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***Official*** NRL 2008 Thread

James90

James90

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Na just applied my point stupidly. That was, because you didn't specify which winner played the highest winner of the two they'd both get drawn the higher of the two. Not sure why that would make sense.

To clarify, Smith's original post is correct. If Melbourne had won Cronulla would have played the Roosters and Brisbane would have played Canberra.

I think we've gotten to the bottom of it now.
 
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Dick Rockett

Dick Rockett

International Vice-Captain
The McIntyre Final 8 system has always made perfect sense to me. Don't see where the confusion lies, tbh.

Try getting a spreadsheet to figure it out on the other hand...
 
Craig

Craig

World Traveller
Ok, we have the top 8 finish the same, Manly, Sydney and Canberra lose.

Melbourne and Cronulla finish 1 & 3 and there fore have a week off. Canberra and New Zealand are eliminated because they were the two lowest teams. So that gives us Manly, Sydney, Brisbane and St George that are through.

So therefore Manly v Sydney and Brisbane v St George then?

Come the Prelim finals it would be Melbourne v Manly/Sydney and Cronulla v Brisbane/St George. And obv. who the winners of the prelim finals would make it to the GF.

Is my calculations correct or am I wrong?
 
James

James

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dontcloseyoureyes said:
Hmm I'll have a crack.

First week:
1 vs. 8
2 vs. 7
3 vs. 6
4 vs. 5

All of the top 4 get home games. The two lowest losers are completely eliminated, and the two highest winners get a week off. In this case, the Dragons (7th) and the Raiders (6th) are eliminated as the two lowest losers, and the Sea Eagles (2nd) and the Sharks (3rd) get the week off.

Second week:
Highest Winner(Broncos) vs. Highest Loser(Storm) [Game 1]
Lowest Winner(Warriors) vs. Lowest Loser(Roosters) [Game 2]

The two winners get home games whereas the two losers play away from home. This obviously excludes the two highest winners.

Third Week
Highest Winner from Week One vs. Winner of Game 2 from the Week Two
Other Winner from Week One vs. Winner of Game 1 from the Week Two

Both the teams who had the week off now get home games. With the Storm losing today it means they won't play another game in Melbourne this season. As Tharmi has previously mentioned, all games are either at SFS or ANZ if they're Sydney clubs.

Fourth Week
Grand Final @ ANZ


Hopefully that's right (and helps).
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Thanks very much :)
 
C

cometer

State Regular
Craig said:
Ok, we have the top 8 finish the same, Manly, Sydney and Canberra lose.

Melbourne and Cronulla finish 1 & 3 and there fore have a week off. Canberra and New Zealand are eliminated because they were the two lowest teams. So that gives us Manly, Sydney, Brisbane and St George that are through.

So therefore Manly v Sydney and Brisbane v St George then?

Come the Prelim finals it would be Melbourne v Manly/Sydney and Cronulla v Brisbane/St George. And obv. who the winners of the prelim finals would make it to the GF.

Is my calculations correct or am I wrong?
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Think you're wrong there. In that case Brisbane v Manly and St George v Roosters

As highest 2 winners -> Melbourne and Cronulla would get byes
Then the next highest winner takes on the highest loser -> thus Brisbane v Manly
Then the lowest winner and lowest loser -> St George v Roosters

Then Melbourne take on winner of St George/Roosters whilst Cronulla take on Brisbane/Manly

That's if your outcomes happened anyway.
 
Burgey

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Well done to the Warriors for producing the biggest finals upset since the 2 qualifying finals in 05, and probably ever since the top 8 came in.

Their great effort will probably paper over the cracks of the ridiculous finals system though. In all honesty, I really think you need a system where the teams in the first week of the finals all know precisely what's at stake before they take the field. Teams 3, 4, 5, 6 don't in the current system, and that stinks.

AFL system for mine would be a lot better.

Anyway, it's wide open now. Manly get to play the Warriors-Roosters winner now (I think - see, there's the uncertainty thing again) which means even if Orford and Watmough do their normal gas-up, Manly might still get to the GF.

Cronulla must be having a chuckle too really. There can't be any secret that Melbourne and Brisbane will belt the living **** out of eachother next week, and Crnulla then get to sit back and belt the **** out of the winner again the following week. That side of the draw is ridiculously wide open.
 
howardj

howardj

International Coach
Burgey said:
Well done to the Warriors for producing the biggest finals upset since the 2 qualifying finals in 05, and probably ever since the top 8 came in.

Their great effort will probably paper over the cracks of the ridiculous finals system though. In all honesty, I really think you need a system where the teams in the first week of the finals all know precisely what's at stake before they take the field. Teams 3, 4, 5, 6 don't in the current system, and that stinks.

AFL system for mine would be a lot better.

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Yes, the benefit of the AFL system is that a clear pathway is there for all teams when they take the field in the first week - their fate is in their own hands and is not subject to extraneous factors. On the other hand, I guess the drawback with the AFL system is that largely teams 1-4 are placed on an equal footing (but for the home ground advantage) once the finals commence. This is not the case under McIntyre. On balance though, I think the AFL system is preferable.
 
Simon

Simon

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if the players involved are the ones that are being reported then we are trully screwed, Melbourne will put 80 on us.
 
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