Well, last weekends thoughts about the final makeup of the AFL were only disturbed by West Coast losing and dropping from third to fifth. More on that next week.
In the NRL it’s sad that Matt Scott does not get a proper final game, a nice touch they have retired his number for tonight. Scott’s succumbing to a series of injuries has been a major factor in both the North Queensland and Queensland team’s decline in potency in recent years.
Brisbane should fall into the final eight with one more win.
NRL (last round 5/8; season tally 111/176)
North Queensland
Souths
Paramatta
Newcastle
Melbourne
Easts
Canberra
Wests
AFL (last round 7/9; season tally 125/198)