How about Raiders, Roosters, Warriors, sea Eagles. They are all premiership contenders and all possible top 4 teams.
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I wouldn't count rorters as a contender or top 4 team, but they play them in a couple weeks and then again in Rd 24.
They play raiders next week in Canberra, so that could be an interesting match up... that's the only time they play them this year
I don't think Wahs are contenders, but they don't play them until Rd 23... and they don't have to play them in NZ
Sea Eagles will depend on whether Turbo is playing or not... they play them in Rd 21... and they only play them once as well.
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Who they going to replace him with, Buzz?
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Some independent league media calling out six agains for what they are... mainstream media and officials keeping their heads in the sand
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Why the set restart is ruining the NRL - and why the stats prove it, too
Set restarts are up around 20 per cent in the NRL this season. They are having huge impacts on the way the game is played in 2025.
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Some independent league media calling out six agains for what they are... mainstream media and officials keeping their heads in the sand
Why the set restart is ruining the NRL - and why the stats prove it, too
Set restarts are up around 20 per cent in the NRL this season. They are having huge impacts on the way the game is played in 2025.
100% spot on, everything we have been saying. The unpredictability is really convenient, seeing as the largest increases in revenue have come from betting agencies.
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Some suggestions of JD.
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Fantastic announcement regarding the Perth Bears inclusion to the NRL in 2027.
Loving the predictably narrow minded responses from WA people who have lived their lives sheltered from many sports.
Sad in a way also.
Excited as I live here, but of course the Broncos will be my one and only team though.
Loving the predictably narrow minded responses from WA people who have lived their lives sheltered from many sports.
Sad in a way also.
Excited as I live here, but of course the Broncos will be my one and only team though.
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Some independent league media calling out six agains for what they are... mainstream media and officials keeping their heads in the sand
Why the set restart is ruining the NRL - and why the stats prove it, too
Set restarts are up around 20 per cent in the NRL this season. They are having huge impacts on the way the game is played in 2025.
HEAR! HEAR!
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Been like 5 years since I was ranting about this. Finally have the stats to back it up.Some independent league media calling out six agains for what they are... mainstream media and officials keeping their heads in the sand
Why the set restart is ruining the NRL - and why the stats prove it, too
Set restarts are up around 20 per cent in the NRL this season. They are having huge impacts on the way the game is played in 2025.
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Travelling from Perth for games on the opposite side of Australia is going to be the major topic after they flop hard in their first season.
The Wahs moan about a 2 hour flight most weeks, imagine coming from Perth! **** that.
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Yeah definitely.
It's always a talking point regarding WA based sports teams.
One question I do have is how and who is the travel being paid by?
It was a major issue during the WA Reds tenure.
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How des the AFL handle it with their 2 WA teams? Is it a long running problem in the AFL that the WA teams are more fatigued? Who pays for their travel?
I realise you might not know these answers, but the framework is there.
Genuinely curious, lessons there for the Bears
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There is no perfect solution but the AFL does some chunks for the WA teams where they will spend a couple of weeks in Melbourne and then a couple of weeks. Back home. There also get more home games than the eastern states, usually 1 or 2 more a year.
But the thing that helps in the AFL is you have Adelaide where the WA teams can play three games a year due to their version of magic round. That can break up the eastern seaboard travel which the NRL won’t have. This is potentially compounded if Perth needs to go to PNG and vice versa.
But the thing that helps in the AFL is you have Adelaide where the WA teams can play three games a year due to their version of magic round. That can break up the eastern seaboard travel which the NRL won’t have. This is potentially compounded if Perth needs to go to PNG and vice versa.
