Dolphins vs Dragons NRL tips & betting preview | Sunday 17/3/24

March 16, 2024 6:29 am.by Jack Hudson

Dolphins vs St George Dragons Round 2 Preview


Dolphins vs St George Illawarra Dragons NRL Betting Odds & Game Info
Best odds	Dolphins +102 at Bet365 \| Dragons -125 at Neds
When	Sunday, March 17 \| 6.15pm AEST
Where	Kayo Stadium, Redcliffe
Last time they met	Dolphins 26 d Dragons 12 (Rd 13, 2023)
Watch live	Nine, Fox Sports, Kayo

Dolphins vs Dragons NRL Round 2 best bets

St George Dragons Win

-125
@
Neds

Jamayne Isaako Anytime Tryscorer

-117.65
@
Playup

Tyrell Sloan Anytime Tryscorer

+120
@
Unibet

Dolphins vs St George Dragons NRL preview

The final game of round two of the NRL Premiership wraps up in Redcliffe with the Dolphins hosting the St George Dragons at Kayo Stadium. The Dolphins will be playing their first game for their season in front of home fans, aiming to stop the Dragons from a second match in as many weeks.

Dolphins head coach Wayne Bennett has been forced to make two changes with Connelly Lemuelu (injury, knee) and Ray Stone (concussion) both ruled out of this match. Euan Aitken has been named to start in the second row, Max Plath will start at lock, and Jarrod Wallace will come off the interchange bench. Bennett has also opted to replace Tesi Niu with Jake Averillo in the centres and Sean O’Sullivan with Isaiya Katoa in the halves.

St George Illawarra Dragons‘ new head coach Shane Flanagan, will welcome Blake Lawrie to the starting front-row position and Luciano Leilua to the interchange in place of Viliame Fifita and Ben Murdoch-Masila.

Dolphins vs Dragons NRL Round 2 team lists

Dolphins

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
Jamayne Isaako
Jake Averillo
Herbie Farnworth
Jake Bostock
Kodi Nikorima
Isaiya Katoa
Jesse Bromwich
Jeremy Marshall-King
Thomas Flegler
Felise Kaufusi
Euan Aitken
Max Plath
Josh Kerr
Kenneath Bromwich
Mark Nicholls
Jarrod Wallace

St George Dragons

Tyrell Sloan
Zac Lomax
Moses Suli
Jack Bird
Mikaele Ravalawa
Kyle Flanagan
Ben Hunt
Francis Molo
Jacob Liddle
Blake Lawrie
Tom Eisenhuth
Jaydn Su’a
Jack De Belin
Connor Muhleisen
Michael Molo
Raymond Faitala-Mariner
Luciano Leilua

Dolphins vs Dragons tips 17/3/2024

While the Dragons have lost thirteen of their last fourteen interstate matches, they appear to be a completely different side under coach Flanagan with the leadership of captain and halfback Ben Hunt on the field. When these two sides last met, the Dragons were without captain Hunt and front row enforcer Blake Lawrie. Based on their match in the first game of the season, $1.80 is a great value play for the Dragons to win in Redcliffe with the top Australian bookies.

Jamayne Isaako was in career-best form at the end of 2023 as the leading point-scorer and second-leading try-scorer in the NRL. He has an elite ability to score tries, scoring at least one try in six of the Dolphins’ last seven games. Expect his try-scoring streak to continue as he makes it seven from eight tries at any time ($1.85) during the match on Sunday.

Tyrell Sloan had a phenomenal start to his 2024 season last weekend, scoring the first try on the second minute of the match and going on to record a hat trick against the Titans on the Gold Coast. He appears to have a newfound confidence in the better attacking structure under coach Flanagan and $2.20 is great value to score a try at any time during the match.