Sport
2 August, 2024
Crocs tipped to beat Lions
PORT would have been happy but not satisfied to get the win away against the improving Saints last weekend, winning by 30.
Port Douglas Crocs host Cairns City Lions
Now, back on their home turf, they will be looking to put down a marker and a message to the rest of the competition by downing their old foes.
They will be confident of dispatching the Lions. They have won both games this year, both at ITEC group oval.
For the Lions, this is a virtual ‘eight-pointer’ for their hopes of climbing out of fourth.
A win will halve the lead to the second place Crocs and will undoubtedly give them the confidence they can compete in September.
As it stands, the Tigers in Dreamtime are their only big scalp in season 2024.
Prediction: Crocs by 23.
Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs host Manunda Hawks
FOR the Bulldogs, it is about showing their supporters and the rest of the comp that, no matter how many times they get knocked down, they are going to get straight back up every time.
No one can deny their ticker and desire, but with so many injuries hampering them right now, they just do not have the depth to compete.
A win here would be a special moment for them and their fans in season 2024.
It will not be handed to them, for surely the Hawks, after a bye last week, will be thinking that this is their best chance for their first win since round 1, 2022.
They lost round one this year by a solitary point to the Bulldogs at Crathern Park and will be desperate to go two points better this time around.
Prediction: Bulldogs by 1.
Cairns Saints host North Cairns Tigers
AN earlier 1.30pm bounce kicks off round 15 for Footy in Paradise. Saints have improved to sit fifth on the table, but would need a miracle to even be a chance of finals from here.
Instead, their main aim for the remainder of the season will be to play the role of disruptors for the teams above them in the table.
With all top four teams gunning for at least a home final, they will not want to be slipping up against the Saints.
However, after winning by 193 points last weekend, not many would be expecting the Tigers to be worried about slipping up against the Saints.
Scintillating from start to finish, kicking their opening goal in 15 seconds, perhaps the only critique for the Tigers will be their goalkicking accuracy. Harsh when Greenwool, Neale and Pulling kicked 20 between them.
Prediction: Tigers by 63.
