Interest in the NRL has focused more on replacement players from existing club rosters or by late seasons trades substituting for those who are either suspended or injured.
In the AFL Richmond are still tracking for eighth.
(Draws count as correct)
NRL (last round 5/8; season tally 97/144)
Easts
Melbourne
Parramatta
Souths
Penrith
Cronulla
North Queensland
Wests
AFL (last round 7/9; season tally 116/171)
Melbourne
Hawthorn
Essendon
Fremantle
Geelong
Richmond
Sydney
Brisbane
Adelaide
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