2026 NRL Draw

[innsaneink]

Round 1 bye, here's the team mid season.

This is crap from the NRL

What?

 

[426Tlgerland]

Could have easily just tweaked it if the old computer spat that out , but it didn’t , Broncos V Penrith was selected , so they could have easy just swapped us out with say cowboys give them the bye and us V Knights first round , NRL is poorly run , I like PV and he gets shit done but he has some monkeys working under him

 

[innsaneink]

Yeah pretty average...again, twice in three year's.

Id hope we play our first game against one of the Vegas teams at home, im thinking that opposition might be still a bit unsettled.

Hopefully this guarantees us a spot at Magic Round even though we are always a home team, weve done fairly well in that

 

[cktiger]

This must be made available to the clubs first.
I hope we let it be known to PVL just what we thought about it.

 

[HUNT 101]

Round 1 bye aye .., Well You would expect Benji to put a full strength side together in the last trial game ..

 

[TheEnz]

This is payback for Richo criticising Vegas round.

 

[Tom Shines]

Yeah pretty average...again, twice in three year's.

Id hope we play our first game against one of the Vegas teams at home, im thinking that opposition might be still a bit unsettled.

Hopefully this guarantees us a spot at Magic Round even though we are always a home team, weve done fairly well in that

Of course we will play Magic round … we give up a home game EVERY year ..

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

ordinary a bye round 1 again!

 

[user118245]

AI learns off past experiences and what’s fed into it, I reckon we’ll see similar bye schedule as last year or the theory about Richo penalised for critiquing Vegas is right

 

[simonsatiger]

On the upside we will be coming ninth after the first round.........

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

we better not receive any bloody Thursday night home games this year

 

[Tom Shines]

AI learns off past experiences and what’s fed into it, I reckon we’ll see similar bye schedule as last year or the theory about Richo penalised for critiquing Vegas is right

You sound like an AI expert …when are they taking over ?

They don’t just come up with 1 draw … AI produces multiple options and they pick the one they like most ..

 

[innsaneink]

Of course we will play Magic round … we give up a home game EVERY year ..

Why does the NRL care?

Its not like the other home teams in magic round have any other option unless they do what we do

 

[Tom Shines]

Why does the NRL care?

Its not like the other home teams in magic round have any other option unless they do what we do

Is that the case ? Manly told them last year they didn’t want to give up another home game for magic round ( with the further disadvantage of having to play the Broncos every year ) so they got the bye instead … as a fan …unless you are attending the weekend I don’t know why it matters playing Magic Round or not, and it’s good timing to get your first bye 8 weeks in

 

[innsaneink]

It matters to members

And.considering weve done pretty good in the past this weekend id say it matters to us...we usually win plus theres the financial.side.of things

 

[Leck]

We know what happened when we were given the first bye in 2024.

This AI direction is lazy, and I'm shocked about the NRL's thought process.

 

[Kelce68]

It highlights the degree of corruption and bias in the NRL just looking after their mates.

I actually think it's a pure coincidence, but they shouldn't allow it to happen on review.

It's a small thing but also mighty frustrating.

 

[Jux]

Unfknbelievable !!!

 

[Jux]

What’s the odds on us getting the last round bye !! Bastards.

 

[Tom Shines]

It matters to members

And.considering weve done pretty good in the past this weekend id say it matters to us...we usually win plus theres the financial.side.of things

I would prefer them only give up the home game say every second year …isn’t it better for the members to play the game at their own home ground ? Also… does being the “home “ or the “away” team have any influence on them winning the game in Brisbane or not?