Super League Round 19

[andy1965]

Wigan v Harlequins
Wigan again proving to be unpredictable,should win this home game.They need to string a few results together and with Saints and Leeds coming up soon this has to be a banker.No players are on England duty so no excuses,On the handicap though +14 around for Quins looks very tempting and with the unpredictability i ve mentioned about Wigan gets my vote.Wigan win,but Quins on the handicap.
Leeds v Castleford
Afew of the Leeds squad on England duty so will be fielding a weakened 13,now Cas have already beat Leeds this year so wont need any encouragement to repeat that.Leeds are running cold at the moment,and Cas will be looking to take advantage of the weakened Leeds outfit.I expect Leeds still to have just enough to see off Cas,but again the handicap around +14 for Cas could be good value.
Bradford v Hull KR
Bradford stoppedthe rot last week so go into this game in better mood,you would fancy them to follow that victory up with a win against HullKR.I would also be confident of them beating the handicap of -12.I know they are still affected by injuries but go for Bulls on the handicap.
Hull v WarringtonGleeson and Morley on England duty will be a big loss to the Wires who are hoping to bounce back after defeat last week,Hull are still struggling to hit any kind of a run,and will be hoping to put a good 80mins in,rather than the 40 of late.A tricky one to call and im swinging towards a home win,they are due to have some luck and i feel this could be the week.
ST Helens v Huddersfield
Saints have seven players on duty for England Wellens,Roby,Graham,Gardner,Pryce,Wilkin and Fa asavalu,a lot of experience and a big hole left,Huddersfield will be looking to take advantage of that and i suppose will be glad of the weakened Saints side especially the way Saints have been blowing away all their opponents of late.11games unbeaten and despite losing half ateam Saints will still prove a tough nut to crack,so maybe a little flutter on Huddersfield-14 could be the value here.

Again Good Luck
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[mathewjamie17]

Andy- according to the Super League website all of St Helens players who played for England on friday night are set to play again for the saints today if they are aren't injured,Bradford,St Helens and Warrington also have players who played on friday in their squad today.
St Helens did have alot of their players playing for England on friday so surely they all cant be expected to play too much today can they? maybe with the exeption of Roby who plays in short stints anyway everyone else will be nackered which could even lead to a Huddersfield win,saying that id feel much more comfortable taking the +16 handicap.
Martin Gleeson is in Warringtons squad today but Adrian Morley is rested,Im not too sure about Hull i watched them against Bradford last week and they were simply awful at times and were soundly beaten and not for the first time this season.
Warrington are the better team in attack so for that reason alone im going to go small stakes on a Warrington win here today.
I really fancy Bradford -10 against Hull KR today because all the lads will want to give Shontayne Hape the best possible send off in his last game before he moves over to rugby union,Wayne Godwin is back after 5 weeks out through injury so we have more options at hooker,Sam Burgess is named in the squad despite playing for England.
Clint Newton and Shaun Briscoe are out for Hull KR which is a big loss for them but Mick Vella returns.
Shontayne to have a stormer in his final game and Bradford -10 for me
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[andy1965]

Good call on Wires Matty,i do believe though they were lucky.Bradford as we stated were just too good for HullKR and won pretty convincingly.
Saints did manage to overcome Huddersfield just thats why i have said weeks ago they are looking favourites to win it now.What a difference a month makes,Leeds were out of sight then and being tipped for everything.Should make the rest of season tasty.
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