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Thursday, August 04St George Illawarra Dragons ($4.00) v Brisbane Broncos ($1.25), Win Stadium at 7:50pmDragons:?1 Adam Quinlan 2 Kurt Mann 3 Euan Aitken 4 Taane Milne 5 Jason Nightingale 6 Gareth Widdop 7 Benji Marshall 8 Russell Packer 9 Mitch Rein 10 Mike Cooper 11 Tyson Frizell 12 Will Matthews 13 Jack de Belin. Interchange: 14 Tariq Sims 16 Jacob Host 17 Jake Marketo 19 Tyrone McCarthyBroncos:?1 Darius Boyd 2 Corey Oates 3 Tom Opacic 4 James Roberts 5 Lachlan Maranta 6 Anthony Milford 7 Ben Hunt 8 Josh McGuire 9 Andrew McCullough 10 Adam Blair 11 Sam Thaiday 12 Matt Gillett 13 Corey Parker. Interchange: 14 Jarrod Wallace 15 Tevita Pangai Jr 16 Jai Arrow 17 Alex Glenn 18 Jaydn SuAUBet verdict:?Losers in eight of their last 10, the Broncos will be desperate for a win and, if you follow the money trail, the one-time premiership favourties will be getting one. History suggests a similar outcome; Brisbane has won 10 of their last 11 match-ups.Enter your ESPNfootytips NRL selectionsFriday, August 05Parramatta Eels ($2.95) v Manly Sea Eagles ($1.40), PirtekStadium at 7:50pmEels:?1 Michael Gordon 2 Vai Toutai 3 Michael Jennings 4 Brad Takairangi 5 Bevan French 6 Clint Gutherson 7 Jeff Robson 8 Danny Wicks 9 Isaac De Gois 10 Tim Mannah 11 Manu Mau 12 Tepai Moeroa 13 Beau Scott. Interchange: 14 Kaysa Pritchard 15 Peni Terepo 16 Kenny Edwards 17 Daniel Alvaro 18 David GowerSea Eagles:?1 Tom Trbojevic 2 Jorge Taufua 3 Lewis Brown 4 Brayden Williame 5 Matthew Wright 6 Dylan Walker 7 Daly Cherry-Evans 8 Darcy Lussick 9 Apisai Koroisau 10 Martin Taupau 11 Nathan Green 12 Jamie Buhrer 13 Jake Trbojevic. Interchange: 14 Blake Leary 15 Josh Starling 16 Addin Fonua-Blake 17 Siosaia Vave 21 Nate Myles 23 Matt ParcellUBet verdict:?Early shoppers have latched onto the Sea Eagles and the intense interest makes sense. Manly, still a sneaky $5.00 finals chance, are in great form, having won and covered in their past four fixtures.Enter your ESPNfootytips NRL selectionsSaturday, August 06Newcastle Knights ($5.85) v Cantebury Bankstwon Bulldogs ($1.14), Hunter Stadium at 3pmKnights:?1 Jake Mamo 2 Nathan Ross 3 Dane Gagai 4 Peter Matautia 5 Brendan Elliot 6 Jarrod Mullen 7 Trent Hodkinson 8 Sam Mataora 9 Danny Levi 10 Daniel Saifiti 11 Korbin Sims 12 Pauli Pauli 13 Jeremy Smith. Interchange: 14 Chris Adams 15 Pat Matautia 16 Jacob Saifiti 17 Mickey Paea 18 David BhanaBulldogs:?1 Will Hopoate 2 Brett Morris 3 Josh Morris 4 Curtis Rona 5 Sam Perrett 6 Josh Reynolds 7 Moses Mbye 8 Aiden Tolman 9 Michael Lichaa 10 James Graham 11 Josh Jackson 12 Raymond Faitala-Mariner 13 David Klemmer. Interchange: 14 Sam Kasiano 15 Danny Fualalo 16 Tony Williams 17 Tim BrowneUBet verdict:?Canterbury has won and covered in its last two outings against Newcastle and the initial investment suggests a repeat is on the cards. 16.5 was the opening line, but it could increase on current trends.Enter your ESPNfootytips NRL selectionsCronulla Sharks ($1.43) v Canberra Raiders ($2.85), Southern Cross Group Stadium at 5.30pmSharks:?1 Ben Barba 2 Sosaia Feki 3 Jack Bird 4 Gerard Beale 5 Valentine Holmes 6 James Maloney 7 Chad Townsend 8 Andrew Fifita 9 Michael Ennis 10 Sam Tagataese 11 Luke Lewis 12 Wade Graham 13 Paul Gallen. Interchange: 14 Joseph Paulo 15 Chris Heighington 16 Matt Prior 17 Jason BukuyaRaiders:?1 Jack Wighton 2 Edrick Lee 3 Jarrod Croker 4 Joey Leilua 5 Jordan Rapana 6 Blake Austin 7 Aidan Sezer 8 Junior Paulo 9 Josh Hodgson 10 Shannon Boyd 11 Josh Papalii 12 Elliott Whitehead 13 Shaun Fensom. Interchange: 14 Adam Clysdale 15. Luke Bateman 16. Iosia Soliola 17 Joseph TapineUBet verdict:?A tantalising showdown between two red-hot teams. Canberra thrashed Souths last week and have won eight of their last nine, while Cronulla is unbeaten since round three. At this stage, investment in is split 50:50.Enter your ESPNfootytips NRL selectionsMelbourne Storm ($1.14) v South Sydney Rabbitohs ($2.85), AAMI Park at 7.30pmStorm:?1 Cameron Munster 2 Suliasi Vunivalu 3 Will Chambers 4 Cheyse Blair 5 Marika Koroibete 6 Blake Green 7 Cooper Cronk 8 Jesse Bromwich 9 Cameron Smith 10 Tim Glasby 11 Kevin Proctor 12 Tohu Harris 13 Dale Finucane. Interchange: 14 Kenneath Bromwich 15 Christian Welch 16 Felise Kaufusi 17 Ben Hampton 18 Matt WhiteRabbitohs:?1 Cody Walker 2 Alex Johnston 3 Hymel Hunt 4 Aaron