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Top 8 is set. Some juggling within the top 8 will more than likely occur but my guess is we play storm in the 1st week. We have the best form going into the finals out of all teams so if we are going to beat them again, now is the best time to come up against them.
 

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Top 8 is set. Some juggling within the top 8 will more than likely occur but my guess is we play storm in the 1st week. We have the best form going into the finals out of all teams so if we are going to beat them again, now is the best time to come up against them.

Definitely very open this year. I heard somewhere that the minor premiers will have the least amount of wins for a very long time.
 

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I hope we play the Roosters at the SFS.

Purely from a selfish point of view, I wanna go to the game, not because I'm worried about playing the Storm in Melbourne.
 

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I hope we play the Roosters at the SFS.

Purely from a selfish point of view, I wanna go to the game, not because I'm worried about playing the Storm in Melbourne.

Agree.

Will be interesting to see how our supporters travel if that eventuates. 2016 was epic at our two Sydney games, I wonder how many casual fans won't bother again now we've won it.
 

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I cant see the bunnies or the roosters losing this week and it doesnt matter if the storm lose either, they still are minor premiers. So I would be surprised if we dont play the storm week 1 of the finals. The good news is I think we are the only team that can beat them consistently.

2018 - win 14-4 in round 4, win 17-4 in round 22.

2017 - win 11-2 round 6, lost 18-13 round 14.

2016 - win 14-6 round 4, lost 26-6 round 26, win 14-12 gf

So last 3 years - 5 wins 2 loses including beating them the last 3 times we met.
 

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Agree.

Will be interesting to see how our supporters travel if that eventuates. 2016 was epic at our two Sydney games, I wonder how many casual fans won't bother again now we've won it.

I think people will be more pumped this year, then this time last year.
 

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I cant see the bunnies or the roosters losing this week and it doesnt matter if the storm lose either, they still are minor premiers. So I would be surprised if we dont play the storm week 1 of the finals. The good news is I think we are the only team that can beat them consistently.

2018 - win 14-4 in round 4, win 17-4 in round 22.

2017 - win 11-2 round 6, lost 18-13 round 14.

2016 - win 14-6 round 4, lost 26-6 round 26, win 14-12 gf

So last 3 years - 5 wins 2 loses including beating them the last 3 times we met.

Not saying it will happen but I can see Souths losing.
 

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Win next 2 games and we are in a prelim playing for a spot in the GF - how nuts is that after such an all over the place season

Dunno how we would go against brissy, roosters or souths as those teams have got a bit over us last few seasons if met any of them through the finals but fairly confident against the rest

Turn up with the defense we showed against Storm 2 weeks ago and we can go very far
 

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We seem to have the mock over the Storm so an away game in Melbourne wouldn’t be the worst outcome.

Plus beating Melbourne IN Melbourne would be one hell of a moral boost to the squad.
 

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We seem to have the mock over the Storm so an away game in Melbourne wouldn’t be the worst outcome.

Plus beating Melbourne IN Melbourne would be one hell of a moral boost to the squad.

I genuinely think this would be the best match up for us. I rate our chances over Melbourne higher then our chances against Souths and the Chooks.
 
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Win next 2 games and we are in a prelim playing for a spot in the GF - how nuts is that after such an all over the place season

Dunno how we would go against brissy, roosters or souths as those teams have got a bit over us last few seasons if met any of them through the finals but fairly confident against the rest

Turn up with the defense we showed against Storm 2 weeks ago and we can go very far


The Broncos didn’t beat us, the refs did (in both games),
We have been beaten the Roosters consistently over the past few yrs but lost this season as we were going like bustards at the time.
Souths are not playing as well as they did early on and we now have Woods which will make a difference.

We are in this **** fight right up to our armpits for this yrs Premiership.
 
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Does anyone know which final gets played when? Living in Melbourne I've got a vested interest in he timing of the first v fourth final.
Just read league hq article. As it stands now
Souths v roosters fri nite
Us v storm sat night (winning)
 

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Does anyone know which final gets played when? Living in Melbourne I've got a vested interest in he timing of the first v fourth final.

Just read league hq article. As it stands now
Souths v roosters fri nite
Us v storm sat night (winning)

POTENTIAL FINALS SCHEDULE IF ALL FAVOURITES WIN THIS WEEKEND
Friday 8pm: Sydney Roosters (2) v South Sydney Rabbitohs (3) at Allianz Stadium
Saturday
Saturday 6pm: Melbourne Storm (1) v Cronulla Sharks (4) at AAMI Park
Saturday, 8pm: St George Illawarra Dragons (5) v Penrith Panthers (8) at ANZ Stadium
Sunday, 4pm: Brisbane Broncos (6) v New Zealand Warriors (7) at Suncorp Stadium
 
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