2024 NRL finals matchups/schedule/locations

[blue bags]

NRL concedes Sunday Bulldogs-Sea Eagles final ‘will have impact’ on player recovery

Having ducked a showdown with the AFL on Saturday night, the NRL know there will be a flow-on effect for the second week of the finals.

www.smh.com.au

Over a $ million in the bank

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Roosters 0-4 against other Top 4 teams this year. That's pretty grim.
You need to beat at least 1 Top 4 team to win the comp.

And that would be with Walker and Smith playing.

The Warriors didn't win a game v a top 4 side last year and made the finals, and got dusted big time. You're right, you need to know you can beat a top four side, otherwise you're making up the numbers.

 

[mave]

I'm gobsmacked Peter "sin-bin" Gough didn't get a gig.

 

[Vee]

The sources for this, according to the SMH were un-named "club sources". As such it could be a load of old cobblers for all we know.

A consignment of geriatric shoemakers, you mean?

 

[undertaker]

So, the finals fixtures according to Fox Sports:

NRL finals fixture: Knights clinch 8th in last game as full week one schedule revealed

NRL finals fixture: Knights clinch 8th in last game as full week one schedule revealed

www.foxsports.com.au

NEXT WEEK (September 13-15)

Friday 7:50pm: Panthers vs Roosters @ Penrith
Saturday 4:05pm: Storm vs Sharks @ AAMI Park
Saturday 7:50pm: Cowboys vs Knights @ Townsville
Sunday 4:05pm: Bulldogs vs Sea Eagles @ Accor Stadium

WEEK 2 (September 20-21)

Friday night: loser of Storm/Sharks vs. winner of Cowboys/Knights @ AAMI Park/Allianz Stadium
Saturday night: loser of Panthers/Roosters vs. winner of Bulldogs/Sea Eagles @ Accor Stadium/Allianz Stadium

WEEK 3 (September 27-28)

Friday night: winner of Panthers/Roosters vs. winner of week 2 Friday night final @ Accor Stadium/Allianz Stadium
Saturday night: winner of Storm/Sharks vs. winner of week 2 Saturday night final @ AAMI Park/Allianz Stadium

Apologies, I must correct myself regarding week 2 in light of some information I've stumbled across.

That week 2 Saturday night final will have to be held at Allianz Stadium (speaking more specifically regarding the scenario where Penrith are the home team), as Accor Stadium won't be available that day due to hosting the Bledisloe Cup.

 

[blue bags]

Parramatta won more games against top 8 sides then the Roosters.

Incredible to think about really.

Roosters vs Storm. Panthers
Last 20 games vs those 2 teams
Only won 1. Vs Storm
It's a stat that can't be ignored

 

[Desert Qlder]

Yeah, it doesn't tell the full story though. For starters we played the Storm, Panthers and, I think, Roosters reserves

Roosters had a stronger team in that game. And we had two players in sin bin v Penrith.

 

[JamesRustle]

I just had a look at the 2009 season stats and Parramatta were in the top 8 at the end of Rounds 3, 25 and 26.

So, the Knights winning today equalled Parra's record today, making the finals after finishing in the top 8 at the end of only 3 rounds during the season (Rounds 11, 12 and 27).

As I pointed out earlier, the Knights also had the worst attack of all 17 teams (in terms of the number of tries scored during the season).

So lock in knights losing to storm in the GF.

 

[mozza91]

So lock in knights losing to storm in the GF.

We don’t lose Grand Finals.

 

[Wb1234]

 

[Iamback]

No idea why they couldn't use CommBank like they asked

 

[Captain Apollo]

At the end of the day, Sharks have to realise its not its call as to where the semi is played.

Also, why would Commbank be handier for Sharks fans, many of whom would be travelling from the Shire, as opposed to Allianz? In all honesty they ae using the precinct clash as a figleaf to try and get it played in its dump of a ground. The NRL brought this up itself due to the chatter around the games in week 1.

 

[Wb1234]

that’s a long drive

 

[azza29]

God forbid they have to connect via Brisbane, or consider a chartered flight. Must be a slow news day.

 

[Timmah]

At the end of the day, Sharks have to realise its not its call as to where the semi is played.

Also, why would Commbank be handier for Sharks fans, many of whom would be travelling from the Shire, as opposed to Allianz? In all honesty they ae using the precinct clash as a figleaf to try and get it played in its dump of a ground. The NRL brought this up itself due to the chatter around the games in week 1.

The biggest furphy in the game is that "home finals" are a thing at all.

Once the final siren blows in Round 27, that's it, clubs have no control over the game. The NRL runs all nine matches from thereafter, and it's at their discretion where and when they are played. They have guidelines about eligible grounds and clubs can make submissions, but ultimately it's the NRL who decide it all.

Buzz's piece is absolute nonsense - I'm positive you could go back and find him penning articles about fans missing out because of games being played at Kogarah or Brookvale in years past; and then for the Sharks chair to complain about a lack of government funding after the club has spent years and years bragging about its ownership of the ground and not being reliant on such funding... fair dinkum

Not to mention who the previous local member was ...

 

[Timmah]

God forbid they have to connect via Brisbane, or consider a chartered flight. Must be a slow news day.

30 min charter or commercial flight to Cairns, or 4hr bus trip to Cairns, would've been the smartest option I'd have thought.

If the NRL splurges 100k on this they're idiots.

 

[Desert Qlder]

Cronulla have only strengthened arguments against themselves that they should be relocated.

They hold a tenuous grip on their place in a national league.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Non-story, we all know it's going to work out. Serious risk of missing it is laughable.

30 min charter or commercial flight to Cairns, or 4hr bus trip to Cairns, would've been the smartest option I'd have thought.

If the NRL splurges 100k on this they're idiots.

I'd think they'd be bigger idiots if they put a side on a bus that had earned a home semi. That's ridiculous to suggest a professional side should be forced to sit in a bus and interrupt their preparation, when they could as easily charter a flight and save a lot of hassle. If it's 100k, so be it. Someone made an F up in not getting them on the commercial flight and it needs to be rectified.

The NRL doesn't need a headline around the Cows losing a home semi in which the away side got on a plane to, but they had to sit on a bus. It's a poor look, unprofessional as hell.

 

[Desert Qlder]

30 min charter or commercial flight to Cairns, or 4hr bus trip to Cairns, would've been the smartest option I'd have thought.

If the NRL splurges 100k on this they're idiots.

Idiots? To ensure their showpiece finals series is not impacted by travel impediments.

Seems like smart business to me.

Were they idiots to do the same for Newcastle last week, or is the idiocy just travel one way (pardon the pun)?

 

[Iamback]

Idiots? To ensure their showpiece finals series is not impacted by travel impediments.

Seems like smart business to me.

Were they idiots to do the same for Newcastle last week, or is the idiocy just travel one way (pardon the pun)?

You also run the risk of equipment going missing with multiple changes