2018 Draw

[M2D2]

The derby on a f**king thursday? That is a Greenberg play if ive ever heard one. f**king merkin.

 

[Perth Red]

The derby on a f**king thursday? That is a Greenberg play if ive ever heard one. f**king merkin.

Stop whinging

 

[Clifferd]

Tigers draw has been leaked and our first five games go

Vs Sydney Roosters @ ANZ Stadium
Vs Melbourne Storm @ AAMI Park
Vs Brisbane Broncos @ Campbelltown Stadium
Vs Paramatta Eels @ ANZ Stadium
Vs Manly Sea Eagles @ Lottoland

Surely not? I'll believe it when it's confirmed at 10am tomorrow

 

[Vic Mackey]

Tigers draw has been leaked and our first five games go

Vs Sydney Roosters @ ANZ Stadium
Vs Melbourne Storm @ AAMI Park
Vs Brisbane Broncos @ Campbelltown Stadium
Vs Paramatta Eels @ ANZ Stadium
Vs Manly Sea Eagles @ Lottoland

Surely not? I'll believe it when it's confirmed at 10am tomorrow

You left out playing Melbourne again in round 5 lol

Did alien and r20 design our draw?

 

[Vozzy]

As i said in our forum Melbourne twice in the first 5 rounds is f**king rediculous.

 

[CC_Roosters]

A few things to note about the draw structure:

• Kickoff Thursday 8 March
• 25 rounds, one less than previous years
• All scheduled upfront (no floating final six like previous years)
• Only one scheduled bye per club (8 clubs before SOO1, 8 before SOO3), plus all clubs get SOO2 weekend off.
• SOO1: Wed 6 Jun
• SOO2: Sun 24 Jun
• SOO3: Wed 11 Jul
• Round 25 is Aug 30 to Sep 2
• Finals start Sep 7-9
• Grand Final Sun 30 Sep

There are steps forward in the draw bo doubt. But they have beat the drum hard before with other draw releases regarding Sunday footy in Sydney and we saw zero growth outcomes, it's almost an annual headline this past few years.

The Thursday night and Friday 6pm are still a stain on the season and will hold back any potential increases to negligible or continue the declining trend

 

[Nuke]

As a Manly member, Season 2018 will have

10 games at Lottoland
1 game at Suncorp
1 game at AMI Stadium, Christchurch.

Christchurch has replaced the Warriors game in Perth like the last two years. Christchurch game was confirmed around 6 weeks ago.

Manly have confirmed that they have postponed their 'home' game in Perth in 2018 until the 2019 season.

 

[thorson1987]

Tigers draw has been leaked and our first five games go

Vs Sydney Roosters @ ANZ Stadium
Vs Melbourne Storm @ AAMI Park
Vs Brisbane Broncos @ Campbelltown Stadium
Vs Paramatta Eels @ ANZ Stadium
Vs Manly Sea Eagles @ Lottoland

Surely not? I'll believe it when it's confirmed at 10am tomorrow

Last time they played Brisbane at Ctown they got just under 20k on a Saturday night.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Last time they played Brisbane at Ctown they got just under 20k on a Saturday night.

That was when they did a $10 GA special and got a sensational crowd, was one of the best atmospheres I've experienced at CSG. Then in typical Tigers fashion never did it again

 

[Clifferd]

You left out playing Melbourne again in round 5 lol

Did alien and r20 design our draw?

In a way it might be a good thing to get the tough teams out of the road, they definitely won't be at their best in rounds 1-5 and it should mean we get a fairly soft run home

 

[Raiderdave]

There are steps forward in the draw bo doubt. But they have beat the drum hard before with other draw releases regarding Sunday footy in Sydney and we saw zero growth outcomes, it's almost an annual headline this past few years.

The Thursday night and Friday 6pm are still a stain on the season and will hold back any potential increases to negligible or continue the declining trend

you control what you can control
Thursdays & 6pm Fridays are not in the NRL's control for another 5 years
The increase in Sunday Sydney games will help , no 2 ways about it

 

[Diesel]

Manly have confirmed that they have postponed their 'home' game in Perth in 2018 until the 2019 season.

Aren't they playing a home game in Christchurch?

 

[Raiderdave]

with fine weather that round should draw 170 to 175K on its ear
the 2 ANZ games & Suncorp all drawing over 35K hopefully

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Absolutely ridiculous that teams rebound to play each other after such a short span ala tigers and storm.

Why not have in the first 15 rounds everyone playing each other once? Then move onto whatever model they use to sort out the rest of the draw and who plays each other again.

 

[POPEYE]

Absolutely ridiculous that teams rebound to play each other after such a short span ala tigers and storm.

Why not have in the first 15 rounds everyone playing each other once? Then move onto whatever model they use to sort out the rest of the draw and who plays each other again.

That's the way . . . intelligent posting will get you through your problems

 

[Timmah]

Surely in Melbourne when there is no AFL.(I think there is still no AFL on that day still)

There is AFL on Good Friday - normally it's like the Souths-Dogs game though, played at 4pm or thereabouts - no night footy.

 

[Timmah]

Absolutely ridiculous that teams rebound to play each other after such a short span ala tigers and storm.

Why not have in the first 15 rounds everyone playing each other once? Then move onto whatever model they use to sort out the rest of the draw and who plays each other again.

The simple answer is because the clubs make requests (and the NRL normally bow to most of them). They want to play certain teams at certain times or on certain dates and that immediately throws the whole thing out.

 

[POPEYE]

The simple answer is because the clubs make requests (and the NRL normally bow to most of them). They want to play certain teams at certain times or on certain dates and that immediately throws the whole thing out.

The NRL is clearly not listening to everyone

 

[Canard]

There is AFL on Good Friday - normally it's like the Souths-Dogs game though, played at 4pm or thereabouts - no night footy.

Souths??? in AFL?

Before 2017 there was wasn't games on Good Friday, and for some reason the NRL didn't always schedule the Storm to play in Melbourne that day.

 

[Tommy Smith]

I wonder if Penrith will get the easiest draw in the NRL again?

Not long until we find out...