Tips: Freddy picks star who's 'killing them' to stun Panthers
Brad Fittler has tipped the Rabbitohs to pull the magician out of the hat and hand the Panthers a third successive loss.
The former Blues coach said the Rabbitohs were among the form teams in the comp.
Brad Fittler reckons Cody Walker will lead the Rabbitohs to an upset win over the Panthers. Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
But Andrew Johns disagreed, and pointed to the inexperience of the Rabbitohs’ outside backs – aside from Walker.
“Your outside backs are your front rowers in the modern game, so getting out of trouble, the Panthers have a huge advantage here,” he said on Wide World of Sports’ NRL Tips.
But Freddy said the Rabbitohs were “playing as a team”, with Cody Walker et al. all “killing them”.
He said the same thing of Manly and the Dolphins.
“They’ve just got it at the moment. They’re all playing for each other,” he said.
The Panthers have only lost Isaah Yeo, Liam Martin and Nathan Cleary to State of Origin duties, with Brian To’o and Dylan Edwards left out of the Blues team.
The pair were also at odds about the second game of the weekend between the Dragons and Tigers.
Johns said he was going with the Tigers “on trust”, despite the fact they’re without Jarome Luai and Taylan May, while Fittler said the Dragons had been “unlucky” and dudded by some “dodgy” decisions.
The pair were united for the rest of the weekend, with both tipping Manly to do a number on the Eels on Sunday.
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