NRL 2022 Ladder

[Munky]

If the Raiders win 2 of their last 3 matches, then a team will miss the finals having won more matches than they lost for the first time since 1999 (excluding teams deducted points for salary cap breaches).

If this happens and it's the Raiders who miss out I hope in the presser some journo asks Ricky his thoughts on the matter.

 

[Valheru]

The draw has played a big part in the likely top 4 this year IMO.

Assuming the current top 8 remains albeit in a different order, below is the amount of games (max 14) each would have played against each other by end of season.

Penrith - 12
Cowboys - 10
Sharks - 8
Storm - 13
Parra - 12
Roosters - 13
Souths - 12
Broncos - 12

Two obvious outliers there. The Sharks draw in particular is quite incredible with 8 games against the top 8 being the minimum given the maximum of 16 against bottom 8 sides.

 

[baselinepanther]

The Roosters have 2 enormous games to finish out the year
lose both they most likely miss out
split them they make it
obviously in if they win both & possibly a home final too

Broncos
on the tight wire ... Parra on Thursday is huge , like an elimination final. end of
lose then they're looking like missing out , they may have the cattle to get the dragons in the final round but who knows , it'll be F/A if they do if the Raiders win their final 3.

Souths
Identical to the Roosters
2 hard , damn hard games to finish & 2 losses .... guess what , its end of season trip for them .. split them they get in
win both they host a final.

Raiders,
simple.. win all 3 well & they're a chance if other results go their way. Its doable with all 3 of their opponents looking like they're in end of season mode.

 

[Ozzi_78]

3rd ..
Sharks never win at Brookvale & won't again .. so they finish on 36 pts winning the other 4 games

oops.

 

[baselinepanther]

oops.

my prediction made well before the pride jersey saga

that was the biggest shit the bed saga in NRL history
Manly imploded from that point ....

you could whack the yass magpies out against manly atm & Im not sure who'd win

 

[yobbo84]

If this happens and it's the Raiders who miss out I hope in the presser some journo asks Ricky his thoughts on the matter.

Especially since that last team to miss out by winning more than they lost in 1999, was the Canberra Raiders (13 wins, 1 draw, 10 losses - finished 9th, missing out by a point).

 

[mongoose]

Especially since that last team to miss out by winning more than they lost in 1999, was the Canberra Raiders (13 wins, 1 draw, 10 losses - finished 9th, missing out by a point).

then in 2002 we came 8th after losing more games than we had won due to the Bulldogs salary cap drama

 

[Jono078]

Who would have thought just a few weeks ago the Broncos would be at serious risk of missing finals footy..



Destiny now sits with Raiders really!

 

[BunniesMan]

Souths-Easts elimination final in week 1 is what I am hoping for. A few stars need to align to make it happen but I want us finishing 6th and 7th. It would be the game of the week.

Next best thing would be a Penrith-Parra qualifying final. 2 mouth watering rivalry games in the finals is what we all want.

 

[Tiger Shark]

The draw has played a big part in the likely top 4 this year IMO.

Assuming the current top 8 remains albeit in a different order, below is the amount of games (max 14) each would have played against each other by end of season.

Penrith - 12
Cowboys - 10
Sharks - 8
Storm - 13
Parra - 12
Roosters - 13
Souths - 12
Broncos - 12

Two obvious outliers there. The Sharks draw in particular is quite incredible with 8 games against the top 8 being the minimum given the maximum of 16 against bottom 8 sides.

You realise the draw is done in advance yeah, and when the draw was announced we were slated to play the Eagles twice, Knights twice and Titans twice. All teams that made the finals the year before. So very easily it could have been a harder drawer if those teams showed an iota of consistency.

Go look at every year and you'll see the exact same thing. People are just salty Sharks are having a good year. It's fantastic.

 

[Floodwaters]

Who would have thought just a few weeks ago the Broncos would be at serious risk of missing finals footy..

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Destiny now sits with Raiders really!

It would be humorous to see the Raiders miss out on the back of a dud call, one last Ricky presser classic to finish the season.

 

[Floodwaters]

Broncos losses to Warriors and Tigers have cost them Top 4. The rest of the games you almost thought they'd lose.

 

[Iamback]

The draw has played a big part in the likely top 4 this year IMO.

Assuming the current top 8 remains albeit in a different order, below is the amount of games (max 14) each would have played against each other by end of season.

Penrith - 12
Cowboys - 10
Sharks - 8
Storm - 13
Parra - 12
Roosters - 13
Souths - 12
Broncos - 12

Two obvious outliers there. The Sharks draw in particular is quite incredible with 8 games against the top 8 being the minimum given the maximum of 16 against bottom 8 sides.

You need to do these things on last years top places though.

Sharks played Manly ( 4th) Newcastle (7th) GC ( 8th) twice. So when the draw was done it wasn't so easy

 

[yobbo84]

There's a chance the Roosters vs Rabbitohs match, winner will finish 6th and loser finishes 9th. A lot of water to go under the bridge, but that's pretty crazy to think and shows how close 6th-9th all are on the ladder.

 

[Floodwaters]

You need to do these things on last years top places though.

Sharks played Manly ( 4th) Newcastle (7th) GC ( 8th) twice. So when the draw was done it wasn't so easy

Gold Coast got 8th last season on the back of 10 wins 14 losses. Newcastle 12 wins and 12 losses so I think most would love 4 games against them pair.

 

[Iamback]

Gold Coast got 8th last season on the back of 10 wins 14 losses. Newcastle 12 wins and 12 losses so I think most would love 4 games against them pair.

Yes but the draw is done via the finishing positions, Aside from 5 day turn arounds the draw is pretty even when it is done

 

[Floodwaters]

Yes but the draw is done via the finishing positions, Aside from 5 day turn arounds the draw is pretty even when it is done

The draw is shit, theres a side or two that get easy runs every year.

 

[Smug Panther]

The draw is shit, theres a side or two that get easy runs every year.

Yeah should be playing every side once and then adding more internationals along with Origin ran over 3 weeks straight in the middle of the year. It's a pipe dream but it would be great

 

[mxlegend99]

The draw is shit, theres a side or two that get easy runs every year.

That's unavoidable though.

Even some of the shittier teams have had good runs of form at times. Bulldogs were the worst team last year and to start this year. Sacked Barrett and improved out of site for a period of time before turning to shit again

Then there's teams like Manly .. top 4 last year. But thanks to Tommy Turbo making them dangerous. His form this year was patchy before being injured and they're one of the easy beats again.

So depending when you faced these teams the level of difficulty can change quiet a lot.

 

[nick87]

I can see a situation where the Raiders win their next two, and the Roosters lose to the Storm and Rabbitohs, meaning all the Raiders have to do is defeat the Tigers to make the top 8 - and then lose.

That would be PEAK Raiders haha
Destiny is back in our hands. Basically if we win the next two games, we will probably get in and Im excited to find out just how this pack of shit bags manage to f**k this up.