NRL 2021 DRAW

[Farmduck]

https://www.nrl.com/draw/?competition=111&season=2021

Here is a list of who each team plays twice:

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-draw-2021-who-every-team-plays-twice-rugby-league-news/news-story/4eadf975dd8e7c89319fc530c5d1897c

Storm get a tough draw. They play 6 of this year's top 8 twice. Broncos also get a "tough" draw. Only 14 of their games are on free-to-air prime-time Thursday and Friday night slots. By comparison, Wests Tigers get 2.

[Farmduck]

Round 5: Chooks v Sharks  Central Coast Stadium, Central Coast

 

[DavidM]

This is the time of year when I see the draw and get bemused about how it all works . Draws should end up a level playing field , but by definition of not playing everyone twice it’s not . I’m sure there’s meant to be logic behind it somewhere , beyond me though . How do they work out who you play twice , and at times you don’t play a team for 18 months then play another twice in a month 

[Graham]

That's the thing with having 16 teams in the division, to play everyone home and away that'd be 30 league games a season, considered too many.

[Dunbar]

10 hours ago, DavidM said:

This is the time of year when I see the draw and get bemused about how it all works . Draws should end up a level playing field , but by definition of not playing everyone twice it’s not . I’m sure there’s meant to be logic behind it somewhere , beyond me though . How do they work out who you play twice , and at times you don’t play a team for 18 months then play another twice in a month 

The draw is crazy.

Look at the Broncos.  They finish bottom in 2020 and yet the teams they play twice in 2021 are 8 of this years top 9 plus the Cowboys.

The teams they play once next year are this years 10 to 15 placed teams plus the Raiders. 

I know the NRL is pretty fluid in quality and strength but they have been handed a really tough draw and I don't know how it is determined (I am not a Broncos fan, just using the first team on this page as an example NRL draw 2021: Everything you need to know for your team - NRL)