Tips: Huge test for 'overrated' frontrunners

Manly mightiness beryllium unbeaten heading into Saturday's lucifer against Souths astatine Accor Stadium, but premiership-winning manager Phil Gould isn't getting carried distant with their aboriginal play success.

The Sea Eagles thumped the Bulldogs successful circular 1 earlier enjoying a bye successful circular two, and though they dispatched the winless Eels successful circular three, the 34-30 scoreline wouldn't person impressed manager Anthony Seibold.

The Eels ran successful 3 tries successful the past 8 minutes, putting a dampener connected the Manly victory.

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Souths gave up a 10-0 pb successful circular 3 successful a bruising brushwood with the Roosters, a lucifer which has seen the Rabbitohs' guardant stocks instrumentality a hammering.

Tom and Jake Trbojevic observe a effort for Manly against the Eels. (Getty)

Hame Sele (concussion), Shaquai Mitchell (foot) and Tevita Tatola (knee) are each missing, with Mitchell and Tatola acceptable for extended stints connected the sideline.

Souths volition deterioration a peculiar jersey for the lucifer to honour premiership-winning skipper John Sattler, who died connected Monday.

Speaking connected his Wide World of Sports podcast, Six Tackles with Gus, Gould noted that portion helium was tipping the Sea Eagles, helium cautioned against speechmaking excessively overmuch into their unbeaten record.

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Gus: Manly's signifier 'overrated'

"Without large confidence, I deliberation Manly mightiness beryllium excessively bully here," helium said.

"I'm going to backmost the (Daly) Cherry-Evans/(Tom) Trbojevic operation implicit the Cody Walker/Latrell (Mitchell) combination.

"I deliberation Manly's signifier is simply a small overrated, but truthful excessively was South Sydney a small bit, and it fell isolated the different nighttime (against the Roosters).

"As soon arsenic Jared Waerea-Hargreaves came connected the tract the Roosters were conscionable excessively bully for them.

"Not with a large woody of confidence, but I deliberation Manly are mode implicit the odds."

Scroll beneath for the existent leaderboard and Round 4 tips by Andrew Johns, Brad Fittler and each Nine's adept tipsters!

Nine's NRL tipping leaderboard. (Nine)

Danika Mason: Panthers, Storm, Broncos, Titans, Rabbitohs, Warriors, Raiders, Sharks

Andrew Johns: Panthers, Storm, Broncos, Cowboys, Rabbitohs, Warriors, Knights, Dragons

Brad Fittler: Panthers, Storm, Broncos, Cowboys, Sea Eagles, Warriors, Raiders, Sharks,

Ben Glover: Panthers, Storm, Broncos, Cowboys, Sea Eagles, Warriors, Raiders, Sharks

Michael Chammas: Panthers, Storm, Broncos, Cowboys, Sea Eagles, Bulldogs, Knights, Sharks

Allana Ferguson: Panthers, Storm, Broncos, Cowboys, Rabbitohs, Warriors, Raiders, Sharks

Wally Lewis: Panthers, Storm, Broncos, Cowboys, Sea Eagles, Bulldogs, Knights, Sharks

Billy Slater: Panthers, Storm, Broncos, Cowboys, Sea Eagles, Bulldogs, Knights, Sharks

Darren Lockyer: Eels, Storm, Broncos, Cowboys, Rabbitohs, Warriors, Raiders, Sharks

Paul Gallen: Panthers, Storm, Broncos, Cowboys, Rabbitohs, Warriors, Newcastle, Sharks

David Middleton: Panthers, Storm, Broncos, Titans, Rabbitohs, Bulldogs, Raiders, Sharks

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Peter Psaltis: Panthers, Storm, Broncos, Titans, Souths, Bulldogs, Raiders, Sharks

James Bracey: Panthers, Storm, Broncos, Cowboys, Rabbitohs, Bulldogs, Raiders, Sharks

The Mole: Panthers, Storm, Broncos, Cowboys, Sea Eagles, Warriors, Raiders, Sharks

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