Team-list/conditions update: tip now Roosters by around 4.
Knights
11-8
Roosters
✓13-5
Roosters - too close to call
Knights
Handle the wet - 2 from 2 in rain or heavy conditions.
Ice in the clutch - 5 of 8 games decided by six or less have gone their way.
Out of sorts - on a 3-game losing run.
Roosters
Strong finishers - outscore opponents by 3.9 points after half-time on average.
Red-hot - riding a 4-game winning streak.
Fortress at home - 7-2 on their own deck this season.
💬 FormPicks Commentary
This is a genuine coin flip. The Roosters are the hotter team right now with four wins on the trot and they finish games hard, outscoringopponents by nearly four points after half-time on average. But the Knights have the home ground advantage and they've been a fortress at McDonald Jones all year, winning seven of nine. They're also ice in the clutch when games tighten up, winning five of their last eight decided by six points or less. Fine conditions favour neither side particularly, so the key thing to watch is whether Newcastle's closing record holds up against a Roosters outfit that knows how to put teams away in the second half.
Team Stats · Head to Head
How each side is actually playing, and the meters behind it - season form, the last 5, and their most recent game.
Momentum
Knights
Roosters
Last Game Key Callouts
vKnightsvRoostersRun metres Down 373m on their last 5 average
Tackle breaks Down 11 on their last 5 average
Set distance Down 8m on their last 5 average
The Meters Behind It
Run metres
Post-contact metres
Line breaks
Tackle breaks
Offloads
Kick metres
Completion
Set distance
Errors
Missed tackles
Effective tackle %
Penalties conceded
Full-game team stats harvested after each round. Blue marks the stronger side in each column - fewer errors, missed tackles and penalties count as better.
Team news & line-ups
Knights - out
- Kalyn Ponga · Fullback−3
- Dane Gagai · Centre−1.4
Roosters: full-strength side named.
Knights
- 2Dominic Young
- 3Fletcher Hunt
- 4Bradman Best
- 5Greg Marzhew
- 6Fletcher Sharpe
- 7Dylan Brown
- 8Tyson Frizell (c)
- 9Phoenix Crossland (c)
- 10Trey Mooney
- 11Dylan Lucas
- 12Francis Manuleleua
- 13Mat Croker
Interchange
- 14Sandon Smith
- 15Cody Hopwood
- 17Thomas Cant
Roosters
- 1James Tedesco (c)
- 2Daniel Tupou
- 3Billy Smith
- 4Robert Toia
- 5Mark Nawaqanitawase
- 6Daly Cherry-Evans
- 7Sam Walker
- 8Naufahu Whyte
- 9Reece Robson
- 10Spencer Leniu
- 11Nat Butcher
- 12Siua Wong
- 13Victor Radley
Interchange
- 14Hugo Savala
- 15Salesi Foketi
- 16Egan Butcher
- 17Connor Watson
Named squads from the official team lists. “Out” compares the named side to each team's recent first-choice; the figure is the projected points swing.
Season form guide
Predictions are statistical estimates built from public NRL match data for information only - not betting advice, and not derived from bookmaker odds. Past performance is not indicative of future results.