No team has ever won the premiership after conceding 50pts in a regular season match

[BadnMean]

First to win it from outside the top 4...

First team from outside Sydney...

First team coached by a beardy ('94 era Sheens)...

First team who's conceded 50? Impossible.

 

[Fangs]

First to win it from outside the top 4...

First team from outside Sydney...

First team coached by a beardy ('94 era Sheens)...

First team who's conceded 50? Impossible.

Some records just can't be broken.

 

[BadnMean]

Some records just can't be broken.

Now you sound like a broken record.

 

[Fangs]

Now you sound like a broken record.

Some broken cannot be recorded.

 

[BadnMean]

Some broken cannot be recorded.

Recorded some broken cannot be

 

[siv]

Curse cannot be broken

 

[t-ba]

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

 

[t-ba]

Looking like history will remain undefeated sadly

 

[Billythekid]

Probably the best chance of this curse ever being broken and yet it remains strong.

 

[Fangs]

Ain't nutin' but a fiddy curse.

 

[Diesel]

The curse is real

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

First Mad Monday beers are on us, Rick

 

[undertaker]

Faiders GORRRRRRRRRNE in straight sets!

Thread stays alive for another year

 

[Nuke]

Having jumped on the Raiders bandwagon these past couple of weeks, I'm disappointed that they won't be winning it.

But I'm happy for this thread to continue.

 

[undertaker]

Next week, in honor of the Faiders, Enya is going to re-release her classic "Orinico Flow" but with updated lyrics:

"Fade away, fade away, fade away...."

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

I have a sneaking suspicion the coaches won't suddenly stop resting players in the final rounds just because of this somehow lol If they do it would be hilarious.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

ROFL the Cronulla supporters are doing the clap X)

 

[reanimate]

I have a sneaking suspicion the coaches won't suddenly stop resting players in the final rounds just because of this somehow lol If they do it would be hilarious.

There’s resting a few key players and then there’s resting nearly your whole first grade side. The second option is what will get 60 put on you.

 

[undertaker]

Looks like journalists have become aware of this thread.

Last week, the 50-point curse was referenced in a Nine's WWOS article and Fox Sports' Facebook post.

Tonight, it's ABC's X/Twitter post:

https://x.com/abcsport/status/1969367475138802017

P.S Found this from two years ago from lazy Alicia, quoting nearly word for word the title of this thread in an nrl.com article:

Pressure, expectation and defying the odds: 23 burning questions for finals

They're the burning finals questions that might take a week or month to answer when eight months of rugby league comes to an end and there's only one winner standing on the podium in October.

www.nrl.com

17. Will the 50-point statistic stand?​

It's the best and well-known stat in rugby league: no team has ever won a premiership after conceding 50 points or more during the NRL regular season. Under this mantra, that immediately rules the Raiders, who conceded 53 to Penrith and Cronulla, who conceded 54 to Melbourne, out of the title race. The Eels went close last year to defying those odds – can the Green Machine and Sharks go a step further and bury it once and for all?