{"id":400712,"date":"2024-06-07T01:14:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T01:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=400712"},"modified":"2024-06-07T03:05:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T03:05:51","slug":"experts-predict-grim-fall-for-origin-ravaged-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=400712","title":{"rendered":"Experts predict grim fall for Origin-ravaged Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/new-zealand-warriors\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Warriors\">Warriors<\/a> are firming as a strong chance to keep their hot streak rolling when they head to Townsville on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Auckland outfit endured a rough patch, before consecutive wins against the flying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/penrith-panthers\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Panthers\">Panthers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/the-dolphins-26f4\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Dolphins\">Dolphins<\/a> heading into a round 13 bye.<\/p>\n<p>And now they come up against a severely weakened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/north-queensland-cowboys\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"North Queensland\">North Queensland<\/a> side that has been ravaged by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/state-of-origin\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"State of Origin\">State of Origin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/t20-world-cup-2024-news-united-states-shocks-pakistan-in-super-over-win-20240607-p5jjzj.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>USA scores &#x27;greatest upset in World Cup history&#x27;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/the-mole-exclusive-2024-womens-state-of-origin-game-two-nsw-queensland-player-ratings-20240606-p5jjyp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The alarming stat that haunted Blues in narrow loss<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/tennis\/french-open-2024-coco-gauff-loss-iga-swiatek-bursts-into-tears-umpire-clash-calls-for-replays-20240607-p5jjzs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Gauff in tears at &#x27;awful&#x27; call during semi-final loss<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Six Cowboys stars played in Wednesday night&#x27;s interstate clash in Sydney and are not expected to back up at NRL level this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"1ceacdd8-e902-4900-8df6-63647875cc16\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/1ceacdd8-e902-4900-8df6-63647875cc16\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"3500\" data-height=\"1969\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Val Holmes, Murray Taulagi, Tom Dearden, Reece Robson, Jeremiah Nanai, and Reuben Cotter have all been named in the reserves for Saturday&#x27;s game, but none in the starting side.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, Wide World of Sports&#x27; experts are divided over who will win the contest.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Johns and Darren Lockyer both believe the Warriors will win the game.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys would generally be considered red-hot favourites to get the job done at home.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch the 2024 NRL premiership live and free on Nine and<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/9now.app.link\/NGHBKQkVweb\"><em><strong>9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Warriors are still missing veteran halfback Shaun Johnson due to injury, but are otherwise close to full strength.<\/p>\n<p>A win on the road in Townsville would be another huge scalp for the Warriors are they continue their climb back towards the top eight.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Scroll below for the current leaderboard and Round 14 tips by all Nine&#x27;s expert tipsters!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"05f49535-9305-48cf-8769-61fada1aa2f2\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/05f49535-9305-48cf-8769-61fada1aa2f2\" alt=\"Tipping leaderboard.\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrew Johns<\/strong>: Dragons, Titans, Warriors, Broncos, Knights, Sea Eagles, Eels<\/p>\n<p><strong>Darren Lockyer<\/strong>: Dragons, Titans, Warriors, Broncos, Storm, Panthers, Bulldogs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Gallen<\/strong>: Dragons, Rabbitohs, Cowboys, Sharks, Storm, Panthers, Eels\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Middleton<\/strong>: Dragons, Titans, Warriors, Broncos, Storm, Panthers, Eels\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mat Thompson<\/strong>: Dragons, Rabbitohs, Cowboys, Broncos, Storm, Sea Eagles, Eels\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter Psaltis<\/strong>: Dragons, Titans, Cowboys, Broncos, Storm, Panthers, Bulldogs\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Chammas<\/strong>: Dragons, Rabbitohs, Warriors, Broncos, Storm, Sea Eagles, Bulldogs\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Mole<\/strong>\ufeff: Dragons, Titans, Warriors, Broncos, Storm, Panthers, Eels<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\ufeff<\/em><\/strong><strong>Ben Glover<\/strong>\ufeff: Dragons, Titans, Warriors, Broncos, Storm, Panthers, Eels<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Warriors are firming as a strong chance to keep their hot streak rolling when they head to Townsville on Saturday. 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