Wild Card Weekend - reports NRL looking to expand finals to ten teams

[King hit]

Yeah that’s the one scenario I’d be ok with a playoff in. But inevitably that’d mean that some years you’d get playoffs and some years you wouldn’t. And I don’t think the media organisations would be too keen on that.

Were those play offs for 5th well received and supported back in the day? I just feel deciding it on points difference makes more sense.

 

[Diesel]

Let’s not play with the one thing that currently works for the NRL.

How about bringing back Sunday arvo finals games in weeks 2 & 3, that’ll bring the crowds back rather than a Friday night game when traffic is shithouse.

Try shortening the season by 2-3 rounds, make each round mean something.

 

[Spot On]

Let’s not play with the one thing that currently works for the NRL.

How about bringing back Sunday arvo finals games in weeks 2 & 3, that’ll bring the crowds back rather than a Friday night game when traffic is shithouse.

Try shortening the season by 2-3 rounds, make each round mean something.

Be nice to have a draw where you don't play the same team twice in 4 weeks. How the f**k is that possible so many times when there are 16 teams in the conpetition?

 

[Knight76]

Most supporters that are at the end of the season and have watched their team get belted pillar to post all year just want the pain to end. No point making them sit through another 80 minutes of pain.

 

[Diesel]

Do these wildcard teams play at home or a finals “home city” stadium. And what’s the NRL reaction when 12k turn up and it rates as a mid-table game on tv, if they’re lucky

 

[Diesel]

Just to put this in context;

Dragons (7) and Warriors (8) won 15 games in 2018.

Tigers (9) won 12 games,
Raiders (10) won 10 games.

 

[GongPanther]

Omg the poll on nrl.com is somehow 51% yes
This sport truly has the dumbest fans

Polls are bullshit.

 

[GongPanther]

The NRL are taking the piss surely...

If they are,the least thing they could do is send everyone a urinal cake.

 

[GongPanther]

I hope you’re right.

It's a cash grab for the NRL and television sponsors.

Nothing more,nothing less. The world these days revolves around bean counters who can't wait to get their next idea to head office.

 

[Exsilium]

This would be the only way Ricky Stuart coached teams make the finals...

It must not happen

 

[Willie Ray]

 

[King hit]

This would be the only way Ricky Stuart coached teams make the finals...

It must not happen

 

[unforgiven]

Were those play offs for 5th well received and supported back in the day? I just feel deciding it on points difference makes more sense.

Playoffs were great, fairest way to decide the finals. A team should not miss out on the finals on for and against.

 

[Exsilium]

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That trophy is Graeme Murray’s

Stuart is a fraud

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

The Sticky Stuart Sympathy rule

 

[franklin2323]

This has to be to take focus off the scandals

 

[Vic Mackey]

When you don’t have a Promotion/Relegation System I believe a finals series featuring 50% of the comp is fair. Anymore is taking the piss though.

 

[GongPanther]

Playoffs were great, fairest way to decide the finals. A team should not miss out on the finals on for and against.

Years ago,you would play for 5th spot on the Tuesday...then get hammered by who you played the following Saturday. There were a couple of exceptions especially Parra when they won 3 games in the space of 6 days or a week. Eventually it took its toll,but it goes down as one mighty feat.

 

[unforgiven]

Years ago,you would play for 5th spot on the Tuesday...then get hammered by who you played the following Saturday. There were a couple of exceptions especially Parra when they won 3 games in the space of 6 days or a week. Eventually it took its toll,but it goes down as one mighty feat.

Yeah I remember, it was much better than missing out by for and against though. I also loved the Tuesday night playoff game, it was like the finals arrived a couple of days early.

 

[shiznit]

Jesus there’s some dramatic motherf**kers on this forum.

I don’t see what the big deal is... it’s an extra week of football and provides hope for 2 more teams and fan bases.

Makes sense to me...

All this high and mighty argument about the sanctity of the competition is all horseshit...

If people seriously gave a shit about it they be running it home and away round robin like the EPL.

Except we all like the finals and the NRL are smart enough to realise this is an opportunity to make more money through 2 extra games as well as a whole extra finals week of publicity.

I see all this moaning about it but does anyone think it won’t rate well??

It just looks like easy money to me...