Both the Cowboys and the Raiders were well beaten last weekend but only one team projects to show up in a strong bounceback spot.
Best Bet
Canberra are a chips-in job here getting an utterly ridiculous 6.5 points against the weak-willed Cowboys.
North Queensland were downright embarrassing last week when conceding 42 at home to a very ordinary Broncos team.
Canberra did something similar against Manly but were well in the contest until a late sin bin led to the blowout.
The Cowboys have covered just two of their last 12 at home which is extremely telling as to how weak they are and how overrated by the market they are.
The Raiders bounce back well off a poor defensive showing, covering nine straight off allowing 40.
They also travel well with five covers in their last six road games.
Very keen on the Raiders plus.
Insights
At Home 🏠: North Queensland has struggled to cover the spread at home, with only 2 covers in their last 9 home games.
As Favourites 🌟: North Queensland has only covered the spread 2 times in their last 9 games as favourites. 🛑
Conceded More Than 40 Points Last Game 🔔: When Canberra has conceded more than 40 points, they have bounced back with a win in 7 out of the last 9 games, and covered the spread in 13 out of the last 15 games. 🔥
Same Game Multi
Xavier Savage has been a very good tryscorer this season with 11 in 20 games.
Hudson Young has 32 tries across the last three seasons and is arguably the best tryscoring backrower in the game.
Value Bet
Big Papa has been in outstanding tryscoring form and is great value to get over against a very soft Cowboys middle. Papalii crossed last week and now has two tries in his last five games.
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