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St George Illawarra Dragons vs Sydney Roosters Tips & Preview - Roosters to take ANZAC day clash

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Last updated: 23 Apr 2024

Ryan Tucker 23 Apr 2024

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St George Dragons vs Sydney Roosters expert predictions for Thursday’s Round 8 NRL game
Roosters tipped to win by 12 or less points
James Tedesco expected to continue his strong tryscoring form against the Dragons

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James Tedesco of the Roosters pays his respect during the ANZAC Day ceremony (Getty Images)

St George Illawarra Dragons vs Sydney Roosters Tips

This will be the 23rd time the Dragons and Roosters have met in the traditional ANZAC Day fixture. The Roosters are tipped to win a competitive match by 12 or less points.

St George Illawarra Dragons vs Sydney Roosters Tips
Head to Head
St George Illawarra Dragons Form
St George Illawarra Dragons Team News
St George Illawarra Dragons Team List
Sydney Roosters Form
Sydney Roosters Team News
Sydney Roosters Team List

The Dragons are coming off an upset win over the New Zealand Warriors, but the Roosters should have the finesse to execute and take their chances to win the game.

Sydney have won 8 of the last 10 regular season games against St George
The Roosters have won 4 of the last 5 ANZAC day clashes including a 27-26 victory in 2023
3 of the last 5 ANZAC clashes between these teams have gone Under the Game Total
James Tedesco has scored 5 tries in his last 4 games against St George

Head to Head

The Roosters hold a decisive advantage in the head to head numbers against St George, winning eight of the last 10 covering the line in six of those victories.

It was the Dragons who won the most recent match up 24-22 in Round 12 of last year, covering the line as 6.5 point underdogs.

St George also hold a 12-10 lead in the ANZAC Cup since the inception of the concept in 2002.

St George Illawarra Dragons Form

Since the drama surrounding Zac Lomax’s contract talks subsided the Parramatta Eels recruit is playing like the best outside back in the competition. Lomax scored a try, kicked 4 goals, a 2-point field goal and topped the Run Metres for the Dragons at 184m in the win over the Warriors last weekend.

For a team that has been lacking any support to Ben Hunt in recent years it is a breath of fresh air for Dragons supporters but also a reminder of what the team will lose come the end of the season.

Just as they did in round 6 against the Tigers the majority of the Dragons attack against the Warriors in round 7 came from outside the 20m zone with sweeping formations and breakthrough individual performances. It is great to see but also vulnerable if those specific players are shut down or have a bad day.

St George Illawarra Dragons Team News

Jack Bird is still recovering from a head knock and has been listed in the reserves. The Dragons are unchanged from the team that beat the Warriors last weekend.

St George Illawarra Dragons Team List

1. Tyrell Sloan

2. Christian Tuipulotu

3. Moses Suli

4. Zac Lomax

5. Mikaele Ravalawa

6. Kyle Flanagan

7. Ben Hunt

8. Francis Molo

9. Jacob Liddle

10. Hame Sele

11. Raymond Faitala-Mariner

12. Jaydn Su'A

13. Tom Eisenhuth

Interchange

14. Fa'amanu Brown

15. Blake Lawrie

16. Jack de Belin

17. Ben Murdoch-Masila

Reserves

18. Michael Molo

19. Jack Bird

20. Toby Couchman

21.Viliami Fifita

22. Jesse Marschke

Sydney Roosters Form

The Roosters kept things very close against the joint competition leaders Melbourne last weekend. Sydney went into the game as favourites and were able to defend well against the Stom allowing only four linebreaks in the game.

The problem being though that they had zero linebreaks themselves and had to work extremely hard to gain any type of advantage over one of the best teams in the league.

Sydney conceded 10 penalties in the game helping Melbourne out of their own half on multiple occasions, releasing the defensive pressure that has made the Roosters such a tough team in recent years.

Joey Manu once again proved he is one of the best individual players in the NRL with dynamic tackle breaking runs and calls are growing for coach Trent Robinson to include him more in the game to take advantage of his strength and skill.

Sydney Roosters Team News

Dom Young and Sam Walker both return this week after missing games through suspension and concussion.

Suaalii returns to the centres with Michael Jennings dropping out of the side whilst Connor Watson reverts back to the utlitiy bench role. Zach Dockar-Clay moves to the reserves.

Sydney Roosters Team List

1. James Tedesco

2. Daniel Tupou

3. Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii

4. Joey Manu

5. Dom Young

6. Luke Keary

7. Sam Walker

8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves

9. Brandon Smith

10. Lindsay Collins

11. Angus Crichton

12. Nat Butcher

13. Victor Radley

Interchange

14. Connor Watson

15. Naufahu Whyte

16. Egan Butcher

17. Terrell May

Reserves

18. Michael Jennings

19. Siua Wong

20. Zach Dockar-Clay

21. Xavier Va'a

22. Fetalaiga Pauga

Verdict

St George/Illawarra Dragons v Sydney Roosters

The Roosters hold a big advantage over the Dragons since 2019, but the Dragons are the leaders in the ANZAC Day head to head.

The Roosters are tipped tp win by less than two converted tries with the scores being kept low. James Tedesco has fine tryscoring form against the Dragons, expect him to continue that.

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