NRL Tips – Eels v Bulldogs – Round 3 2025

Parramatta Eels vs Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs - NRL Tips

One of the biggest rivalries in Rugby League sees its next chapter play out and unlike much of the last decade, it will be the Bulldogs who are heavily favoured.

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Under 46.5
Total Points

Paramatta have been shamefully horrific this year and look to be well in contention for another spoon. Canterbury are unbeaten and despite injuries to Matt Burton and Viliame Kikau, are heavily favoured.

The Eels deserve to be big underdogs but at this time of year we don’t bet against big dogs at home so the top play in this one is the under.

There is no more reliable under from a head-to-head matchup than the Eels and Bulldogs. In the last 19 clashes between the two old rivals, 16 have gone under the total.

The under hits at 67% when a team in the opening four rounds comes off conceding 18 or more.

The under is 12-6 when the Bulldogs are off scoring 28-plus and the under has hit in 10 of 14 Round 1-4 Bulldogs games across the last four years.

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Stephen Crichton Try/Jacob Preston Try
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The left edge of the Eels defence is horrific so happy to be with two Bulldogs right edge players.

Stephen Crichton scored three tries in his first two games against the Eels in the blue and white.

Jacob Preston has 13 tries in 40 games and his hard running will help him no end here.


Value Bet

Blake Wilson
To Score 2+ Tries

It is really hard to quantify how bad the Eels left edge defence is. Will Penisini is a complete turnstile. He has been exposed over and over again. Wilson is a consumate pro who always holds his line and is going to go over untouched a lot in this one. The only worry is if someone inside him also gets the dream passage.

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