For the most part I agree. I think they have the top 8 right, although the order & points may be slightly different.
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Haven’t read the article and i had forecast at the beginning of the year a Panthers / Souths rematch but the dark horse (excuse the pun) are the Cowboys and they have built enormous momentum.
Can they sustain this for another 6 rounds plus a finals run…maybe and of all the other sides are in the best form.
Like any year, injuries and suspensions will play their part.
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I agee with pretty much all the commentary in the article, however a couple of point of difference;
Firstly I don’t see the Storm going deep into the finals, unless they get a favorable game or 2.
Secondly, the Cowboys are sure on the rise, it will set up the last game of the regular series against us as a blockbuster - we may well be playing for minor premiership/ top 2, and they may be playing for a top 4 spot.
For mine Parra are all but done for with regards the finals, while their last round bye will help with resting players, they will have no hope to improve their for and against last round, which could cause pressure on them in the penultimate round.
Warriors are a real dark horse.
While not in as bad a position as Parramatta, Souths are in a shaky spot. Loose a few games and they could be in trouble.
Manly, Dolphins, Knights and definitely Roosters won’t make the 8. The only team outside the top 9 who on form, draw and standing could go on a late run would be the titans.
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As great as that table is, it’s like a math test, you got to show your work.
I wonder what has to happen to finish in 3rd.
I think whoever did this has worked on best & worst case scenarios for each team (ie win every game with favourable results/lose every game with unfavourable results)
For us to finish in 3rd, we would need to win every game, Bulldogs lose every game & Warriors lose at least once.
Not entirely out of the question, but I doubt it will happen
While bored on the train to work on Tuesday, I ran quite a few scenarios through nrl ladder predictor.
best case for us is 1st , worst case is 9th.
more likely is 3-6.
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At the moment, it looks like we will be playing the Warriors in NZ for the first week of the finals.
If Roosters win it might be worth throwing the game to come up against the Sharks (or Broncos).
IC might want to rest everyone again anyway but not so sure about the guys not playing for two weeks and then just turning it on for the finals. It may be worth it though to avoid the travel to NZ.
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BREAKING NEWS By PETER LANG : The Panthers will wear their Vegas jersey during the NRL Finals series starting next week.
They will only wear an alternate jumper if it clashes with their opponent’s uniform.
This has only been made possible because all jersey sponsors agreed to it.
Penrith have worn a different jersey in each of their last five finals campaigns.
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With the results played today our elemination final will be;
win today - in NZ against the warriors
Loose today - at the stinkiest worst suburban ground vs the Sharks
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both give about the same chance of Panther fans attending the game - how the hell can the NRL allow the sharks to host finals at their crap stadium with ongoing capacity of some 11K or so? At a proper venue it is likely that 10K Panther fans would attend
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Here is a fun fact for you…
In 2018, 2023 and now in 2025 on the Saturday of week 1 of the finals the games have been…
Sharks v Roosters
Panthers v Warriors
In both games in the previous times Roosters and Panthers won
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I have a feeling that trend will continue…
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