NRL DRAW FOR 2018 including TV viewing in UK/Internationally.

[Irish Saint]

From Fox Sports....

.... wonder if Premier Sports will get their contract renewed

ROUND 1

Thursday, March 8

Dragons v Broncos, UOW Jubilee Stadium, 7.50pm (AEDT)

Friday, March 9

Knights v Sea Eagles, McDonald Jones Stadium, 6pm (AEDT)

Cowboys v Sharks, 1300SMILES Stadium, 7.50pm (AEDT)

Saturday, March 10

Wests Tigers v Roosters, ANZ Stadium, 4pm (AEDT)

Rabbitohs v Warriors, Perth Stadium, 7pm (AEDT)

Bulldogs v Storm, Perth Stadium, 9pm (AEDT)

Sunday, March 11

Panthers v Eels, Panthers Stadium, 4.10pm (AEDT)

Titans v Raiders, CBus Super Stadium, 6.30pm (AEDT)

ROUND 2

Thursday, March 15

Sharks v Dragons, Southern Cross Group Stadium, 4pm (AEDT)

Friday, March 16

Roosters v Bulldogs, Allianz Stadium, 6pm (AEDT)

Broncos v Cowboys, Suncorp Stadium, 7.50pm (AEDT)

Saturday, March 17

Warriors v Titans, Mt Smart Stadium, 3pm (AEDT)

Panthers v Rabbitohs, Panthers Stadium, 5.30pm (AEDT)

Storm v Wests Tigers, AAMI Park, 7.30pm (AEDT)

Sunday, March 18

Sea Eagles v Eels, Lottoland, 4.10pm (AEDT)

Raiders v Knights, GIO Stadium, 6.30pm (AEDT)

ROUND 3

Thursday, March 22

Storm v Cowboys, AAMI Park, 7.50pm (AEDT)

Friday, March 23

Bulldogs v Panthers, ANZ Stadium, 6pm (AEDT)

Wests Tigers v Broncos, Campbelltown Stadium, 7.50pm (AEDT)

Saturday, March 24

Raiders v Warriors, GIO Stadium, 3pm (AEDT)

Rabbitohs v Sea Eagles, ANZ Stadium, 5.30pm (AEDT)

Eels v Sharks, ANZ Stadium, 7.30pm (AEDT)

Sunday, March 25

Titans v Dragons, Clive Berghofer Stadium, Toowoomba, 4.10pm (AEDT)

Roosters v Knights, Allianz Stadium, 6.30pm (AEDT)

ROUND 4

Thursday, March 29

Cowboys v Panthers, 1300SMILES Stadium, 7.50pm (AEDT)

Friday, March 30

Rabbitohs v Bulldogs, ANZ Stadium, 4.10pm (AEDT)

Sharks v Storm, Southern Cross Group Stadium, 7.50pm (AEDT)

Saturday, March 31

Roosters v Warriors, Allianz Stadium, 5.30pm (AEDT)

Sea Eagles v Raiders, Lottoland, 7.30pm (AEDT)

Sunday, April 1

Dragons v Knights, WIN Stadium, 4.10pm (AEST)

Broncos v Titans, Suncorp Stadium, 6.30pm (AEST)

Monday, April 2

Wests Tigers v Eels, ANZ Stadium, 4pm (AEST)

ROUND 5

Thursday, April 5

Raiders v Bulldogs, GIO Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, April 6

Sharks v Roosters, Southern Cross Group Stadium, 6pm (AEST)

Dragons v Rabbitohs, UOW Jubilee Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, April 7

Wests Tigers v Storm, Mt Smart Stadium, 3pm (AEST)

Warriors v Cowboys, Mt Smart Stadium, 5.30pm (AEST)

Knights v Broncos, McDonald Jones Stadium, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, April 8

Titans v Sea Eagles, Marley Brown Oval, Gladstone, 2pm (AEST)

Eels v Panthers, ANZ Stadium, 4.10pm (AEST)

ROUND 6

Thursday, April 12

Roosters v Rabbitohs, Allianz Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, April 13

Storm v Knights, AAMI Park, 6pm (AEST)

Dragons v Sharks, WIN Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, April 14

Warriors v Broncos, Mt Smart Stadium, 3pm (AEST)

Cowboys v Bulldogs, 1300SMILES Stadium, 5.30pm (AEST)

Raiders v Eels, GIO Stadium, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, April 15

