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Alrighty, so we have some seriously depleted NRL teams this weekend with State of Origin coming up next week and a few teams that might be ripe for an upset.

And we've got two teams paying about a 400% return on your investment.

The Roosters are currently paying $4.10 against the Storm who have five of their best players out...the only problem is the Roosters have their best three away on origin duty too - and the Storm still have about 8 brilliant players on the paddock - so I'm still going with the Storm here.

But I reckon the Baby Broncos have a decent chance against a depleted side at Brookvale this weekend - the baby Broncos have dropped from over $4 to $3.80.

Dragons v Titans - Dragons

Eels v Cowboys - Cowboys

Storm v Roosters - Storm

Bulldogs v Sharks - Sharks (my heart says Bulldogs but my brain says Sharks - shit look at all the money that's been bet on them:

$7,500 @ $1.95 ON CRONULLA -1.5 V BULLDOGS
$7,000 @ $1.85 ON CRONULLA V BULLDOGS
$18,000 @ $1.95 ON CRONULLA -1.5 V BULLDOGS
$11,000 @ $1.85 ON CRONULLA V BULLDOGS

Warriors v Tigers - the mighty Warriors

(Tigers have never won in Auckland, and I wanna see your tips in advance of your haha-hindsight-when-will-you-learn-smart-arse comments Randominity, yeah suck on those hyphens bitch)

Manly v Baby Broncos - Broncos.

Onthepunt's league expert ain't exactly writing the team off:

The 2007 version of the ‘Baby Broncos’ is once again, stacked full of potential, but when they are challenged by a fully fledged NRL side, backing them would just be guess work. They have a smattering of experience once again, but placing my playmaking reliance on Shane Perry would give me little, if any confidence. Manly will miss their two star centres as well as Kite, but they still have more than half of their ‘guns’ available and in good form (Orford aside). To give the Broncos no chance is not in my vocabulary, but I can’t see them competing at Brookvale, unless the Sea Eagles take them very lightly (or maybe Brett Stewart withdraws to play Origin in place of Minichiello).

And at $3.80 it's gotta be a reasonable punt.