Gray 5 Joe Burgess 6 Greg Inglis 7 Adam Reynolds 8 George Burgess 9 Damien Cook 10 Zane Musgrove 11 John Sutton 12 Angus Crichton 13 Sam Burgess. Interchange: 14 Jason Clark 15 Nathan Brown 16 Kyle Turner 17 Tom BurgessUBet verdict:?A tantalising showdown between two red-hot teams. Canberra thrashed Souths last week and have won eight of their last nine, while Cronulla is unbeaten since round three. At this stage, investment in is split 50:50.Enter your ESPNfootytips NRL selectionsSunday, August 07Gold Coast Titans ($1.70) v New Zealand Warriors ($2.15), Cbus SuperStadium at 2:00pmTitans:?1 David Mead 2 Anthony Don 3 Josh Hoffman 4 Konrad Hurrell 5 Nene Macdonald 6 Tyrone Roberts 7 Ash Taylor 8 Luke Douglas 9 Nathan Peats 10 Ryan James 11 Zeb Taia 12 Chris McQueen 13 Greg Bird. Interchange: 14 Eddy Pettybourne 15 Leivaha Pulu 16 Agnatius Paasi 17 Cameron Cullen 18 Ryan SimpkinsWarriors:?1 Tuimoala Lolohea 2 Ken Maumalo 3 David Fusitua 4 Solomone Kata 5 Manu Vatuvei 6 Thomas Leuluai 7 Shaun Johnson 8 Jacob Lillyman 9 Issac Luke 10 Albert Vete 11 Bodene Thompson 12 Ryan Hoffman 13 Simon Mannering. Interchange: 14 Nathaniel Roache 15 Sam Lisone 16 Ben Matulino 17 Bunty Afoa 18 Blake AyshfordUBet verdict:?New Zealand has won their last five on the Gold Coast against the Titans and tip is for more of the same here. At this stage, the Warriors are the better backed team and their head-to-head quote may need trim.Enter your ESPNfootytips NRL selectionsWest Tigers ($2.65) v North Queensland Cowboys ($1.48), Leichardt Oval at 4:00pmTigers:?1 James Tedesco 2 David Nofoaluma 3 Tim Simona 4 Kevin Naiqama 5 Jordan Rankin 6 Mitchell Moses 7 Jack Littlejohn 8 Aaron Woods 9 Dene Halatau 10 Sauaso Sue 11 Josh Aloiai 12 Chris Lawrence 13 Elijah Taylor. Interchange: 14 Kyle Lovett 15 Ava Seumanufagai 16 Tim Grant 17 Joel Edwards 18 Michael Chee-KamCowboys:?1 Lachlan Coote 2 Javid Bowen 3 Justin ONeill 4 Kane Linnett 5 Antonio Winterstein 6 Michael Morgan 7 Ray Thompson 8 Matt Scott 9 Jake Granville 10 James Tamou 11 Gavin Cooper 12 Ethan Lowe 13 Jason Taumalolo. Interchange: 14 Rory Kostjasyn 15 John Asiata 16 Scott Bolton 17 Ben HannantUBet verdict:?The Cowboys have outscored the Tigers 72-6 in their last two matches and, although Wests have been impressive of late, there has already been an early look at the away team at the minus.Enter your ESPNfootytips NRL selectionsMonday, August 08Penrith Panthers ($1.60) v Sydney Roosters ($2.35), Pepper Stadium at 7:00pmPanthers:?1 Matt Moylan 2 Josh Mansour 3 Waqa Blake 4 Tyrone Peachey 5 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 6 Bryce Cartwright 7 Nathan Cleary 8 Leilani Latu 9 Peter Wallace 10 Suaia Matagi 11 Isaah Yeo 12 James Fisher-Harris 13 Trent Merrin. Interchange: 14 Moses Leota 15 Sitaleki Akauola 16 Chris Grevsmuhl 17 Zak HardakerRoosters:?1 Blake Ferguson 2 Daniel Tupou 3 Dale Copley 4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall 5 Latrell Mitchell 6 Connor Watson 7 Mitchell Pearce 8 Isaac Liu 9 Jake Friend 10 Dylan Napa 11 Boyd Cordner 12 Mitchell Aubusson 13 Sio Siua Taukeiaho. Interchange: 14 Sam Moa 15 Aidan Guerra 16 Ryan Matterson 17 Kane EvansUBet verdict:?Sydney have played five Monday night games this season and lost each and every one of them and, despite their demolition job on Brisbane last week, the early betting indicators point to another onset of Mondayitis.Enter your ESPNfootytips NRL selections Darlington Nagbe USA Jersey . The quest begins with what is supposed to be an easy one, although Germany has traditionally been a stubborn opponent to Canadian teams at international tournaments. David Bingham Jersey . The Canadian squad, skipped by Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg, got on the board first with two in the second end, and followed that with two more apiece in the fourth and sixth ends. http://www.soccerusateamonline.com/Daniel-Lovitz-America-Jersey/ . Ferrer, trying to win his fourth title on Mexican soil, will next play South Africas Kevin Anderson, who eliminated American Sam Querrey,7-6 (2), 6-4. Also Wednesday, Gilles Simon (6) of France beat Donald Young of the United States 6-4, 6-3, Ukraines Alexandr Dolgopolov downed Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 6-4 and Croatias Ivo Karlovic defeated Dudi Sela of Israel 7-6 (4), 6-2. Wil Trapp USA Jersey . PAUL, Minn. Cristian Roldan USA