Panthers v Titans, Panthers Stadium, 2pm (AEST)

Sea Eagles v Wests Tigers, Lottoland, 4.10pm (AEST)

ROUND 7

Thursday, April 19

Bulldogs v Roosters, ANZ Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, April 20

Warriors v Dragons, Mt Smart Stadium, 6pm (AEST)

Broncos v Storm, Suncorp Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, April 21

Rabbitohs v Raiders, Central Coast Stadium, 3pm (AEST)

Wests Tigers v Knights, Scully Park, Tamworth, 5.30pm (AEST)

Cowboys v Titans, 1300SMILES Stadium, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, April 22

Eels v Sea Eagles, ANZ Stadium, 2pm (AEST)

Sharks v Panthers, Southern Cross Group Stadium, 4.10pm (AEST)

ROUND 8

Wednesday, April 25

Dragons v Roosters, Allianz Stadium, 4.10pm (AEST)

Storm v Warriors, AAMI Park, 7pm (AEST)

Thursday, April 26

Rabbitohs v Broncos, ANZ Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, April 27

Sea Eagles v Knights, Lottoland, 6pm (AEST)

Panthers v Bulldogs, Panthers Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, April 28

Titans v Sharks, CBus Super Stadium, 5.30pm (AEST)

Cowboys v Raiders, 1300SMILES Stadium, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, April 29

Eels v Wests Tigers, ANZ Stadium, 4.10pm

ROUND 9

Thursday, May 3

Broncos v Bulldogs, Suncorp Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, May 4

Knights v Rabbitohs, McDonald Jones Stadium, 6pm (AEST)

Panthers v Cowboys, Carrington Park, Bathurst, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, May 5

Raiders v Titans, GIO Stadium, 3pm (AEST)

Warriors v Wests Tigers, Mt Smart Stadium, 5.30pm (AEST)

Sharks v Eels, Southern Cross Group Stadium, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, May 6

Dragons v Storm, UOW Jubilee Stadium, 2pm (AEST)

Roosters v Sea Eagles, Allianz Stadium, 4.10pm (AEST)

ROUND 10

Thursday, May 10

Wests Tigers v Cowboys, Leichhardt Oval, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, May 11

Knights v Panthers, McDonald Jones Stadium, 6pm (AEST)

Bulldogs v Eels, ANZ Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, May 12

Warriors v Roosters, Mt Smart Stadium, 3pm (AEST)

Storm v Titans, Suncorp Stadium, 5.30pm (AEST)

Sea Eagles v Broncos, Suncorp Stadium, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, May 13

Rabbitohs v Dragons, ANZ Stadium, 2pm (AEST)

Raiders v Sharks, GIO Stadium, 4.10pm (AEST)

ROUND 11

Thursday, May 17

Panthers v Wests Tigers, Panthers Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, May 18

Eels v Warriors, ANZ Stadium, 6pm (AEST)

Broncos v Roosters, Suncorp Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, May 19

Titans v Knights, CBus Super Stadium, 3pm (AEST)

Cowboys v Rabbitohs, 1300SMILES Stadium, 5.30pm (AEST)

Storm v Sea Eagles, AAMI Park, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, May 20

Dragons v Raiders, Glen Willow Stadium, Mudgee, 2pm (AEST)

Sharks v Bulldogs, Southern Cross Group Stadium, 4.10pm (AEST)

ROUND 12

Thursday, May 12

Broncos v Eels, Suncorp Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, May 25

Raiders v Sea Eagles, GIO Stadium, 6pm (AEST)

Cowboys v Storm, 1300SMILES Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, May 26

Roosters v Titans, Central Coast Stadium, 3pm (AEST)

Warriors v Rabbitohs, Mt Smart Stadium, 5.30pm (AEST)

Panthers v Dragons, Panthers Stadium, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, May 27

Knights v Sharks, McDonald Jones Stadium, 2pm (AEST)

Wests Tigers v Bulldogs, ANZ Stadium, 4.10pm (AEST)

ROUND 13

Thursday, May 31

Sea Eagles v Cowboys, Lottoland, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, June 1

Rabbitohs v Sharks, ANZ Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, June 2

Eels v Knights, ANZ Stadium, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, June 3

Roosters v Wests Tigers, Allianz Stadium, 4.10pm (AEST)

Byes: Broncos, Bulldogs, Dragons, Panthers, Raiders, Storm, Titans, Warriors

ROUND 14

Friday, June 8

Raiders v Panthers, GIO Stadium, 6pm (AEST)

