BRISBANE BRONCOS V WEST TIGERS Friday 10:45 am Live on Setanta
Having had a pretty disrupted few weeks due to Origin commitments, this Broncos side will be glad to be getting back to relative normality and taking on a Tigers side that is having a pretty impressive season.
But is it really normality? Not exactly, without Lockyer, Hodges and Wallace Brisbane are not exactly at what you would consider full strength. It is because this that the handicap is so low.
Even with Tigers being a pretty decent side in the NRL and considering the missing stars, this handicap is a little low and backing against the Broncos at Suncorp is not something to do lightly. If those three aforementioned guys were playing, I would have expected the handicap mark to be more like 14.
Take Broncos to overcome the start.
RECOMMENDATION -4 PTSBroncos -4 @1.91 (General)

LEEDS RHINOS V ST HELENS Friday 7:30pm Live on Sky Sports 2
Lets forget the table for just one moment.
This Saints side is not much different from the treble winning side that destroyed all and sundry in 2006. Last year they won the regular season title but were beaten by a street-wise Leeds outfit that has been on the crest of a wave ever since. Time for a reversal.
Last week Leeds were out hustled by a fairly ordinary Harlequins unit and didn't look like the team that has steamrollered most that it has encountered this season that they are. Saints, by complete contrast, overcame a sticky start to completely pulverise Bradford. The form of Saints is absolutely red hot and their desire for revenge will be undoubted.
This price is a pretty generous one I think, so I shall be advising you to pile in on a Saints win. They should be too hot to handle for the table toppers and I would expect a real battle for the regular season title.
RECOMMENDATION - 3 PTS St Helens @ 2.5 (Sportingbet.com, Extrabet)
Crafty Stan 19th June 2008