Finals Schedule

[Vasco]

Rue de Royale

Nice one.

[milanja]

Nice one.

[Mickie Lane]

Well done mil.

[Mickie Lane]

Its hard to tip the Manly v Sharks game. Im going for the Sharks
Fitzy should have rested his whole team, whether they win or lose they still will be 4th & they'll have to go to Melbourne who have been resting since Thurday night.

[King Salvo]

Its hard to tip the Manly v Sharks game. Im going for the Sharks
Fitzy should have rested his whole team, whether they win or lose they still will be 4th & they'll have to go to Melbourne who have been resting since Thurday night.

Bit hard to do that as their feeder club Newtown was playing 1st week of the Finals in NSW Cup as was the Sharks Jersey Flegg side - would have to find another 19 to 22 players to fill in if they rested the whole 17 NRL side.

[Mickie Lane]

Geez the Sharkies have a got a cracking backline.
All big strong guys.

[A Country Member]

Ha!! I took your tip and backed it. Thanks

[Vasco]

Well done mil.

I went all up the winner in the third. Milky bars on me.

[A Country Member]

QUALIFYING AND ELIMINATION FINALS

To be played across Friday September 13 to Sunday September 15

First Qualifying Final: [1] Melbourne Storm vs [4] Cronulla Sharks

Full details TBC - Likely Saturday afternoon

First Elimination Final: [5] North Queensland Cowboys vs [8] One of Dolphins, Knights or Raiders

Full details TBC - Likely Sunday afternoon

Second Elimination Final: [6] Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs vs [7] Manly Sea Eagles

Full details TBC - Likely Saturday night

Second Qualifying Final: [2] Penrith Panthers vs [3] Sydney Roosters

Full details TBC - Likely Friday night



SEMI-FINALS

To be played across Friday September 20 to Saturday September 21

First Semi Final: Loser of First Qualifying Final (Storm-Sharks) vs Winner of First Elimination Final (Cowboys-Dolphins/Knights/Raiders)

Full details TBC - Likely Saturday night

Second Semi Final: Loser of Second Qualifying Final (Panthers-Roosters) vs Winner of Second Elimination Final (Bulldogs-Sea Eagles)

[weplayforprems]

This is our Grand Final this week,this is the must win game!

Hopefully Robbo takes the players in camp and gets them ready,as we need to throw everything into this game and jag a win..

We lose this one,and we are next to no chance!

Agreed. Penrith has not looked this vulnerable arguably in 4 years.

They are obviously going to be hard to beat but even with our injuries it’s still probably one of the best chances we have had to get them.

A week off and then a prelim against not Penrith or Melbourne.

The boys better rip in hard.

[Eggspert]

Curse these injuries.

With Walker, B Smith & Rads im confident we would have beat them.

But we still have class out there & this is a very beatable Panthers team. We still have a decent chance.

A win & a week off would be huge.

Also to send Penrith into the Storms half of the draw would be fantastic.

[bondi.boy]

It's just not fair.
We finished 3rd, no home final for us.
But Dogs get a home final and so do the Cowboys.
What a croc system.

[Bruce 38-0]

Score early and race out to 18 with a sneaky Kez FG just before HT. Watch them fold. Maybe they might get penalised for the first time this year being offside at the ruck. Gee I would love to see a breakdown of their penalties conceded v the rest of the comp.

[HunchoRooster]

Cleary will play. I don't think his injury is anywhere near as bad as they say it is. Just sitting out until finals. Does it every year. Sits out of Origin so he can be fresh for finals.

They will be extrenely hard to beat because they don't have a whole lot of variation from their best game to worst game. Add in the fact the refs refuse to penalize them for being offside all the time. Add in the Bogan boos for everything. We are up against it and I don't like our chances with the amount of points we've been conceding.

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

It's just not fair.
We finished 3rd, no home final for us.
But Dogs get a home final and so do the Cowboys.
What a croc system.

The cows and dogs can also be knocked out this week. We can't.