Titans v Rabbitohs, CBus Super Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, June 9

Sea Eagles v Warriors, AMI Stadium Christchurch, 3pm (AEST)

Knights v Roosters, McDonald Jones Stadium, 5.30pm (AEST)

Eels v Cowboys, TIO Stadium, Darwin, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, June 10

Sharks v Tigers, Southern Cross Group Stadium, 2pm (AEST)

Storm v Broncos, AAMI Park, 4.10pm (AEST)

Monday, June 11

Bulldogs v Dragons, ANZ Stadium, 4pm (AEST)

ROUND 15

Thursday, June 14

Eels v Rabbitohs, ANZ Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, June 15

Cowboys v Warriors, 1300SMILES Stadium, 6pm (AEST)

Roosters v Panthers, Allianz Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, June 16

Bulldogs v Titans, Belmore Sports Ground, 3pm (AEST)

Dragons v Sea Eagles, WIN Stadium, 5.30pm (AEST)

Sharks v Broncos, Southern Cross Group Stadium, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, June 17

Knights v Storm, McDonald Jones Stadium, 2pm (AEST)

Wests Tigers v Raiders, Campbelltown Stadium, 4.10pm (AEST)

ROUND 16

Thursday, June 28

Dragons v Eels, WIN Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, June 29

Warriors v Sharks, Mt Smart Stadium, 6pm (AEST)

Roosters v Storm, Allianz Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, June 30

Panthers v Sea Eagles, Panthers Stadium, 3pm (AEST)

Knights v Bulldogs, McDonald Jones Stadium, 5.30pm (AEST)

Broncos v Raiders, Suncorp Stadium, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, July 1

Wests Tigers v Titans, Leichhardt Oval, 2pm (AEST)

Rabbitohs v Cowboys, Barlow Park, Cairns, 4.10pm (AEST)

ROUND 17

Thursday, July 5

Storm v Dragons, AAMI Park, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, July 6

Panthers v Warriors, Panthers Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, July 7

Bulldogs v Raiders, Belmore Sports Ground, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, July 8

Titans v Broncos, CBus Super Stadium, 4.10pm (AEST)

ROUND 18

Friday, July 13

Panthers v Sharks, Panthers Stadium, 6pm (AEST)

Knights v Eels, McDonald Jones Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, July 14

Bulldogs v Rabbitohs, ANZ Stadium, 3pm (AEST)

Sea Eagles v Storm, Lottoland, 5.30pm (AEST)

Raiders v Cowboys, GIO Stadium, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, July 15

Broncos v Warriors, Suncorp Stadium, 2pm (AEST)

Dragons v Wests Tigers, UOW Jubilee Stadium, 4.10pm (AEST)

Titans v Roosters, CBus Super Stadium, 6.30pm (AEST)

ROUND 19

Thursday, July 19

Eels v Bulldogs, ANZ Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, July 20

Sharks v Raiders, Southern Cross Group Stadium, 6pm (AEST)

Broncos v Panthers, Suncorp Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, July 21

Knights v Titans, McDonald Jones Stadium, 3pm (AEST)

Wests Tigers v Rabbitohs, ANZ Stadium, 5.30pm (AEST)

Cowboys v Dragons, 1300SMILES Stadium, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, July 22

Warriors v Storm, Mt Smart Stadium, 2pm (AEST)

Sea Eagles v Roosters, Lottoland, 4.10pm (AEST)

ROUND 20

Thursday, July 26

Broncos v Sharks, Suncorp Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, July 27

Cowboys v Knights, 1300SMILES Stadium, 6pm (AEST)

Bulldogs v Wests Tigers, ANZ Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, July 28

Sea Eagles v Panthers, Lottoland, 3pm (AEST)

Rabbitohs v Eels, ANZ Stadium, 5.30pm (AEST)

Storm v Raiders, AAMI Park, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, July 29

Titans v Warriors, CBus Super Stadium, 2pm (AEST)

Roosters v Dragons, Allianz Stadium, 4.10pm (AEST)

ROUND 21

Thursday, August 2

Bulldogs v Broncos, ANZ Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, August 3

Knights v Wests Tigers, McDonald Jones Stadium, 6pm (AEST)

Rabbitohs v Storm, ANZ Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, August 4

Dragons v Warriors, WIN Stadium, 3pm (AEST)

Eels v Titans, ANZ Stadium, 5.30pm (AEST)

