Roosters 2013 Draw

[Valheru]

1 Souths - Thursday 7 March 8PM (SFS)
2 Warriors – Saturday 16 March 7:30PM (Eden)
3 Broncos – Saturday 13 March 7:30PM (SFS)
4 Eels – Monday 1 April 7:00PM (SFS – Easter Monday)
5 Raiders – Sunday 7 April 6:30PM (Canberra)
6 Bulldogs – Friday 12 April 7:35PM (SFS)
7 Dragons – Thursday 25 April 4:00 PM (SFS – ANZAC Day)
8 Panthers – Sunday 5 May 3:00 PM (SFS)
9 Manly – Monday 13 May 7:00 PM (Brookvale)
10 Cowboys – Saturday 18 May 7:30PM (DFS)
11 Storm – Saturday 25 May 7:30PM (SFS)
12 BYE
13 Eels – Friday 7 June 7:35 PM (Parramatta)
14 Warriors – Sunday 16 June 6:30 PM (SFS)
15 Bulldogs – Friday 21 June 7:45 PM (ANZ)
16 Manly – Monday 1 July 8:00 PM (SFS)
17 Dragons – Saturday 6 July 5:30 PM (Jubilee)
18 Bye
19 Sharks – Saturday 20 July 7:30 PM (SFS)
20 Knights – Sunday 28 July 3:00 PM (Hunter)
21 Panthers – TBD (Penrith)
22 Raiders – TBD (SFS)
23 Wests – TBD (SFS – Away Game)
24 Sharks – TBD (Toyota)
25 Titans – TBD (SFS)
26 Souths – TBD (ANZ)
http://www.nrl.com/2013-telstra-premiership-draw/tabid/10874/newsid/70429/default.aspx

 

[Valheru]

It’s a pretty good draw IMO. The thing that is most obvious with the draw is the high amount of home games at the beginning of the season with 6 out of our first 8 making it imperative we start the season well.

Our byes are more spaced than they have been for a while with 5 games between the 2 which is about the best we can hope for under the current set up.

Our home average could and should be over 20k by round 6 with home games against Souths, Broncos, Eels (Easter Monday) and of course the bulldogs. Hopefully we have a decent season otherwise we could see some bad crowds at the end of the year with our last 3 home games being against the Sharks, Raiders and Titans.

We don’t have a home game against Wests which I find odd as surely they would be in our top 4 in terms of who we want to play at home. They have done us a favour though and have strangely decided to host their game against us at the SFS.

As far as the first 20 round scheduling goes I think we have done pretty well with 4 Friday night games (2 home and 2 away). We have 2 home Monday night games but one is Easter Monday against the Eels so I expect a decent crowd for that.

We only have 3 Sunday home games with 1 being a night game. I know that will disappoint some but on a personal level it suits me.

As mentioned earlier we finally get to host the Eels for once but I am disappointed with yet again being shafted from Brisbane and no away game to Titans next year means no exposure in the SE QLD market.

 

[Ozzy]

I see we play the 'dogs at home round 6. That should tick off many of their supporters. :lol: I think they would get a better crowd for round 4 if they made it a 3 pm match.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Glad our game against Souths will kick the season off again – the way it should alway be. I like the idea of it being a Thursday night and hope the novelty of it brings a big crowd in. Will definitely take the Friday off and make a big night of it. I'm looking at you Lambretta!

 

[Alpha]

So we play the following teams twice:

Souths, Manly, Warriors, Bulldogs, Sharks, Eels, Panthers, Raiders, Dragons

 

[MARSHALL ZHUKOV]

gees we play the Tigers once- seems to be a few Sunday 6:30pm games??

 

[Monk]

Solid draw, will hopefully head to a few games. The game at Parra looks the goods.

 

[Von]

So we start with Souths (Rd 1) and end with Souths (Rd 26). Cool. Start and finish the season with a win!

I'll definitely be at the Rd 5 game vs Raiders in Canberra, Sunday night.

I think the overall draw is reasonable for us, but as others have said it is dissapointing we have no game in SE Qld.

 

[Springbokfly]

Byes in round 12, 18 and 23.

 

[Von]

The number of away games at seasons end is now upon us....

OUCH