4 Pines Park will play host to Friday's Round 15 NRL game between Manly Sea Eagles and Dolphins. The game kicks off at 8:00 pm with Manly Sea Eagles heading into the game as favourites with the bookmakers. Continue reading for our in-depth preview of the Manly Sea Eagles vs. Dolphins game and give you our free tips and bets.

When: Friday June 9, 2023 at 8:00 pm

Where: 4 Pines Park

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A pivotal match in both teams’ seasons, with 10th-placed, 5-1-6 Manly Sea Eagles sitting just one point behind the eighth-placed, 7-6 Dolphins on the NRL ladder.

Manly is coming off the bye, having won only one of their last five matches.

The Sea Eagles thrashed Canberra 42-14 on the road in round 12 before a side missing Daly Cherry-Evans, and Tom and Jake Trbojevic went down 28-18 in Newcastle.

Origin stars DCE and ‘Turbo’ are back on deck, but Jake is sidelined by injury.

In a further backline reshuffle, Reuben Garrick takes Brad Parker’s place at centre and Christian Tuipulotu comes onto the wing. Josh Aloiai also returns from injury on the bench.

The depleted Dolphins’ 30-8 loss to the Warriors last Saturday – after trailing by just two 50 minutes in – kept alive their run of failing to win back-to-back games since their 3-0 start.

They are looking to avoid consecutive games for the first time since Round 5.

The return of Origin hero Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow at fullback allows Kodi Nikorima to go back to five-eighth for the suspended Anthony Milford and late Round 14 withdrawal Jeremy Marshall-King boosts their bid to do that.

Jarrod Wallace’s suspension further erodes their forward depth with Tom Gilbert devastatingly ruled out for the year. Poasa Faamausili and Kurt Donoghoe come into the side this week.

The Sea Eagles have lost their last two at 4 Pines Park and are difficult to get on board with as an 8.5-point favourite.

Meanwhile, four of the five matches at the Brookvale venue have produced 37 points or less.

The hyphenated additions to the Dolphins’ line-up – combined with the form of the likes of Jamayne Isaako, who has five tries in his last three games – should ensure the visitors go very close to a head-to-head upset in this one.

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