Round 3, Raiders (Team List Here) versus Sharks (Team List Here) Match Preview Sunday 19th of March 6:15 pm kick-off GIO Stadium, Canberra.

THE GIST

The Canberra Raiders will host the Cronulla Sharks in game eight, round three National Rugby League Telstra Premiership in 2023; It doesn’t get more competitive in round three as these two fight it out for another two points; the Raiders tried hard in their clash with the new kids on the block but yet again fell short when the game was on the line, desperation comes to mind for the Raiders to get this win against a formidable Sharkies who were successful in their last encounter with Eels, lots of spark in this one, careful though Sharkies your record away against the Raiders has been pretty bad lately!

-> THE HISTORY

Since 1998, these two have played each other in forty-seven separate outings, and the Raiders lead the way, winning fifty-one per cent of all clashes; out of the last five home game clashes against the Sharkies, the Raiders have won four out of five, “yep 80% good luck Sharkies”, the last time these two teams played the Raiders were victorious 30-10.

-> CURRENT FORM

In Round two, the Raiders lost in a close one to the Dolphins 20-14, and the Sharkies just beat the Eels 30-26.

-> POINT SCORING

The Raiders are averaging sixteen points a match, and the Sharks have averaged twenty-four points.

-> DEFENSE

On average, the Raiders have been leaking twenty points a match in 2023, while the Sharks, on average, twenty-seven points a match.

->WHO WINS?

PREDICTION

Canberra Raiders