Roosters v Cowboys, Allianz Stadium, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, August 5

Sharks v Sea Eagles, Southern Cross Group Stadium, 2pm (AEST)

Panthers v Raiders, Panthers Stadium, 4.10pm (AEST)

ROUND 22

Thursday, August 8

Cowboys v Broncos, 1300SMILES Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, August 10

Warriors v Knights, Mt Smart Stadium, 6pm (AEST)

Rabbitohs v Roosters, ANZ Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, August 11

Titans v Panthers, CBus Super Stadium, 3pm (AEST)

Sea Eagles v Bulldogs, Lottoland, 5.30pm (AEST)

Eels v Dragons, ANZ Stadium, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, August 12

Raiders v Wests Tigers, GIO Stadium, 2pm (AEST)

Storm v Sharks, AAMI Park, 4.10pm (AEST)

ROUND 23

Thursday, August 16

Broncos v Rabbitohs, Suncorp Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, August 17

Sea Eagles v Titans, Lottoland, 6pm (AEST)

Storm v Eels, AAMI Park, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, August 18

Panthers v Knights, Panthers Stadium, 3pm (AEST)

Wests Tigers v Dragons, Leichhardt Oval, 5.30pm (AEST)

Sharks v Cowboys, Southern Cross Group Stadium, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, August 19

Bulldogs v Warriors, ANZ Stadium, 2pm (AEST)

Raiders v Roosters, GIO Stadium, 4.10pm (AEST)

ROUND 24

Thursday, August 23

Wests Tigers v Sea Eagles, Campbelltown Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, August 24

Warriors v Panthers, Mt Smart Stadium, 6pm (AEST)

Cowboys v Eels, 1300SMILES Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, August 25

Raiders v Rabbitohs, GIO Stadium, 3pm (AEST)

Titans v Storm, CBus Super Stadium, 5.30pm (AEST)

Roosters v Broncos, Allianz Stadium, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, August 26

Sharks v Knights, Southern Cross Group Stadium, 2pm (AEST)

Dragons v Bulldogs, UOW Jubilee Stadium, 4.10pm (AEST)

ROUND 25

Thursday, August 30

Rabbitohs v Wests Tigers, ANZ Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)

Friday, August 31

Warriors v Raiders, Mt Smart Stadium, 6pm (AEST)

Storm v Panthers, AAMI Park, 7.50pm (AEST)

Saturday, September 1

Knights v Dragons, McDonald Jones Stadium, 3pm (AEST)

Titans v Cowboys, CBus Super Stadium, 5.30pm (AEST)

Eels v Roosters, ANZ Stadium, 7.30pm (AEST)

Sunday, September 2

Bulldogs v Sharks, ANZ Stadium, 2pm (AEST)

Broncos v Sea Eagles, Suncorp Stadium, 4.10pm (AEST)

 

 

[Irish Saint]

At a quick glance what has happened to Friday night Broncos I make it only 4 Friday night home games.

[Irish Saint]

Toughness of draw.   LETS GO WARRIORS!

 

For me I don't read to much into this as based on last year's finishing positions. Teams will have had complete overhauls since then what with retirements, transfers, etc.

 

Though the Melbourne conspiracy persuasion will have a field day

 

http://www.nrl.com/how-tough-is-your-clubs-2018-draw/tabid/10874/newsid/113911/default.aspx

How tough is your club's 2018 draw?

 

Could a kind draw help propel the Raiders back into finals contention?

The Roosters may have the most generous fixture list in 2018, while the Warriors will be tested against the best on the road to the finals according to analysis of next season's NRL Telstra Premiership draw.

Determining which clubs have a "hard" or "easy" draw is a complicated question – travel, time between matches and State of Origin scheduling are all factors – but a simple way to look at the difficulty of each team's draw is by looking at their opponents.

A 25-round competition with one bye means each club plays nine other teams twice and six teams just once, so some clubs could be said to have easier draws than others.

Note that a "tougher" draw isn't necessarily a bad thing – sure it might hurt your chances of sneaking into the finals but if your team can make the top eight they'll arguably be more battle hardened, having already played a lot of matches against strong sides (see North Queensland's surprise run to the grand final after enduring a tough draw in 2017).

Also, there's an obvious advantage for the better teams when analysing draws like this – because highly-rated teams like the Roosters and Melbourne Storm can't play against themselves. 

That being said, here's how each club's draws rank, toughest to easiest, based on premiership betting for the 2018 season.

