Cowboys vs Warriors NRL betting tips & top odds – 19/8/2022

August 17, 2022 10:12 am.by Harry Ramage

Cowboys v Warriors


North Queensland Cowboys vs New Zealand Warriors NRL Betting Odds & Game Info
Best odds	Cowboys $1.11 at BetOnline \| Warriors $6.75 at BetOnline
When	Friday, August 19 \| 6pm AEST
Where	Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville
Last time they met	Warriors 25-24 Cowboys (Rd 5, 2022)
Watch live	Fox Sports, Kayo

Friday Night Footy in Round 23 gets underway in Townsville when the North Queensland Cowboys take on the New Zealand Warriors.

The Cowboys were brought back down to earth with a tough loss to the Roosters in their last start, while the Warriors ran up the score in a big win over the Bulldogs.

The Cowboys had a lot of attention on them after the sudden passing of their former coach Paul Green and unsurprisingly they came up flat. Many players and staff had strong connections with the premiership winning coach, and the most unexpected curve-ball played a massive factor in what was a flat performance.

They’ll get a good chance to bounce back this weekend when they take on the Warriors, who have struggled mightily away from home in the back half of this season.

After the wretched week the club endured last week, this is the exact kind of game that a young team needs as they attempt to get their run to the NRL finals back on track.

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They come in as a $1.11 favourites with BetOnline and are being given a -19.5 point head start by the bookmakers. Do take some caution with that line as the last time the Cowboys were so heavily favoured, the Tigers almost embarrassed them.

Jeremiah Nanai almost caught a cold with the lack of football he saw against the Roosters, so be sure to get him in the betting slips as an anytime tryscorer.

The 13+ margin will be backed off the map, and it’s hard to mount a case against it.

The Warriors enjoyed themselves with a big win at home last week but a trip across to Townsville shapes as an enormous task. It’s a tough trip to make at the best of times, but given what their opposition has to play for, it feels impossible for them to get the win.

The +19.5 could be fun to bet on in this one if you’re a Warriors fan. Their last trip to the Sunshine Coast saw them fail to keep it under that line in a big loss, but their previous two away games saw them keep the margin below that +19.5 line.

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak is the best option to score for the Warriors. He has quietly had a terrific season and it was capped off with a long-range intercept try last week. He will get some chances to finish off a backline move down the right edge.

Key matchup: Scott Drinkwater vs Reece Walsh

Fullbacks who are young and have not a care in the world should mean the Townsville fans are treated to some moments of magic.

Cowboys vs Warriors betting predictions

The Cowboys win by 18 points. They might not blow the Warriors away, but they will have some patches in this game where they look like the Cowboys of earlier in the season.