Sport
16 August, 2024
Cutters should win minors
A TOP four clash headlines the shortest round of the season as the Cutters look to clinch the minor premiership on their home deck with two games to go.
South Cairns Cutters host Cairns City Lions
Their ambition is obviously much higher than that, but it will still be a nice moment for them and their supporters to celebrate if they can get the job done.
For the Lions, winning at Fretwell is their most likely chance of hosting a home elimination final, looming to be against Port.
Would they even want it though is the question? They lost both home games against Port but beat them away.
Here comes the jockeying for position. A win for the Lions could set up a tantalising final round battle of the compass.
Prediction: Cutters by 33.
Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs host Cairns Saints
ON a downward slide for the past month, Bulldogs can look to their last match against Saints as the performance that started the rot when, with their season on the line, they produced their worst first three-quarter performance.
Since then, poor form and injury luck have hampered the Dogs, who will be hoping they can turn things around for the last three games of the season.
For the Saints, this represents a huge chance to go clear at fifth on the ladder, a prospect that would have to be close to making season 2024 a positive one, or at least a pass.
They will be confident against Centrals.
Only their wayward goalkicking kept the Dogs in it during their dominance in round 12, where they should have won by 40 rather than 14.
Prediction: Saints by 20
