Melbourne are a good team. Well played. That the Western Bulldogs were clearly the next best team in the league and got smashed to the extent they did points to an incredible level of dominance. Penrith should be favourites. Wear and tear are weighing them down, and the romance of the game, along with South’s …
Last weeks NRL results worked out as planned, though Penrith are far from convincing. Since I’m pretty sure both Souths and Manly would prefer Melbourne to lose their game with Penrith that makes Melbourne the favourites in my eyes. And neither Penrith or Melbourne really want to play Wayne Bennet, so Souths are favourites in …
So, NRL stayed with 75% even in the finals. I don’t think Penrith are done by any means, though they’re probably happiest that they’re facing Paramatta. Easts have done amazingly to get this far and have a side on the field. Manly won’t be taking anything at all for granted; as well they shouldn’t. The …
NRL: 6/8 to finish the regular season seems as appropriate as anything. The average was nearly 72.5%. Which was a lot better than my AFL 60.5%. I would have thought that was unusual and that NRL was harder to tip, but this year the gap in team performance has been huge, while the AFL seemed …
