Five Super League predictions: Too close to invite how Wigan Warriors and Leeds Rhinos seem to bounce | Rugby league news
After a break for the challenge, Super League returned, so Barrie McDermott from Sky Sports Rugby League predicts what will go in the fifth round …
I think this could be the strongest circle of matches so far, because each of them looks like they are both at the same moment at the moment in the season. But that is exactly what we want!
Thursday 20th March: Salford Red Devils VS Huddersfield Giants (Sky Sports+, 20:00)
Salford picked up a moral victory over Bradford at Challenge Cup and they needed them. They should have got some feelings in this whole team and in the whole club.
They were hard to fight Bradford and went out to the right.
However, Salford lost the Castleford Tigers beard this week, and it seems that there could be more outputs to follow until the download is sorted.
They are home, head coach Paul Rowley did an incredible job, and Captain Kalum Watkins will have to gather their troops on the field.
They have a difficult task against Huddersfield with which they sit at the bottom of the joints at zero points. Both sides are desperate for winning.
Huddersfield seems to have been competitive in all the games they played, so, on paper, two teams seem to be evenly aligned.
Prediction: Salford to nicking for four points.
Friday 21st March: ST Helens vs Warrington Wolves (Sky Sports Action and Main, 7.30pm)
St Helens enters this match from the back of a pretty big game against Leeds Rhinos in Challenge Cup. I think Tristan Sailor was brought to Saints to impress, and when he gets used to his environment and his teammates, he will only become better and that he will quickly, dynamic, dynamic, the courage he received, eventually make him a real favorite.
Warrington Wolves had a defeat back in the Super League, but they beat Widns Vikings at Challenge Cup. Although they have competed hard and returned, they will still be disappointed with an upset loss from Wakefield and will want to return in winning ways in the Super League.
I still think they are a strong candidate, but they need that confidence in their ranks and this is a great game for them to show themselves and others how serious they are.
With Matty Ashton and Toby King, who can also return, they have the opportunity to shine in the attack.
Prediction: I go to Warrington win with six points.
Friday 21st March: Wakefield Trinity VS Hull FC (Sky Sports+, 20:00)
Hull FC, how impressive they were in Challenge Cup against Wigan. They build a real unit there, and head coach John Cartwright tells them to believe in themselves and defend strongly.
Lewis Martin is full of confidence and his attempts at the weekend showed me where they are mentally: they are coming back alone. The game is in balance, he pushes her under his lap and achieves an attempt.
Wakefield played Huddersfield at Challenge Cup after an impressive victory over the lower pair of Warrington. So, both teams enter this match without being afraid of opposition with confidence in their own ranks.
Wakefield should give them an advantage at home, but this is another narrow game.
Prediction: Wakefield will win with two points.
Saturday 22.
Judah Rimbu was the top performer Castleford Tigers in their last Super League match when they won at home.
In the meantime, Catalan’s head coach Steve McNamar is trying to get a side to play with confidence and believe in the process, believes the players around the other and holds the concentration for 80 minutes.
When they have these defects in confidence, it often results in attempts, so that means that they lost a lot of games in 2025.
Castleford is getting better, growing with confidence, and now they have a singleton in their ranks, so the lack of size that has plagued them during the beginning of the year is slowly sorted.
However, the Catalans should have enough even if Castleford is home.
Prediction: The Catalans will win with seven points.
Saturday March 22: Leeds Rhinos Vs Wigan Warriors (Sky Sports Action and Main, 17:00)
This has always been one of my favorite games in the year when Leeds Rhinos takes a determined Wigan Warriors.
Wigan is Hull FC and Leeds wasn’t good enough in St Helens. Leeds was very worse and down, the inconsistency is to see everyone.
In patch, it is well defended, the patch attacks well, but I simply cannot connect these 80 -minute performance together.
You would expect Wigan to be refused, you would expect to answer those questions that were asked very quietly, because the quality is there to see everyone from this Wigan side.
Main coach Matt Peet did not have to do it too many times, but, descending from the stage, he has to find the right patterns, the right game and a real mentality.
Leeds is usually good at these nodes and if you look at results over the years, it is usually a team that is unable.
Prediction: Leeds will win four points in the thriller.
Sunday, March 23: Hull blood against Leigh Leopards (Sky Sports+, 15:00)
This is another crack on paper. Leigh are currently a very impressive team – their employment, retaining, training – they look like they have everything.
He will not be afraid that Hull Kr is, although Hull is a bright side. This is a game of recent years you would see in the division below, but now both are in disputes for honor.
They both attack well and both defend each other, so it should be a huge match to finish one of the strictest rounds that I can remember in the super league.
Prediction: Hull blood will win one point.
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