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The return of Kalyn Ponga, Mitchell Pearce and David Klemmer has resulted in the Knights regaining popularity among NRL.com tipsters.
Newcastle aren t exactly hot favourites to beat the Warriors at home, but they do hold a slight advantage - something struggling Knights fans will surely take.
The two other Round 15 matches to leave opinion divided are the Dragons-Raiders and Cowboys-Sharks fixtures.
After the way St George Illawarra performed last week, it seems the oft-discussed bounce-back effect is forecast by tipsters.
Of the other games, it s no great surprise to see the Storm, Eels and Sea Eagles heavily backed.
On the tipping leaderboard, NRL Teams host Niav Owens and Fantasy NRL mystery man Lone Scout remain in a share of top spot. They enjoy a two-point lead over Inside the NRL host Zac Bailey and NRL.com reporter Alicia Newton.
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The Broncos may have pulled off one of the more memorable comebacks in recent history last week, but they still aren t all the way back in the eyes of those on NRL.com s tipping panel.
Heading into round nine, they ve attracted more support than usual (apart from when they took on the Bulldogs) but still head into Saturday night s match against North Queensland as outsiders.
According to the experts, the closest match this weekend should be the Wests Tigers v Titans clash at Campbelltown.
In an interesting conundrum regarding the Eels-Roosters match, just two of the 16 tipsters are backing the Tricolours but that pair (Channel Nine commentator Ruan Sims and NRL.com reporter Alicia Newton) just happen to be in first and second spot on the ladder.
Manly, the team that has looked as good as any over the last two weeks, faces a moment of reckoning against the unbeaten Panthers on Saturday.
Heading into the match, the experts on the NRL.com tipping panel think they aren t quite at Penrith s level just yet, with just two of the 16 panellists backing an upset in the match taken to Bathurst.
In other matches this weekend, the tipsters are suggesting the out-of-sorts Raiders aren t without a hope against the high-flying Rabbitohs while it is somewhat surprising the in-form Cowboys are still outsiders against the Warriors.
The Storm and Eels appear the two locks of the week.