2010 NRL PREMIERSHIP - WINNERS
Team Margin
PARRAMATTA EELS - $6.50
BULLDOGS - $7.00
MELBOURNE STORM - $7.50
ST GEORGE-ILLAWARRA - $8.00
GOLD COAST TITANS - $11.00
SOUTH SYDNEY - $12.00
WESTS TIGERS - $12.00
MANLY SEA EAGLES - $14.00
PENRITH PANTHERS - $17.00
NORTH QLD COWBOYS - $21.00
BRISBANE BRONCOS - $23.00
NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS - $31.00
SYDNEY ROOSTERS - $31.00
CANBERRA RAIDERS - $41.00
CRONULLA SHARKS - $41.00
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS - $41.00
It is Friday the 12 of March and the NRL season officially kicks off tonight with a blockbuster match between the Parramatta Eeels and St George-Illwarra Dragons. The Dragons have been itching to play the Eels since the Eels knocked them out in the early round of the finals last season, paving Parramatta’s road to making the 2009 Grandfinal. This match is to be played at Parramatta Stadium in front of a full house. Tonight’s other game will see Brisbane Broncos hosting North Queensland Cowboys at Suncorp Stadium.
This year’s season is set to be as big as last season if not bigger. This season will be another close one with the premiership race bound to once again come down to the final rounds of the season in order to determine which teams will make up the top 8 and fight it out to make the 2010 Grandfinal.
I have included the betting odds courtesy of Centre bet to give you an insight of who are the favorites to take out the comp also resulting in giving you an insight of the teams who are most likely to make up the top 8.
I’m a very nervous person right now, being a Parramatta fan and looking at the odds I’m not too keen on my team being odds on favorites to take out the title this season. Yes they did have a marvelous end to the 2009 season except for the result in the Grandfinal where they narrowly got defeated by Melbourne Storm, but I don’t think they are going to be able to lift off from where they left off last season. And look at their trial games form they got thumped in all 3 of their trial games.
You have to go on form and the in form team is once again Melbourne Storm they are coming off winning last season’s Granfinal (2nd Grandfinal win in the last 4 seasons) and winning the World Club Challenge on the 28th Feburary for the 2nd time in the club’s history. They showed that last season even though they were missing some of their big stars from previous season they still had the goods to take out the Grandfinal and I think they can do it again this season.
I was also surprised to see the Brisbane Broncos paying $23. The Broncos are the competitions season professionals who are always a feature of the top 8. This year they will be fielding a younger side than usual with a fair few players from their Under 20s team and reserve team making their debut. These un-heard of players are sure to make a big impact on the game just as Ben Te’o and Jharal Yow Yeh did last season.
The Rabbitohs are going to be a team to look out for and they should feature in the top 8 and I think the West Tigers should also make the 8 if they play more consistently this season. Also watch out for the Broncos and the Cowboys
Bring on the 2010 NRL SEASON and GO PARRA!
I did agree with you on the rabbitohs on being a team to watch out for until today when they were shamed by the roosters outfit, and the inform Melbourne storm struggled against arguably one of the weaker teams in the nrl(sharks), and well, Parramatta didnt look up to scratch either so i do think you are right in that every match will count and will come down to the wire to see who makes the 8
ReplyDeletei swear i commented but it didnt work - anyway, i thought what you said about the Rabbitohs would be true until i saw their shocking performance against the roosters today where their 'big pack' was nullified but lots of running in and around the ruck then spreading it and running them around after they were tired, i think a team to watch out for this season is the Roosters, they were racking on the points easily and Carney was ripping them apart, and Melbourne had a scrappy performance against a weak sharks team and only just won, and the parramatta eels performance wasn't strong against the dragons so i definitely think their are lots of spots up for grabs in the 8 as you said
ReplyDeleteyeah that might have been cos i need to accpet the comment before they appear on my blog. yeah alot of mixed reults an i think it will be a close season. looks like some teams have improved a lot in the off season (sharks, roosters, penrith) and some need to start improving also. its early days yet though!
ReplyDeletethis is a great post for footy fans! keep up the good work!!
ReplyDeletethanks hayley
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