 

1. Warriors (234 points)
2. Titans (226)
=3. Sharks (218)
=3. Bulldogs (218)
=3. Wests Tigers (218)
=6. Sea Eagles (216)
=6. Knights (216)
8. Cowboys (208)
9. Rabbitohs (207)
10. Broncos (205)
11. Dragons (202)
12. Eels (191)
13. Panthers (190)
14. Raiders (189)
15. Storm (180)
16. Roosters (170)

Full 2018 NRL Telstra Premiership Draw

How did we work these out? Each NRL team was attributed a score out of 16, based on their ranking in premiership betting. Current dual premiership favourites the Storm and Roosters were both valued at 16 points, while wooden spoon favourites the Wests Tigers were valued at 1 point. 

We then went through each club's 2018 draw and added up the total score of all their opponents for the season to come up with their "draw toughness" score.

The Warriors will play a string of big games, including two matches against each of the Roosters, Storm, Cowboys and Broncos. At the other end of the scale the Roosters and Storm only play against each other once, and the Roosters only have one game (at home) against the Cowboys.

The Bulldogs have the toughest first half of the season, facing the five highest-rated teams within the opening nine rounds, but if they can get through that they do have the "easiest" second half of the campaign in terms of opponents. It's a similar story for the Wests Tigers, who start the season with games against each of last season's top four teams but finish with nine of their last 10 games coming against teams that missed the finals in 2017.

The Broncos meanwhile have a relatively smooth start to the campaign but face the toughest second half of the year on our draw toughness scale.

 

 

[Farmduck]

21 minutes ago, Irish Saint said:

How did we work these out? Each NRL team was attributed a score out of 16, based on their ranking in premiership betting. Current dual premiership favourites the Storm and Roosters were both valued at 16 points, while wooden spoon favourites the Wests Tigers were valued at 1 point. 

 

WTF???L??F??H??G?#?$?%?^?&??2?1

[Graham]

Ah yes, they've used the horsefeather approach to statistical analysis.

[Graham]

Irish Saint:

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.... wonder if Premier Sports will get their contract renewed

I hope they do irish Saint. I'm happy to get all the games in full with HD, hopefully without a price increase!

[Graham]

Storm have been quick to get their fixtures out there to fans. Clever how they divided 25 into three rows of  eight... well okay,   there’s no R13 fixture... bye

How about your club. Happy with the draw or feeling peeved?

[Farmduck]

 

Looks good. We kick off the season with 6 wins to build the crowds up, thump the Tin Men by 60, then go to ANZ to play the Eels in front of 60K people.

[Graham]

Is that an image of Tigers fixtures? Can’t see it FD

[Graham]

 

[Irish Saint]

3 hours ago, Graham said:

Irish Saint:

I hope they do irish Saint. I'm happy to get all the games in full with HD, hopefully without a price increase!

 

Best tenner I spend every month, pity one can't subscribe to the league channel on Fox

[Farmduck]

6 minutes ago, Graham said:

Is that an image of Tigers fixtures? Can’t see it FD

fixed

[Graham]

Ta

I’d just found it too.

See you have a soft run to the finish line too

Raiders, Dragons, Sea Eagles and Bunnies. Could be a champion year for you.

[Graham]

15 minutes ago, Irish Saint said:

 

Best tenner I spend every month, pity one can't subscribe to the league channel on Fox

Yes, I agree. There’s folk on another forum saying giving the contract to Premier Sports in 2013 was bizarre. I think it has worked well. Their coverage has improved year on year. 2016 probably had the most extras with Sterlo, Matty Johns shows as well as a Footy Show.

I don’t want to subscribe to Sky Sports or BT Sports if NRL were to go to either of them.

A free channel like Eurosport wouldn’t be likely to get it surely, and they wouldn’t be likely to show every game.

Premier has been good value with every NRL game plus the extras including Finals, Origin etc.

[Irish Saint]

1 minute ago, Graham said:

Yes, I agree. There’s folk on another forum saying giving the contract to Premier Sports in 2013 was bizarre. I think it has worked well. Their coverage has improved year on year. 2016 probably had the most extras with Sterlo, Matty Johns shows as well as a Footy Show.

I guess those folk are BT Internet subscribers who want BT to bid for the contract so they don't have to fork out a tenner.

Ah 2016 the golden year.

Perhaps worryingly on the Premier twitter feed, League is rarely mentioned indeed they themselves stated last year that the numbers who subscribed for League had dropped.

