2012 NRL Premiership: Results and Table

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Final NRL Table - Saturday 15th September, 2012

Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	F	A	+/-	Points
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	18	0	6	568	369	+199	40
Melbourne Storm	24	17	0	7	579	361	+218	38
South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	16	0	8	559	438	+121	36
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	16	0	8	497	403	+94	36
North Queensland Cowboys	24	15	0	9	597	445	+152	34
Canberra Raiders	24	13	0	11	545	536	+9	30
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	12	1	11	445	441	+4	29
Brisbane Broncos	24	12	0	12	481	447	+34	28
St George-Illawarra Dragons	24	11	0	13	405	438	-33	26
Wests Tigers	24	11	0	13	506	551	-45	26
Gold Coast Titans	24	10	0	14	449	477	-28	24
Newcastle Knights	24	10	0	14	448	488	-40	24
Sydney Roosters	24	8	1	15	462	626	-164	21
New Zealand Warriors	24	8	0	16	497	609	-112	20
Penrith Panthers	24	8	0	16	409	575	-166	20
Parramatta Eels	24	6	0	18	431	674	-243	16

2012 NRL Finals

Week 1: (local times)
Canterbury-Bankstown 16 v 10 Manly-Warringah
Melbourne Storm 24 v 6 South Sydney Rabbitohs
Nth Queensland Cowboys 33 v 16 Brisbane Broncos
Canberra Raiders 34 v 16 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Week 2:
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 22 v 12 North Queensland Cowboys
South Sydney Rabbitohs 38 v 16 Canberra Raiders

Week 3:
Melbourne Storm 40 v 12 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 32 v 8 South Sydney Rabbitohs

Week 4: GRAND FINAL

Melbourne Storm 14 v 4 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs


Toyota Cup:

Week 1:
Elimination Final 1: St George-Illawarra 44 Penrith 20
Qualifying Final 1: Wests Tigers 24 Canterbury 20
Elimination Final 2: Sydney Roosters 24 South Sydney 22
Qualifying Final 2: NZ Warriors 38 Canberra Raiders 39

Week 2:
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20 v 46 St-George-Illawarra Dragons
NZ Warriors 10 v 26 Sydney Roosters

Week 3:
Wests Tigers 28 v 22 Sydney Roosters
Canberra Raiders 44 v 16 St George-Illawarra Dragons

Week 4: GRAND FINAL

Wests Tigers 46 v 6 Canberra Raiders

Wests Tigers run home (currently on 22 points):

Souths (N), Parra (H), Saints (N), Bulldogs (N), Roosters (A) & Storm (H)
*(N = Neutral... either ANZ or Allianz)

So they should pick up at least 6 points, possibly 8. They can possibly get into the Top 8 on only 28 points but I think they will need at least 30 or 32 points (to be really safe).... depending on other team's results.

Hey, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are top of the table

Bulldogs (30):
Cowboys (H), Newcastle (A), Broncos (H), Tigers (N), Canberra (A), Roosters (H)

Storm (28):
Dragons (A), Panthers (H), Titans (H), Broncos (A), Sharks (H), Tigers (A)

Rabbitohs (28):
Tigers (N), Titans (A), Sea Eagles (N), Sharks (A), Eels (H), Knights (A)

Cowboys (26):
Bulldogs (A), Manly (H), Warriors (H), Dragons (A), Newcastle (H), Sharks (A)

Broncos (26):
Eels (H), Raiders (A), Bulldogs (A), Storm (H), Sea Eagles (A), Panthers (H)

Sharks (25):
Panthers (H), Warriors (A), Knights (A), Rabbitohs (H), Storm (A), Cowboys (H)

Sea Eagles (24):
Warriors (N), Cowboys (A), Souths (N), Knights (H), Broncos (H), Titans (A)

Wests Tigers (22):
Rabbitohs (N), Eels (H), Saints (N), Bulldogs (N), Roosters (A), Storm (H)

Warriors (20):
Sea Eagles (N), Sharks (H), Cowboys (A), Panthers (H), Dragons (A), Raiders (H)

Titans, Knights, Raiders and Dragons are all on 20 points too but have negative +/-

eirebilly wrote:Hey, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are top of the table

They are the form side at the minute Billy. They're a great team to watch when in full swing.

Melbourne have slipped to 2nd place. I heard Cameron Smith blame it on the Rep games, Slater injury, etc.

Another loss to Melbourne against St George-Illawarra (26-18) on Friday night - that's 5 in a row now.
Titans thrashed the Chooks. (36-16)
Bulldogs too good for the Cowboys (32-18)
Penrith beat a depleted Sharks (21-20) in ET.
Manly back from the brink with a (24-22) thriller in Perth.

I'll update the table after Sunday's games.

Linebreaker

Toovey must be beside himself, Manlys first half was a mixture of bad luck and bad play, and for the second forty good luck and good play.

From what I saw of the Whatmough tackle, I cant help but get an inkling that Jimmy Maloney milked that, it will be interesting to se if he gets cited.

And isnt Cherry evans in form? Wow.

Amazing form from Cherry Evans. Even as a Manly fan (born there & all) I did feel sorry for the Warriors. Second week in a row they had a big winning lead and then got beaten.

