New Zealand Warriors vs Canberra Raiders Tips, Odds and Free Bonus Bets – NRL 2022

Moreton Daily Stadium will play host to Saturday's Round 8 NRL game between New Zealand Warriors and Canberra Raiders. The game kicks off at 3:00 pm with New Zealand Warriors heading into the game as favourites with the bookmakers. Continue reading for our in-depth preview of the New Zealand Warriors vs. Canberra Raiders game and give you our free tips and bets.

When: Saturday April 30, 2022 at 3:00 pm

Where: Moreton Daily Stadium

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A pair of teams in a similar plight after heavy Round 7 losses.

The 3-4 Warriors have been the more impressive of the two overall in 2022, chalking up three straight increasingly encouraging wins before a tough loss to the Roosters. They were gallant in trailing the Storm just 16-10 at halftime on Anzac Day despite gifting the heavyweights three tries.

But Nathan Brown’s charge thrust themselves into a harsh spotlight by conceding a ridiculous 54 points in a 31-minute period after the break, sinking to a pathetic club-record 70-10 loss that also cost them Josh Curran and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak due to injury and Aaron Pene via suspension.

In the only non-enforced change, hapless winger Ed Kosi has been dropped to the reserves. Round 1 centres Rocco Berry and Viliami Vailea have been named on the flanks, while Eliesa Katoa and Jack Murchie join the bench.

Canberra is on a four-match slide, culminating in a 36-6 loss at Penrith in which the Raiders competed for 55 minutes. The Raiders are among the weaker attacking sides this season and are averaging just 13.4 points. Elliott Whitehead is a key inclusion this week.

The Raiders have won five of their last six against the Warriors away from Canberra. Last season the Warriors overturned a 21-point deficit to edge the empty-bench Raiders 34-31 at GIO Stadium but the Green Machine returned the favour in Mackay, winning 28-16 with two tries in the last two minutes.

Both sides were murdered in the running metres department in Round 7, failing to break the 800-metre mark as a team and being outrun to the tune of 1,000-plus metres by their rampaging opponents.

The Warriors’ pack has been superior to the Raiders’ so far this season, though Curran is a big loss and there’s little in it on paper. The key for the surrogate hosts is Shaun Johnson, who was clearly playing injured on Monday.

The Warriors are 3-0 at their Redcliffe base and should bounce back harder after being (deservedly) pilloried this week and playing some half-decent footy over the past month outside of one diabolical half-hour period at AAMI Park.

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