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Sydney Roosters vs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Tips – Round 24

Roosters fight for finals. Bulldogs push for top four. • 2025-08-15 20:00 • Allianz Stadium

Same Game Multi
$6.50
Confidence 63%
  • Roosters +2.5 $1.91
  • Under 41.5 $1.91
  • Daniel Tupou anytime $2.10

Why: Bulldogs defence slows the game which supports the under. Roosters right edge has the cleanest avenue which suits a tight cover. The same script leans to Tupou as the finish.

Best Value Tryscorer

$2.10

Daniel Tupou anytime

Bulldogs have conceded 12 tries to opposition right wingers. Roosters score 33% of tries down the right. Tupou has scored in 50% of games.

Other props: Mark Nawaqanitawase anytime ($2.05), Jacob Preston anytime ($3.50), Jethro Rinakama anytime ($2.15)

Match Preview

Territory And Tempo

Expect a finals style grind with territory at a premium. The Bulldogs bring the number one defence for tries conceded and average only sixteen points against which drags totals down. The Roosters have surged with attack in the last fortnight yet their season profile still sits at twenty six for and twenty three against which points to a score line below the league average. Completion and ruck speed also lean to a measured game with the Bulldogs at seventy eight percent completion and a slightly slower play the ball than the Roosters at three point five seven seconds versus three point four three seconds. At home the Roosters have been starting well with a seventy five percent score first strike but the Dogs are stubborn and tidy. With top eight stakes for the Roosters and top four seeding for the Bulldogs both coaches will value yardage sets and kicking discipline over chaos. That style naturally favours the under forty one point five and a tight margin rather than a blowout.

Edge Lanes And Tryscorer Angles

The clearest attacking lane is the Roosters right edge. They produce thirty three percent of their tries down that corridor and face the Bulldogs left edge which has conceded nineteen edge tries including twelve to opposition right wingers. The matchup puts Sam Walker and Robert Toia feeding Daniel Tupou in the air over Enari Tuala with Kikau and Preston jamming in. The Roosters also lead their own right wing column with seventeen tries which underlines repeat opportunities for a kick to corner or a quick catch and finish. Tedesco’s support through the channel keeps the defence honest but the primary finisher remains Tupou. If the Roosters score it is most likely on that edge which aligns directly with the anytime leg.

Market View And SGM Rationale

Books have set Bulldogs minus two point five and forty one point five total which implies a two or three point game. Given the Dogs defence and the Roosters home lift the value sits with Roosters plus two point five to cover in a one score contest. The same defensive tilt and venue controlled tempo support the under forty one point five. To complete the multi we ride the highest percentage finishing lane with Daniel Tupou anytime around two dollars ten. The legs point to the same script. A grind through the middle. Field position traded by long kicks from Burton and Walker. One or two decisive right edge moments for the Roosters while the Bulldogs keep the lid on the total. This produces a correlated Same Game Multi at a realistic combined price.

Team Lists & Changes

Sydney Roosters

Home

Ins

  • Blake Steep
  • Junior Tupou
  • Sandon Smith
  • Taylor Losalu
  • Zach Dockar-Clay

Outs

  • Siua Wong

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Away

Ins

  • Connor Tracey
  • Jake Turpin
  • Kurtis Morrin
  • Toby Sexton

Outs

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Why This Matters

Radley starts at lock. Whyte moves to prop. Egan Butcher starts on the right edge. Bench rotation adds Steep. Bulldogs name the same seventeen. Tracey sits in reserves which keeps Kiraz at fullback.

Squad changes driving edge, totals and SGM angles.

Head to Head & Form

Sydney Roosters — Form Notes

Last few weeks
Three wins from five. Scored 84 points in the last two games. Win rate versus top eight sits at 42%. Score first in 75% of games.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs — Form Notes

Last few weeks
Four wins from five. Defence ranks first for tries conceded. Win rate versus bottom nine sits at 92%. Beat the Warriors 32 to 14 last start.

Recent History

H2H
Bulldogs lead three to two across the last five. Round eleven finished Bulldogs 24 to 20 after trailing 14 to 0 at the break. Roosters won 26 to 8 in 2024.

Key Matchups

Walker and Tupou versus Kikau and Tuala on the Bulldogs left edge. Collins versus King through the middle. Tedesco kick returns versus Burton long kicking.

X-Factors

Sam Walker for shape and short kicks. James Tedesco on broken play. Viliame Kikau as a momentum swing.

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