{"id":88346,"date":"2026-07-16T17:42:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/?p=88346"},"modified":"2026-07-16T22:40:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:40:32","slug":"newcastle-knights-vs-cronulla-sharks-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/2026\/07\/newcastle-knights-vs-cronulla-sharks-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle Knights vs Cronulla Sharks: Predictions, Odds &amp; Betting Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Newcastle Knights take on Cronulla Sharks at Ocean Protect Stadium this Friday. Here&#8217;s everything you need to know before you bet.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"entain-block teams-tip-block hoverable\">\n  <div class=\"teams-tip-header\">\n    <div class=\"teams-tip-header-meta\">\n      <!--div class=\"teams-tip-header-meta__inner\"-->\n        <div class=\"team-vs-team\" style=\"display:flex\">\n          <span class=\"icon\"><svg width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><!----><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/punters\/assets\/brand-icons\/neds\/svg-sports-nrl-icon.svg?v=20260707b#newcastle-knights\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n          <div style=\"display:flex; flex-direction:row; flex-wrap:wrap; justify-content:center; align-items:center; text-align:center; column-gap:5px; font-weight: 700\">\n            <div class=\"team_1\" style=\"flex-direction:column;\">Newcastle Knights<\/div>\n            <div class=\"versus\" style=\"font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;\">vs<\/div>\n            <div class=\"team_2\">Cronulla Sharks<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"info\">Friday 17th July 2026 6:00 PM (Ocean Protect Stadium)<\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"bet-on\" style=\"margin-top:0\">Sharks 1-12 @ $2.85<\/div>\n                                  <\/div>\n          <span class=\"icon\"><svg width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><!----><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/punters\/assets\/brand-icons\/neds\/svg-sports-nrl-icon.svg?v=20260707b#cronulla-sharks\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n        <\/div>\n      <!--\/div -->\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      <div class='teams-tip-content'>\n      <p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For the third time this year, Cronulla nailed their approach to pile on 50+ points in an attacking clinic.\u00a0Their power forward model was allowed to play front-foot footy while Braydon Trindall (three assists) and Nicho Hynes (two tries, three assists) responded to cues in an exhausted defensive line.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Newcastle are unlikely to offer up as many looks here but even if they do, this Knights attack is one of the few that can go with Cronulla in a shoot-out.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It\u2019s\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/sports\/rugby-league\/nrl\/cronulla-sharks-vs-newcastle-knights\/19c7502e-4a0f-4212-9cc3-723d0f343871\">Sharks with all the momentum right\u00a0now<\/a>\u00a0and the loss of Jacob Saifiti is a crucial one for the Knights, as we saw last week.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Sharks 1-12 @ $2.85<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anytime Tryscorer:<\/strong> Ronaldo Mulitalo @ $1.75<\/p>\n        <div class=\"teams-tip-button\">\t\t\t\n          <a class=\"track-me btn-standard bet-now-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/sports\/rugby-league\/nrl\/cronulla-sharks-vs-newcastle-knights\/19c7502e-4a0f-4212-9cc3-723d0f343871\" target=\"_blank\" \n          data-tr-event=\"blog\" data-tr-method=\"bet now button\" data-tr-action=\"open sport_event\" data-tr-label=\"19c7502e-4a0f-4212-9cc3-723d0f343871\" data-tr-event-id=\"19c7502e-4a0f-4212-9cc3-723d0f343871\"  \n          >Newcastle Knights vs Cronulla Sharks<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Newcastle Knights vs Cronulla Sharks Odds &amp; Popular Betting Markets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick look at the current odds and popular betting markets for the Newcastle Knights vs Cronulla Sharks matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*odds are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-league=\"NRL\" data-event=\"nrl-20261112020\" data-market=\"Line {{-8.5}}\" data-sport=\"rugby_league\" class=\"sport-data\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-league=\"NRL\" data-event=\"nrl-20261112020\" data-market=\"First Try Scorer\" data-sport=\"rugby_league\" class=\"sport-data\"><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle Knights take on Cronulla Sharks at Ocean Protect Stadium this Friday. Here&#8217;s everything you need to know before you bet. Newcastle Knights vs Cronulla Sharks Friday 17th July 2026 6:00 PM (Ocean Protect Stadium) Sharks 1-12 @ $2.85 For the third time this year, Cronulla nailed their approach to pile on 50+ points in an attacking clinic.\u00a0Their power forward model was allowed to play front-foot footy while Braydon Trindall (three assists) and Nicho Hynes (two tries, three assists) responded to cues in an exhausted defensive line.\u00a0\u00a0 Newcastle are unlikely to offer up as many looks here but even if&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":88270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10177,10159,6],"tags":[1400],"hub_post_cat":[],"class_list":["post-88346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nrl-tips-head-to-head","category-nrl-tips","category-rugby-league","tag-nrl-tips"],"acf":{"md_tip_date":"","md_tip_date_end":"","md_market_url":"","tip_date":"16\/07\/2026","event_country":"Australia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88346"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88357,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88346\/revisions\/88357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88346"},{"taxonomy":"hub_post_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hub_post_cat?post=88346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}