Tips: Call-up that highlights Roosters crisis

Andrew Johns is expecting the Roosters' nightmare play of injuries to yet wound this weekend, claiming the Rabbitohs are "absolute morals" to "win and triumph well" against them time night, but the club's erstwhile premiership skipper Brad Fittler is sticking solid.

Fittler admitted helium had to disregard logic to extremity the undermanned Roosters for a monolithic upset but added helium had assurance successful Trent Robinson's broadside due to the fact that "they're warring hard".

That drew a sledge from Johns, who asked Fittler, tongue-in-cheek: "Does Uncle Nick ticker this show?"

Sam Walker of the Roosters celebrates with his squad mates Fletcher Baker, Egan Butcher and Sam Verrills. (Getty)

Debating the lucifer for Wide World of Sports' Freddy & Joey's Tips, Johns said helium thought Fittler mightiness get a call-up to capable successful time nighttime aft much injuries forced Robinson to name erstwhile Raiders and Bulldogs fullback Brad Abbey to play connected a wing.

"Brad Abbey, they bought Brad Abbey from Canberra, he's going to play connected the wing," Fittler said.

"And Lachlan Lam has been named successful the centres. He's a bully small player, he'll cognize what he's doing retired there. Up against South Sydney though, a mates of truly large onslaught centres, Gagai and Campbell Graham, that'll beryllium a large ask."

The Roosters backline has been brutally dismantled by injury, with James Tedesco, Daniel Tupou and Joseph Manou the lone 3 remaining from Robinson's preferred backline that started the season.

Scroll beneath for the existent leaderboard and Round 24 tips by Johns, Fittler and each Nine's adept tipsters!

Nine's NRL tipping leaderboard. (Nine)

Andrew Johns: Knights, Raiders, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Sharks, Storm, Sea Eagles, Panthers

Brad Fittler: Titans, Warriors, Roosters, Cowboys, Sharks, Storm, Sea Eagles, Panthers

Paul Gallen: Knights, Raiders, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Sharks, Storm, Sea Eagles, Panthers 

Wally Lewis: Knights, Raiders, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Sharks, Storm, Sea Eagles, Panthers

Ruan Sims: Knights, Raiders, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Sharks, Storm, Sea Eagles, Panthers

The Mole: Titans, Raiders, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Sharks, Storm, Sea Eagles, Panthers

Billy Slater: Knights, Raiders, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Broncos, Storm, Sea Eagles, Panthers

Darren Lockyer: Titans, Raiders, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Broncos, Storm, Sea Eagles, Panthers

Mat Thompson: Knights, Warriors, Rabbitohs, Cowboys, Sharks, Storm, Sea Eagles, Panthers 

Peter Psaltis: Titans, Raiders, Rabbitohs, Cowboys, Broncos, Storm, Sea Eagles, Panthers

James Bracey: Titans, Warriors, Rabbitohs, Cowboys, Broncos, Storm, Sea Eagles, Panthers

Tim Elbra: Knights, Warriors, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Sharks, Storm, Sea Eagles, Panthers

Ben Glover: Knights, Raiders, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Sharks, Storm, Sea Eagles, Panthers

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