Our experts check out teams for NRL round 18 and offer their tips

OUR NRL panel is tipping the favourites to dominate round 18 which will ensure Matt Logue stays at the top of our leaderboard - and makes each expert’s upset tip required reading.

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OUR NRL experts are tipping the favourites to dominate round 18 which will ensure Matt Logue, David Riccio and Phil Rothfield maintain their places at the top of our leaderboard.

That means each tipster’s upset tip is required reading.

Follow Phil Rothfield, Dean Ritchie, Michael Carayannis, Matt Logue, Paul Crawley, Fatima Kdouh, Nick Campton, David Riccio, Nick Walshaw, James Phelps and Paul Kent throughout the season for advice and tips.

Have they got it right for round 18 or are some of them way off the mark?

ROUND 18 FIXTURES: Panthers v Sharks, Knights v Eels, Bulldogs v Rabbitohs, Sea Eagles v Storm, Raiders v Cowboys, Broncos v Warriors, Dragons v Tigers, Titans v Roosters.

Matt Logue's top tips: Score so far: 76

Sharks

Knights

Rabbitohs

Storm

Raiders

Broncos

Dragons

Roosters

No brainer: Roosters over Titans.

Upset: It's not an upset, but Canberra should overcome their inconsistent form to beat North Queensland in the nation's capital.

Coin toss: Cronulla and Penrith will be close.

David Riccio's top tips: Score so far: 75

Sharks

Knights

Rabbitohs

Storm

Raiders

Broncos

Dragons

Roosters

No brainer: Storm. Manly are hurting in every way possible.

Upset: Warriors. Couldn't bring myself to tip them but they'll go close.

Coin toss: Sharks. Huge game for both teams.

Phil Rothfield's top tips: Score so far: 75

Sharks

Knights

Rabbitohs

Storm

Raiders

Broncos

Dragons

Roosters

No brainer: Souths far too strong for the Bulldogs.

Upset: Sharks to sneak home against the Panthers.

Coin toss: St George Illawarra and Wests Tigers will go down to the wire.

Nick Walshaw's top tips: Score so far: 74

Sharks

Knights

Rabbitohs

Storm

Raiders

Broncos

Dragons

Roosters

No brainer: South Sydney should be too strong for a constantly thinning Canterbury side.

Upset: None.

Coin toss: Good luck working out what it is Newcastle and Parramatta will throw up.

Paul Kent's top tips: Score so far: 71

Sharks

Knights

Rabbitohs

Storm

Raiders

Broncos

Dragons

Roosters

James Phelps's top tips: Score so far: 71

Panthers

Eels

Rabbitohs

Storm

Raiders

Broncos

Dragons

Roosters

No brainer: Dragons to beat the Tigers.

Upset: Manly to trouble Melbourne in another battle of Brookvale.

Coin toss: Panthers v Sharks.

Nick Campton's top tips: Score so far: 70

Sharks

Eels

Rabbitohs

Storm

Raiders

Broncos

Dragons

Roosters

No brainer: Dragons to put the cleaners through the battling Tigers.

Upset: Penrith have a pack of talented and youthful maniacs and could get the jump on the Sharks.

Coin toss: Brisbane and New Zealand could go either way.

Michael Carayannis's top tips: Score so far: 70

Sharks

Knights

Rabbitohs

Storm

Raiders

Broncos

Dragons

Roosters

No brainer: The Rabbitohs to continue their surge towards an unlikely minor premiership with a win against Canterbury.

Upset: The Sharks to beat the Panthers as Penrith battle a post-Origin hangover.

Coin toss: Are the Warriors gone or can they bounce back to beat the Broncos?

Fatima Kdouh's top tips: Score so far: 69

Sharks

Eels

Rabbitohs

Storm

Raiders

Broncos

Dragons

Roosters

No brainer: Even if their they rest some of their Origin players, the Bunnies will be too good for the Bulldogs.

Upset: The Eels to get over the Knights in Newcastle.

Coin toss: The Warriors weren't great last week and I think they'll give the Broncos a run for their money this week.

Paul Crawley's top tips: Score so far: 67

Panthers

Knights

Rabbitohs

Storm

Raiders

Broncos

Dragons

Roosters

No brainer: Rabbitohs over Bulldogs.

Upset: Knights to win.

Coin toss: Knights and Eels.

Dean Ritchie's top tips: Score so far: 63

Sharks

Knights

Rabbitohs

Storm

Raiders

Broncos

Dragons

Roosters

Originally published as Our experts check out teams for NRL round 18 and offer their tips