Engage Super League

Harlequins v Hull KR



Sunday 19th April 2009, 15:00 BST

Ladbrokes and Extrabet are a standout on Hull KR this weekend and quite frankly I am at a loss for reasoning behind this. Both of these teams have made very encouraging starts to the 2009 Super League season but there is a little bit of a difference in terms of the quality of the opposition that the sides have despatched; Harlequins have not gained a significant scalp yet this season as they have mainly beaten teams either low in overall quality or out of form whereas Hull KR have gained an incredible win at St Helens and recently claimed another Hull derby victory at the KC stadium. If you ask me who is the more likely play off candidate of the two, I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Hull KR.

In terms of team news Harlequins should be pretty much at full strength with the exception of Joe Mbu and Hull KR will be without Nick Fozzard and Rhys Lovegrove. The lack of Fozzard in the Rovers team will encourage Quins no doubt but there is still enough quality within the ranks to see off the London team.

Engage Super League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
1	St Helens	9	8	0	1	241	122	16
2	Leeds	10	7	0	3	239	130	14
3	Huddersfield	10	7	0	3	232	157	14
4	Wakefield	10	7	0	3	239	181	14
5	Castleford	9	6	0	3	217	183	12
6	Hull KR	9	5	1	3	208	167	11
7	Harlequins RL	8	5	0	3	230	162	10
8	Hull	10	5	0	5	214	210	10
9	Catalans Dragons	10	4	0	6	236	258	8
10	Wigan	10	3	0	7	198	213	6
11	Warrington	10	3	0	7	209	296	6
12	Salford	10	3	0	7	162	343	6
13	Bradford	9	2	1	6	169	249	5
14	Celtic Crusaders	8	0	0	8	110	233	0

The difference in quality of personnel is slightly in the favour of Rovers, the teams both have capabilities of over-achieving and there is obviously going to be a bit of home advantage to Quins. I make the 100% pricing around the 1.8 Home, 2.25 Away region and therefore see Ladbrokes and Extrabet's offering of 2.38 on Hull KR as being significantly enough out of lane and is in my opinion a terrific value bet.

Watch out for try machine Peter Fox who will no doubt have hopes of continuing his rich vein of scoring form and stay at the top of the try scorers chart. I'd like to have a dabble on him to score anytime but cannot see value in the 1.91 available in what could be a fairly closely fought encounter.

RECOMMENDATION - 2 Points on Hull KR 2.38 Ladbrokes, "Extrabet "

Crafty Stan