 

[Farmduck]

One of the few advantages of a Pay TV monopoly - you only subscribe to one network and you get everything. IMO, we've seen the last of the big TV deals in OZ. I've been saying for a long time that the NRL will eventually broadcast its own games through its own subscription service. The amounts that our (especially) free-to-air networks have been paying for sport aren't sustainable. Channel 10 just went belly-up so they won't be competing for anything (except Lisa Wilkinson, but that's a local story) which leaves 7 and 9 to carve up so much available sport that some governing bodies will be paying the networks for air time.

[Vichyssoise]

2 hours ago, Graham said:

Storm have been quick to get their fixtures out there to fans. Clever how they divided 25 into three rows of  eight... well okay,   there’s no R13 fixture... byes all round.

[...]

Interesting concept... A week off labelled a round.

[Lounge Room Lizard]

Annoys me that clubs play opponents twice inside the first 5 rounds. Is it really fair that Tigers face the Minor and major Premiership winners in round 2 and 5? I would rather see the draw see clubs not face each other so close together.

[RabbitRhinoovOZ]

Wow what a shock -Storm and Easts gifted dream runs , Now just to rubber stamp Cronk to Easts and mission accomplished for 2018.

[Davo5]

7 hours ago, RabbitRhinoovOZ said:

Wow what a shock -Storm and Easts gifted dream runs , Now just to rubber stamp Cronk to Easts and mission accomplished for 2018.

Didn't take long for your bitterness to resurface with yet another dreamed up conspiracy theory,even better when it involves the team I support and the one you think I support,bunnies dreamworlds love it.

[RabbitRhinoovOZ]

25 minutes ago, Davo5 said:

Didn't take long for your bitterness to resurface with yet another dreamed up conspiracy theory,even better when it involves the team I support and the one you think I support,bunnies dreamworlds love it.

So now your one of those jealous eastern suburbs supporter lol your just the gift that keeps on giving stormdavo5 

[Davo5]

4 hours ago, RabbitRhinoovOZ said:

So now your one of those jealous eastern suburbs supporter lol your just the gift that keeps on giving stormdavo5 

Oh the irony,

[Vichyssoise]

Quite frankly the whole easy / tough draw means next to nothing given that so many things can change before next March and throughout the season.

I do agree with LRL that having teams play each other twice before they've even faced the other 14 teams in the league, especially in such a short span, is rather poor. It happens every year when it should not.

 

A better schedule in my opinion with the current 16-team set up would be the following:

2 groups of 8 teams for scheduling purpose only (loosely based on previous year ladder position and derby opponents / rivalries).

R1 to R15 ==> Face all other teams in the league

R16 to R22 ==> Face all  teams in the same group

It could go like this:

W1-W9 ==> R1-R9

W10 ==> Origin 1 / Internationals

W11-W13 ==> R10-R12

W14 ==> Origin 2 / Internationals

W15-W17 ==> R13-R15

W18 ==> Origin 3 / Internationals

W19-W25 ==> R16-R22

But it'll never happen since the clubs would only play 22 games a season (club CEOs & TVs would never give it the green light).

 

 

[Eldujo]

On 19/10/2017 at 2:02 PM, Irish Saint said:

I guess those folk are BT Internet subscribers who want BT to bid for the contract so they don't have to fork out a tenner.

Ah 2016 the golden year.

Perhaps worryingly on the Premier twitter feed, League is rarely mentioned indeed they themselves stated last year that the numbers who subscribed for League had dropped.

 

Looks like this will be how to watch NRL next year in the UK. 

http://www.nrl.com/landmark-international-rights-deal-with-fox-sports/tabid/10874/newsid/113968/default.aspx

Seems like no UK channel will be broadcasting and there will be an international deal from Fox. It's a bit short on details at the moment but it appears to be covering NRL, SOO and Aussie international games. 

[Irish Saint]

1 hour ago, Eldujo said:

Looks like this will be how to watch NRL next year in the UK. 

http://www.nrl.com/landmark-international-rights-deal-with-fox-sports/tabid/10874/newsid/113968/default.aspx

Seems like no UK channel will be broadcasting and there will be an international deal from Fox. It's a bit short on details at the moment but it appears to be covering NRL, SOO and Aussie international games. 

Sadly, on the Premier website when one clicks on the Rugby League tab the NRL section has gone just the RLWC now