Week one Finals schedule

[baselinepanther]

Why is there speculation about what day the finals are going to be played , the NRL system has been in place for yonks

the lower ranking matches always last , the higher ones always first giving the losing top 4 games the longer turn around & the winners of the bottom 4 games the shorter turn around

Friday 1 V 4
Sat early 2 V 3
Sat late 6 V 7
Sun 5 V 8

has been this way for a long long time

 

[Valheru]

Why is there speculation about what day the finals are going to be played , the NRL system has been in place for yonks

the lower ranking matches always last , the higher ones always first giving the losing top 4 games the longer turn around & the winners of the bottom 4 games the shorter turn around

Friday 1 V 4
Sat early 2 V 3
Sat late 6 V 7
Sun 5 V 8

has been this way for a long long time

Swap 5v8 and 6v7

5v8 will have to play loser of 1v4 the following Friday, can't have them with only 5 day break.

That would then necessitate 5v8 to be early game on Saturday IMO as storm host and Collingwood play across the road at night.

 

[baselinepanther]

Swap 5v8 and 6v7

5v8 will have to play loser of 1v4 the following Friday, can't have them with only 5 day break.

That would then necessitate 5v8 to be early game on Saturday IMO as storm host and Collingwood play across the road at night.

but thats the idea
if the 8th placed team wins & the 1st placed team lose , 8th have to be the most disadvantaged for finishing 8th by having a 5 day turn around while 1st get 7 days
thats why 5 V 8 is always the last final ..

Melb will be free of aflol on Sunday too so will help the attendance which will be a bonus

 

[SBD82]

but thats the idea
if the 8th placed team wins & the 1st placed team lose , 8th have to be the most disadvantaged for finishing 8th by having a 5 day turn around while 1st get 7 days
thats why 5 V 8 is always the last final ..

Melb will be free of aflol on Sunday too so will help the attendance which will be a bonus

What if 5 wins?

 

[baselinepanther]

What if 5 wins?

they didnt make the top 4
sux to be them ...

 

[SBD82]

they didnt make the top 4
sux to be them ...

Neither did 6th or 7th. Who will get a longer turnaround.

 

[Valheru]

but thats the idea
if the 8th placed team wins & the 1st placed team lose , 8th have to be the most disadvantaged for finishing 8th by having a 5 day turn around while 1st get 7 days
thats why 5 V 8 is always the last final ..

Melb will be free of aflol on Sunday too so will help the attendance which will be a bonus

Well thats a dumb idea and 5v8 isn't always the last one. 2013 it was Saturday and one year (2016 I think) it was actually Friday. Pretty sure 2018 it was also Saturday, I'm sure there are other examples.

In fact, looking through it, 2017 and 2019 are the only 2 times 5v8 was Sunday, all other Sunday finals since 2012 when this system started have been 6v7 so no idea where you have got this notion from.

 

[Captain Apollo]

The NRL look at things like when the teams played in the last week, and what consequences will be for the winners in the bottom 4 and the losers in the top 4 as to when they will play in week 2. They will, for example, try to avoid having team with as little as a 5 day turn around between games in week 1 and week 2. Hencde to say it is "fixed in stone" before the season even starts, I believe, is erroneous.

 

[Maximus]

Why is there speculation about what day the finals are going to be played , the NRL system has been in place for yonks

the lower ranking matches always last , the higher ones always first giving the losing top 4 games the longer turn around & the winners of the bottom 4 games the shorter turn around

Friday 1 V 4
Sat early 2 V 3
Sat late 6 V 7
Sun 5 V 8

has been this way for a long long time

Just looked at the last 3 years, and none of them followed this pattern.

Friday is either 1v4 or 2v3 and the other is Sat late.
5v8 is the game directly after 1v4 and 6v7 is after 2v3

 

[Iamback]

Swap 5v8 and 6v7

5v8 will have to play loser of 1v4 the following Friday, can't have them with only 5 day break.

That would then necessitate 5v8 to be early game on Saturday IMO as storm host and Collingwood play across the road at night.

That is it. There is some flexibilty for that reason

 

[grozzy]

I would start by having Roosters v Rabbits Friday night, and Sharks v Cowboys on Sunday. That will give both 7 day turn around.

 

[yobbo84]

Roosters vs Rabbitohs on a dry track in the day time at a packed stadium with a likely 50/50 split in support? It's going to be insane.

 

[forby]

Move it to Accor because they could get more than 40k!

 

[westerntiger]

The dreaded Pointsbet home final has become a reality. That and the Penrith-Parra game being at BlueBet means that crowds will be pretty poor in week 1 of finals.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Roosters vs Rabbitohs on a dry track in the day time at a packed stadium with a likely 50/50 split in support? It's going to be insane.

Yeh daytime = traditional deliciousness for me

 

[forby]

The dreaded Pointsbet home final has become a reality. That and the Penrith-Parra game being at BlueBet means that crowds will be pretty poor in week 1 of finals.

Especially when the only get 25k at Allianz and 15k at Melbourne.

 

[Ozzi_78]

Last 2 years 2v3 was Saturday night wasn’t it?

 

[baselinepanther]

Especially when the only get 25k at Allianz and 15k at Melbourne.

40K at allianz
could have got 25K at aami if it was the Sunday , will likely be 20K now its the saturday

regardless
modern all seaters .... not shitholes with hills

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Why wouldn't the Storm game be on Sunday?

 

[baselinepanther]

this embarrassing situation with finals at cronulla & penrith to end after 2022
please god...