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Love It – Stephen Crichton - $11,610

Crichton hasn’t looked particularly impressive over the first two months of the competition, at least in attack. He’s managed just the one score above 40, despite scoring 3 tries this season. So why, may you ask, do I have Stephen Crichton in this list. It’s because Crichton LOVES playing the Rabbitohs. I’m not sure what it is, but Crichton always seems to serve up his best for the Bunnies, highlighted by his 7 tries in 8 games against the cardinal and myrtle. In a matchup where there probably won’t be many points scored, I’ll go for the guy who always seems to cross the stripe against the Rabbitohs.

Love It – Cody Walker - $17,290

Cody has been in tremendous form over the past month, averaging 67.4 in that time period, with a low score of 58.1. Much like Crichton, Walker loves to cross the stripe against the Panthers, with 6 tries in his past 8 appearances against the Mountain Men. But it’s not just about this, as Walker has hit his straps this season, scoring 5 tries in the past 4 weeks, whilst also producing 6 try assists, 8 line-break assists, and 3 line-breaks. He’s tearing it up, and although he will struggle to tear the Panthers to shreds in this way, I can see him making a few big plays in this game to produce a solid score.

Love It – Cam Murray - $20,710

Murray just keeps getting it done, and justifies his price tag week after week. He’s going to want revenge too, after Isaiah Yeo outplayed him in the round 2 matchup with the Panthers. His consistency is brilliant for DFS, with his lone score under 62 being his 48.3 against the Panthers in round 2. I don’t believe we will see that again, with a minimum of 62 on the cards here for Murray. It’s definitely a concern, given how good the Panthers are at shutting down opposing middle forwards, but it’s hard to keep a good man down. I believe Murray will have a huge game this week, and potentially win the game for the Rabbitohs.

Hate It – Dylan Edwards - $17,910

There’s not much I hate about Edwards’ game, however the Rabbitohs seem to have a decent gameplan when it comes to slowing down his output. The Rabbitohs kicked almost exclusively to Sunia Turuva in round 2, and I can’t see any reason for that to change. This will mean that Edwards needs to earn his points through more attacking plays, and less throughout hard work. With only 17 carries in round 2, the Rabbitohs would be mad not to use the same game plan to shut down one of the form players of the competition. With the scores predicted to be low, I expect a sub-50 performance here for Edwards.

Hate It – Nathan Cleary - $25,100

Cleary turned it on for the three rounds prior to last week, scoring 86, 87, and 95 in successive weeks, before falling back to Earth with a 61 last week. I’m more looking at the Panthers last clash with the Rabbitohs for my reasoning here though. In round 2, Cleary only managed 42.6, being involved in exactly 0 attacking stats, whilst gaining the majority of his points from kicking for over 500 metres in general play. Whilst I expect Cleary to do a little better than 43 this week, I don’t believe the Rabbitohs will allow him to do whatever he wants. A 60-point performance is what I’m expecting here, and that just won’t cut it for $25k.

Who Knows – Campbell Graham - $15,350

Graham continues to be up and down in DFS, despite being one of the form players of the competition. The Rabbits’ centre is rightfully garnering a lot of attention for a place in the NSW Blues team, and a big performance here against the Premiers could well put him over the top. So far this season, he has four scores of 58+, whilst having two scores under 30. He only managed 24 (lowest score of the season) against the Panthers in round 2, however I can see him having a far better performance this week. Still, for this price, it’s hard to be certain on a guy who has struggled some weeks this season.