Who can win the 2026 NRL premiership?

[tiger_one]

Yes, I realise it's only early doors, but .......

 

[Bruiser]

I'm sure you can take the Dragons out and I think Manly would be total miracle.
No side that has conceded 50+ in an NRL season game has gone on to win it.

 

[happy_tiger]

At the moment you can cross out everyone bar the black cat ....they are next level

 

[Adam Doobie]

Brisbane have the potential, although a few off field issues have been propping up lately which makes you think something bad is brewing there. But if they can just get to the finals, so long as Reece Walsh, the spine and Payne Haas are all healthy, they'll be a chance.

 

[upthetigers]

Dogs no, Sharks no, Manly no, Dragons no, Cowboys no.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Not sure tigers can win the comp
we can make the top 4 though
we have shortened from $17 to $5
a few more wins that $5 will disappear

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Dogs no, Sharks no, Manly no, Dragons no, Cowboys no.

Storm no, that 50 pts scored against premiership stat is a damning one.

 

[upthetigers]

Storm no, that 50 pts scored against premiership stat is a damning one.

I was referring to the teams not already crossed out.

So that's 9 teams in total that can't win the premiership.

 

[HUNT 101]

: on-top of the X , you can forget about
stg, Manly, cowboys, Knights, Canberra and dogs... that leaves 7 . 🤔Tigers to loose the GF against the Panthers. Battle of the big cats

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

I was referring to the teams not already crossed out.

So that's 9 teams in total that can't win the premiership.

I just gave myself an uppercut for not looking high enough, usually get annoyed when others don't look.

 

[Flippedy]

I'm sure you can take the Dragons out and I think Manly would be total miracle.
No side that has conceded 50+ in an NRL season game has gone on to win it.

Everybody brings this up as a reason a team won’t win the premiership, but let’s face it, this will be broken eventually. It’s a long season, injuries can strike and form can change dramatically over 20 plus weeks.

 

[Flippedy]

: on-top of the X , you can forget about
stg, Manly, cowboys, Knights, Canberra and dogs... that leaves 7 . 🤔Tigers to loose the GF against the Panthers. Battle of the big cats

Lol I would love to lose a GF to the Panthers! That would be a win for me.

 

[upthetigers]

Battle of the big cats

Please check my post history I coined this term.

Pay me my royalties.

 

[jadtiger]

I'm sure you can take the Dragons out and I think Manly would be total miracle.
No side that has conceded 50+ in an NRL season game has gone on to win it.

People used to say the same about running a mile under 4 minutes until Bannister did it,benchmarks and records constantly change and the losing by 50+premiers will also change one day.

 

[HUNT 101]

Please check my post history I coined this term.

Pay me my royalties.

, will Vietnamese dong be ok

 

[upthetigers]

, will Vietnamese dong be ok

that's a currency?

sounds like penis soup 😂

 

[HUNT 101]

It is... ...a currency not a soup 😂

 

[tiger_one]

In his podcast Levels, before the season began Willie Mason said….PENRITH WOULD NOT MAKE THE EIGHT.

 

[TheEnz]

Issue with Penrith is what happens if Cleary gets injured. They will fairly quickly come back to the field. Their 6 is too inexperienced tomtake a more dominant role and they dont really have a solid backup half other than cogger who is pretty ordinary.