McDonald Jones Stadium will play host to Friday's Round 17 NRL game between Newcastle Knights and Cronulla Sharks. The game kicks off at 6:00 pm with Newcastle Knights heading into the game as favourites with the bookmakers. Continue reading for our in-depth preview of the Newcastle Knights vs. Cronulla Sharks game and give you our free tips and bets.
When: Friday September 4, 2020 at 6:00 pm
Where: McDonald Jones Stadium
Bet: Bet On This Match HERE
Newcastle Knights vs Cronulla Sharks Odds
Newcastle Knights vs Cronulla Sharks Preview
One of Round 17’s better contests looks likely to take place between the Knights and the Sharks on Friday evening.
These two clubs currently occupy positions seven and eight on the NRL ladder and should the Sharks win, it will be almost impossible for any other club to fight their way into a finals berth.
The Knights have well and truly fallen out of form recently.
They just struggled to get the result over a few lowly clubs, and were well and truly blown off the park by a resurgent Warriors side in Round 16, 36-6.
I personally think that they are no chance of winning the Premiership, and this game will likely consolidate it.
The Sharks, on the other hand, have been pretty good.
It’s tough to line up a laststart win over the Cowboys, because everyone is beating the Cowboys, but they have returned some tough performances against other top eight sides, and I think they’ll be winning this.
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Head To Head Bet
We're tipping Cronulla Sharks to win at $2.15 odds.
First Try Scorer
First Try Scorer: Sione Katoa at $8.50.
Newcastle Knights vs Cronulla Sharks Teams
Knights team: 1. Kalyn Ponga 2. Starford To’a 3. Enari Tuala 4. Gehamat Shibasaki 5. Hymel Hunt 6. Mason Lino 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. David Klemmer 9. Kurt Mann 10. Jacob Saifiti 11. Lachlan Fitzgibbon 12. Aidan Guerra 13. Mitchell Barnett 14. Phoenix Crossland 15. Herman Ese’ese 16. Josh King 17. Brodie Jones 18. Tex Hoy 19. Jirah Momoisea 20. Tautau Moga 21. Chris Randall
Sharks team: 1. Will Kennedy 2. Sione Katoa 3. Josh Dugan 4. Jesse Ramien 5. Ronaldo Mulitalo 6. Braydon Trindall 7. Chad Townsend 8. Braden Hamlin-Uele 9. Blayke Brailey 10. Aaron Woods 11. Briton Nikora 12. Wade Graham 13. Toby Rudolf 14. Connor Tracey 15. Scott Sorensen 16. Siosifa Talakai 17. Royce Hunt 18. Jack Williams 19. Bryson Goodwin 20. Teig Wilton 21. Andrew Fifita