Welcome to Wicky’s Punter’s Preview for this weekend’s international rugby league, covering week 2 of the Pacific Championships!
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Kiwis v Toa Samoa (Men)
Sat 21/10, 4pm
Try Scorer Value Tips
Keenan Palasia FTS @ $101 & LTS @ $91 on Sportsbet
Junior Paulo & Stefano Utoikamanu FTS & LTS @ $67-81 on Sportsbet & Topsport
Tyrell May FTS2H @ $101 on Sportsbet
Spencer Leniu FTS2H @ $61-67 on Sportsbet & Pointsbet
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Fiji Bati v Cook Islands Aitu (Men)
Sun 22/10, 4pm
Try Scorer Value Tips
Davvy Moale FTS & LTS @ $101 on Bet365. ATS @ $15 on Bet365.
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Kiwi Ferns v Mate Ma’a (Women)
Sat 21/10, 1.45pm
Some of our key notes for this game are below
- Kiwis have been reshuffled quite a bit from last week – Cheyelle Robins-Reti’s making her debut on the wing & could have some joy down that side.
- Annessa Biddle is naturally a centre but she played wing for NZ last week & now she’s a second rower – great player but we wonder what these positional changes will have + they’ve dropped an in-form Albert-Jones to move Biddle there.
- Plus, there’s no Apii Nicholls at fullback this week who did well defensively v Australia. All this together & Kiwis might be a bit less secure defensively
- Abigail Roache is into the centres for NZ – super exciting player. We tipped her as an outside chance at a good price for POTM in the GF even before Newcastle won the semi & she’s someone who can score multiple tries a game (scored at least 2 doubles in the NRLW). Great to watch as well – repeatedly pierces backlines when making marauding runs.
- Tonga have quite a few NRLW players & Tiana Penitani is the star – try scoring threat as a centre for the Sharks & on the wing for NSW (scored in Origin). Definitely the one to watch in this team although she’s named at halfback here for some reason alongside another NRLW player, Tohi-Hiku.
- We’ve got an eye on China Polata at centre for Tonga as well – really tough tackler at the Cows this year & could probably be a half decent try scorer if given a long rope. The forwards look alright too.
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