New Zealand Warriors vs Canterbury Bulldogs Tips, Odds and Free Bonus Bets – NRL 2022

Mt Smart Stadium will play host to Friday's Round 22 NRL game between New Zealand Warriors and Canterbury Bulldogs. The game kicks off at 8:00 pm with Canterbury Bulldogs heading into the game as favourites with the bookmakers. Continue reading for our in-depth preview of the New Zealand Warriors vs. Canterbury Bulldogs game and give you our free tips and bets.

When: Friday August 12, 2022 at 8:00 pm

Where: Mt Smart Stadium

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New Zealand Warriors vs Canterbury Bulldogs Preview

The third edition of the Warriors’ homecoming series sees them striving to pull away from wooden spoon danger against the wildcard team of the bottom half.

The Warriors hit their lowest point of Stacey Jones’ interim tenure, thrashed 48-10 by Souths in a putrid defensive display. They leaked eight tries in the opening 56 minutes with embarrassing ease before the Rabbitohs took their foot off the gas.

The nomadic side – seemingly bereft of confidence and attacking ideas – has now lost 11 of their last 12 games. Beset by injuries, the Warriors have recalled Daejarn Asi at five-eighth and Wayde Egan reverts to hooker, while Vilami Vailea is back at centre and Eliesa Katoa comes onto the bench

Canterbury pushed high-flying North Queensland all the way in Bundaberg on Sunday. The Bulldogs rocketed to a 10-0 lead on the back of in-form superstars Josh Addo-Carr and Matt Burton, while they still led with 20 minutes left. If the season was a few rounds longer, Mick Potter’s misfits would be genuine finals contenders.

In the Bulldogs’ only change, rookie Harrison Edwards comes into the 17 for the unavailable Tevita Pangai Jr.

The Warriors have won their last three against the Bulldogs, including a comfortably 24-10 victory at Redcliffe late last season. The Bulldogs’ last victory at Mt Smart Stadium was back in 2012.

The Mt Smart factor is about the only element working in the Warriors’ favour in the lead-up to this one. They dominated the Tigers and were more than competitive against the Storm at their spiritual home.

But it’s hard to see where their points are going to come from (they haven’t scored more than three tries in their past seven games) and effervescent Bulldogs offence will be licking its lips at the prospect of lining up against the NRL’s most porous defence.

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