Jersey . Halladay signed a one-day contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday that allowed the veteran right-hander to retire as a member of team with which he broke into the majors and spent the bulk of his distinguished 16-year career. CINCINNATI -- Reds manager Bryan Price made one tweak to his lineup and then watched his most reliable player come through again.Joey Votto extended his post-All Star break surge with a three-run homer, and Dan Straily pitched six innings on Friday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-2 victory over the slumping Arizona Diamondbacks.Price moved Billy Hamilton back to the leadoff spot -- he had batted lower in the lineup most of the season while he struggled at the plate. Hamilton led off the first inning with a single and scored when Votto connected off Archie Bradley (3-6).To finally get another chance up there is good, said Hamilton, who had two hits, a walk, and three steals off Bradley. I think I did a little bit to deserve another chance. The main thing is I want to get there and stay there.Votto has hit safely in all seven games since the All-Star break, going 12 for 23 with a double, three homers, eight RBI and seven walks.Tucker Barnhart added a solo homer in the sixth off Randall Delgado. Brandon Phillips later singled home a run, extending his hitting streak to 10 games. Zack Cozart had an RBI double in the eighth.Straily (5-6) made his fourth straight quality start, settling down after a rough first inning. Jean Segura opened the game with a homer, and Michael Bourn doubled and scored on Welington Castillos sacrifice fly. Straily gave up five hits in six innings.The second inning was big for me, said Straily, who gave up only three more hits during his six innings. I went out there with a lead. It helped me settle in.Bradley gave the lead right back with an even worse opening inning. Hamilton singled, Cozart walked, and Votto followed with his 17th homer before the Reds made an out. Cincinnati had three hits, two walks and a hit batter during the inning.Its the walks, Bradley said. They say if youre going to play with fire, youre eventually going to get burned. Tonight I did. Time after time, I keep putting myself in bad situations.The game got heated in the third inning. In his next at-bat following his homer, Segura was plunked in the lower back by Strailys first piitch.dddddddddddd Segura motioned toward the mound with his left hand and said something to the pitcher. Plate umpire Carlos Torres got between Segura and catcher Barnhart and restored calm.The Reds got the better in a matchup of last-place clubs. The Diamondbacks began the day with second-year manager Chip Hale hearing reports that the team had considered changing managers. Arizona has dropped 16 of 20.Hales only comment: I would just say youre never surprised in this game about anything.BIG CHANGEHamilton opened the Reds first with a single and was called out at second base on a steal attempt. A video review showed he got his hand on the base before Seguras tag, and the call was overturned. Hamilton scored on Vottos homer.STATSThe Diamondbacks have won eight of their last 11 against the Reds. They had won five straight at Great American Ball Park before the loss on Friday. ... Bradley had a 1.57 ERA in his four previous road starts. ... It was Seguras fourth career leadoff homer, his third this season. ... Hamilton is 9 for 22 during a five-game hitting streak. His three steals gave him 30 for the season. His career high is 57 last season.TRAINERS ROOMDiamondbacks: RHP Zach Greinke will have a full bullpen session on Saturday and the Diamondbacks will decide whether hes ready to pitch in a simulated game. Greinke has been on the DL since July 3 with a strained left oblique.Reds: RHP Homer Bailey will make another minor league rehab start on Monday and the club will decide if hes ready to be activated. Bailey had Tommy John surgery a year ago.UP NEXTDiamondbacks: LHP Robbie Ray (5-8) pitched seven shutout innings in a win over the Dodgers in his last game. Hes faced the Reds one other time, taking the loss last year while giving up three runs in six innings.Reds: RHP Keyvius Sampson (0-1) makes his first start of the season after seven relief appearances. Hes 2-6 career as a starter with a 6.66 ERA.---Follow Joe Kay on Twitter: http://twitter.com/apjoekay ' ' '