back and get the job done.

This victory makes them an even bigger danger, no matter how big of a lead a team has the Dogs can claw back if given a little ball.

Canterbury Bulldogs Team News

Jaeman Salmon suffered an ankle injury last week and will be out for an extended period of time.

Kurt man comes in at No.13 with Luke Smith to make his debut for Canterbury off the bench.

Canterbury Bulldogs Team List

1. Connor Tracey

2. Jacob Kiraz

3. Bronson Xerri

4. Stephen Crichton

5. Marcelo Montoya

6. Matt Burton

7. Toby Sexton

8. Max King

9. Reed Mahoney

10. Daniel Suluka-Fifita

11. Viliame Kikau

12. Harry Hayes

13. Kurt Mann

Interchange

14. Bailey Hayward

15. Kurtis Morrin

16. Lipoi Hopoi

17. Luke Smith

Reserves

19. Jack Underhill

20. Blake Wilson

21. Jake Turpin

22. Drew Hutchison

23. Blake Taaffe

Sydney Roosters Form

The Roosters are fresh off the bye and will want to continue their hot run that they had before their week off which had them winning thre of the last four matches.

After a slow start to the season averaging just 16 points per game in their first four matches, the Chooks attack has found its flow with its new halves combo of Sandon Smith and Hugo Savala, averaging 30 points in the last four games.

Sydney have been clinical all over the field, especially when moving the ball around in their own end. The Roosters have eight linebreaks in each of their last two matches and are ranked second in the NRL with an average of 6.2 per game.

The concern for the Roosters is still their mid-pack defence that ranks ninth or worse in the majority of our key defensive stats and have also allowed and average of 25 points in their last four games, despite winning three of those matches.

Sydney Roosters Team News

Linsay Collins will have a week to prove his fitness for Origin selection with the prop coming off the bench this week in his return for the Roosters. Salesi Foketi will drop off the pine.

Sydney Roosters Team List

1. James Tedesco

2. Daniel Tupou

3. Billy Smith

4. Robert Toia

5. Mark Nawaqanitawase

6. Sandon Smith

7. Hugo Savala

8. Spencer Leniu

9. Connor Watson

10. Naufahu Whyte

11. Angus Crichton

12. Siua Wong

13. Victor Radley

Interchange

14. Zach Dockar-Clay

15. Egan Butcher

16. Blake Steep

17. Lindsay Collins

Reserves

18. Ethan King

19. Salesi Foketi

20. Dom Young

21. Chad Townsend

22. Benaiah Ioelu

Verdict

Canterbury Bulldogs v Sydney Roosters

Canterbury will score over 24.5 points and cover the 8.5-point line against Sydney with Jacob Kiraz crossing for a try.

Canterbury -8.5

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