Have you already written off your club’s prospects of playing finals footy this year? Hold that thought – many teams have used the midway point of the season to perform incredible U-turns that have resulted in top-eight finishes. WILL EVANS recounts the most remarkable mid-season revivals of the past two decades.
The 2017 NRL premiership has reached the halfway mark and the finals ship already appears to have sailed for a handful of teams.
Sitting on 10 competition points and horribly out of form, the Warriors, South Sydney and Canterbury are hanging by a thread in the post-season race, while Wests Tigers (8 points) and Newcastle (8 points) will almost certainly have all of September free.
But the NRL’s parity, the unpredictable Origin period, and the difficulty in maintaining consistent form across an entire season means where there’s a mathematical chance, there’s genuine Hope. In the modern era many teams have come from seemingly hopeless positions to grab a spot in the eight... Read More
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