Titans vs Warriors Round 23 Tips, Prediction & Preview

Andrew Hendrie: Aug 4, 2023

Gold Coast Titans will be chasing their fourth straight win over the New Zealand Warriors when the two sides clash on Friday night in NRL Round 23 action.

Titans vs Warriors Tips, Preview & Predictions

Gold Coast Titans vs New Zealand Warriors free Round 23 NRL betting tips, predictions and expert tips – Titans have won four of the last five meetings between the teams…

Gold Coast Titans vs New Zealand Warriors H2H Prediction

Gold Coast Titans vs New Zealand Warriors Tips

Best Titans +8.5 line odds $1.91 with bet365

Titans have won four of the last five meetings
Warriors haven’t won four games in a row all season
Titans have covered a +8.5 line in six of their last seven games
Alofiana Khan-Pereira has scored five tries in his last six games
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak has scored 14 tries in his last nine games
Phil Sami has scored a try in three of his last four games

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Gold Coast Titans vs New Zealand Warriors Match Details

🇦🇺 Competition: NRL
🗓 Date: Friday August 4
⏰ Time: 6.00pm AEST
🏟 Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium (Gold Coast)

Gold Coast Titans vs New Zealand Warriors Head to Head

3/9/22: Warriors 26-27 Titans
19/3/22: Titans 20-18 Warriors
5/9/21: Titans 44-0 Warriors
13/3/21: Warriors 19-6 Titans
10/7/20: Titans 16-12 Warriors

Gold Coast Titans vs New Zealand Warriors Preview & Prediction

An intriguing showdown awaits in the first game on Friday night as the Titans play host to the Warriors at Cbus Super Stadium.

The Warriors have put together an outstanding campaign to be flying high in third spot on the ladder after 22 rounds.

With five winnable games remaining, the Warriors should be confident of locking down a top four finish and double chance in the finals.

The Warriors are fresh off the bye and have won their last three games, but interestingly, they haven’t won four games in a row all season, seeing their streak snapped at three on three separate occasions.

Meanwhile, the Titans kept their faint finals hopes alive with a tremendous 22-13 upset victory over the in-form Cowboys last week.

Gold Coast often struggle in defence, but they were superb in that area last week, keeping a rampant Cowboys attack to nil in the second half.

The Titans had lost three of their previous four games by four points or less, so they haven’t been too far away in recent times and have a great shot as big underdogs here.

VERDICT

No doubt the Warriors deserve to be where they are on the ladder, but I’m still not totally convinced. Since May, the Warriors have only beaten the Bulldogs, Dolphins, Raiders (twice), Dragons, Eels (without their Origin stars) and a slumping Sharks side.

The Titans can beat anyone on their day and if they can produce the same defensive effort as last week, they are every chance on Friday night. Gold Coast have won three straight against the Warriors and I wouldn’t be surprised if they made it four here (Best Titans +8.5 line odds $1.91 with bet365.)

Gold Coast Titans vs New Zealand Warriors Teams

Titans team: 1. AJ Brimson 2. Alofiana Khan-Pereira 3. Brian Kelly 4. Aaron Schoupp 5. Phillip Sami 6. Kieran Foran 7. Tanah Boyd 8. Moeaki Fotuaika 9. Sam Verrills 10. Isaac Liu 11. David Fifita 12. Joe Stimson 13. Erin Clark 14. Jayden Campbell 15. Chris Randall 16. Klese Haas 17. Iszac Fa’asumaleaui 18. Keano Kini 19. Jacob Alick 20. Jo Vuna 21. Kruise Leeming 22. Ken Maumalo

Warriors team: 1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 3. Rocco Berry 4. Adam Pompey 5. Marcelo Montoya 6. Luke Metcalf 7. Shaun Johnson 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 9. Wayde Egan 10. Mitchell Barnett 11. Jackson Ford 12. Marata Niukore 13. Tohu Harris 14. Dylan Walker 15. Bunty Afoa 16. Bayley Sironen 17. Josh Curran 18. Jazz Tevaga 20. Taine Tuaupiki 21. Freddy Lussick 22. Tom Ale 23. Ronald Volkman