2018 Draw (rd 1 to 25)
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If we're a top 8 team, we're going to have to beat the teams in front of us whomever they are and wherever it may be.
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This ^^^^^ 100 times this..
This draw does seem to present a bit of an uneven playing field, but to make the eight we need to win more than half of our games and that means we need to beat teams that have been ahead of us in the past. So bring it on… and let's hope our new team brings a further developed culture and can really build on what Ivan and the boys were achieving at season's end.
GNR4LIFE
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Id rather a start like this that will give us a true indication of where we are at, rather than get the soft draw the Dragons get every year, only to collapse when they hit the good sides. A few soft games early isn't what this team needs. If we're sitting pretty come round 10, we know we will have earned it and we know we have a solid team on our hands.
BlackandGoldForever
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Oh well round 1 is a Auto loss by 40 + points to the roosters with that Disloyal fullback scoring 5 trys.
at least we won't kick off the season with win this time hopefully something different exceptions won't be high after round 1
at least we won't kick off the season with win this time hopefully something different exceptions won't be high after round 1
BlackandGoldForever
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Meant to say hope Tedesco does his ACL in his first touch of the ball against his old team
BlackandGoldForever
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Well the cowgirls didn't have to lost to all the good teams, and the useless Dragons carried them to the grand final because the Bradbury Cowgirls became the worst grand final team in history of the NRL.
851
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They beat Cronulla, Parra and Roosters to make it, so they were not the worst team in the history of the NRL to play a grand final.
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Spot on. Bring em on!
Tiger_Steve
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A mate sent this to me. I don’t have a source:
WINNERS
Roosters
Make no mistake, the Roosters have been kissed on the bum by a rainbow by the NRL with this draw.
Already with the advantage of adding gun fullback James Tedesco to an already strong roster and heading the queue for the services of Cooper Cronk, the Chooks have parlayed their good fortune into the easiest draw in the competition.
The Roosters play against fellow top four opponents just four times all season (the second least) and play against bottom four sides more often than anyone else. Literally a third of their 24 games are against the basement battlers of 2017.
Win all eight of their games against this year’s bottom four and they’ll go along way to locking in another top four spot and a huge opportunity to bag Trent Robinson’s second premiership as a coach.
All told, the boys from Bondi play just nine top eight opponents and a whopping FIFTEEN against sides that missed the playoffs in 2017.
LOSERS
Wests Tigers
After a series of poor seasons, Tigers fans could be excused for wondering when things are going to go their way.
With a new-look side that will still be adapting to life after Aaron Woods and James Tedesco, the Tigers are staring down the barrel of a 2018 that ends before it begins.
In the first four rounds they play each of the sides who filled out the 2017 top four at the end of the regular season.
By round five they will have already played reigning premiers and renowned fast starters the Melbourne Storm twice.
They play rising power Parramatta for the second time in round eight and even their round seven clash — a ‘home’ game in Tamworth against Newcastle is tougher than it could have been.
It’s not without possibility that the Tigers could open the season at 0-8, taking their playoffs hopes away from them before they can blink
WINNERS
Roosters
Make no mistake, the Roosters have been kissed on the bum by a rainbow by the NRL with this draw.
Already with the advantage of adding gun fullback James Tedesco to an already strong roster and heading the queue for the services of Cooper Cronk, the Chooks have parlayed their good fortune into the easiest draw in the competition.
The Roosters play against fellow top four opponents just four times all season (the second least) and play against bottom four sides more often than anyone else. Literally a third of their 24 games are against the basement battlers of 2017.
Win all eight of their games against this year’s bottom four and they’ll go along way to locking in another top four spot and a huge opportunity to bag Trent Robinson’s second premiership as a coach.
All told, the boys from Bondi play just nine top eight opponents and a whopping FIFTEEN against sides that missed the playoffs in 2017.
LOSERS
Wests Tigers
After a series of poor seasons, Tigers fans could be excused for wondering when things are going to go their way.
With a new-look side that will still be adapting to life after Aaron Woods and James Tedesco, the Tigers are staring down the barrel of a 2018 that ends before it begins.
In the first four rounds they play each of the sides who filled out the 2017 top four at the end of the regular season.
By round five they will have already played reigning premiers and renowned fast starters the Melbourne Storm twice.
They play rising power Parramatta for the second time in round eight and even their round seven clash — a ‘home’ game in Tamworth against Newcastle is tougher than it could have been.
It’s not without possibility that the Tigers could open the season at 0-8, taking their playoffs hopes away from them before they can blink
Tiger_Steve
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Josh Reynolds twitter comment: love a challenge - bring it on. That’s why we need josh Reynolds!!
vlad
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its from here …
https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-draw-2018-winners-and-losers-wests-tigers-brutal-start-top-four-sides-win-big/news-story/0ba043a5bb4156c1a5bf964275166ec6
Harvey
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Hopefully we are not making decisions around sacking coaches based on the first 5 rounds
Spud_Murphy
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Meh…just because they finished top 4 last season, doesn't mean they'll be any good again next season. Pinch of piss, we should win every game 👍
HabboTiger
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The top 8 will be quite different next year, so baselining things on how teams ranked the year before is just a spin that can be applied to the circumstances. Quite a few teams fates could change.
Chicken_Faced_Killa
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Yep this is the attitude we need at the club. All this press about how hard the draw is should be used as motivation.
Chicken_Faced_Killa
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Out of interest what days/times should the games at Leichhardt be?
I don’t mind Saturday games there. Thursday is tough anywhere really.
Campbelltown has a similar times next year 1 c Thursday, 1 x Friday and 1 x Sunday.
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CFK - to my mind games at Leichhardt should always be Sunday Arvo. This is what most people talk about when mentioning LO.
So we do the right thing and take two games away from Sydney and they give us 1 game on Sunday at LO.
Not sure about Campbelltown but it used to be Sat night was good there but I stand corrected. I am sure the draw there is a dud as well.
Oh! well - as someone said we have to beat who ever at where ever but it would be nice to have a crowd there while you are doing it.
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They also did it without their two best players. Their entry into the finals was serendipitous and nearly went all the way well against the odds.
It would have like us winning 2005 without Benji and Prince.