Souths and Newcastle looking good. Melbourne now 3rd, Souths 2nd.

I was at their training ground (old Redfern Oval today) and it was a very nice atmosphere. Things have come a long way. They ripped down the old wooden stands a while back and now it's a public park with a ''snooker table" oval... very trendy and boutique look about it with the new clubhouse, cafe under the new grandstand... interesting mix of locals and visitors. (that area used to be a bit rough)

I'll upload some photos of it in about 1/2 hour.

Some photos from my walk this morning of the park surrounding the Oval, new grandstand (nice cafe underneath), Clubhouse (includes a woolworths shopping centre), training field for the Rabbitohs, a few logos and an interesting plaque with a story about Victor Trumper and the "Redfern All Blacks".

No wonder the 3rd Burgess brother is also thinking of joining the scene. It has a good vibe about the place.

Redfern Oval 120729

Table updated now as of Sunday night.

LB

I have never been to Redfern oval, thanks for the little tour, I did like the way they didnt fix the window for 60 years.

On the league though, very few new coaches achieve much success in the NRL in their early years, especially while the masters like Bennett, Sheens, etc are about, but isnt it a coincidence that the two young coaches really stamping their mark on the game, both happen to have spent a lot of time as players under Fulton.

That's a great story about the window isn't it.

True about the coaches. Look at Newcastle - they looked hopeless about a month ago (until they played Manly) now you can see Wayne's work coming to the fore. They seem so confident and ruthless in both defence and attack. Dessy and Tooves doing very well/OK too.

Parramatta scored a huge upset win over Brisbane this evening at Suncorp.
They won 42-22. Nice work eh Kenny?

Linebreaker wrote:Parramatta scored a huge upset win over Brisbane this evening at Suncorp.
They won 42-22. Nice work eh Kenny?

Well its not nice work Kearney...

Kearney has already gone.... caretaker coach Brad Arthur has the reigns now.

Have a strong feeling it's going to be a ding-dong battle for the final spots in the 8.

The Titans will have their hands full playing the Bunnies and will be desperate to hold off the Knights, Tigers, Dragons, Warriors... even the Raiders... who still have a very outside chance to make the finals but they'll need to win all of theirs and a few of them by big margins.

I think it will be a race between Newcastle, Tigers and Warriors though.

Some pundits are already saying the Bulldogs and Rabbitohs fans can start buying up tickets for the GF in late September but they are probably the same 'experts' who predicted 15 Gold medals for Oz in the Olympics.

Stay tuned folks... the next 5 weeks should be fun to watch!

Roosters 26 St George-Illawarra 10.
Looks like the end for Saints this season.

Saturday night's results:

Storm 46 Panthers 6
Bulldogs 26 Knights 10
Cowboys 6 Sea Eagles 8

Ricky Stuart has stepped down as NSW Origin coach.

Brad Fittler's name has been mentioned a few times... so maybe he is in the front running to take over?

An interesting stat just seen on the Sunday footy show:

Since Origin, Canterbury went from 7th place to 1st and Souths from 6th to 2nd (or 3rd depending on the outcome of todays game).

Melbourne, Cronulla, Brisbane, Manly and Cowboys have all dropped down the table since the S.O.O series.

Did Canterbury have any State of origin Reps?

aucklandlaurie wrote:
Did Canterbury have any State of origin Reps?

Just Josh Morris

Cronulla demolish the Warriors 45-4... I didn't expect such a scoreline blowout.
Always like watching the Warriors in the finals but they have been well below their potential of late.

You wont b seeing them in the finals this year.

I can not remember ever seeing Cronulla play a better game than what they put out on Mt Smart today, sure the Warriors were average, but all credit to Paul gallon, Jeremy Smith,Todd carney and a brilliant display of a traditional centre setting up his outsides and insides in Colin Best.

Canberra 28 Brisbane 12. Now that's gonna make the final few weeks even more interesting.

Gold Coast Titans 18 South Sydney 22. Bunnies still No.2.

So when the Eels beat the Tigers on monday we wont be bottom of the table anymore

That's the plan.
Although Hayne is out for the rest of the season but the Eels have started to believe in themselves more... Tigers on a slippery slope (hopefully)

I apologies to any Tigers fans reading this but i hope so too , after Ellis said he would be leaving the NRL with a grandfinal medal i went right of them !

Not going to happen... well not this year at least.

Who is going to win it , it your opinion ?

I do think one of the top 4... although it would be great for the masses in Sydney to see a Canterbury v Souths GF. Would be a great game.

Last time they met in a GF was in 1967. Don't want Melbourne to win obviously.

Amazing Monday night game... so fast paced.

Wests Tigers made a good comeback after the Eels shot out to a 22-18 HT lead which they maintained up until the early part of the 2nd half. Some spectacular tries with Marika Koroibete getting 4 of them for the West Tigers.
One of the most physical matches too with some massive hits form both teams.

LB you must of made a mistake you have put that Wests beat Parra

They looked as though they were going to get hammered. 3 tries to 1 in the first 15 mins then the Tigers had a phenomenal comeback.

Oh well theres always the next game

They looked unbeatable for the first 25 mins or so. Maybe next year with Ricky at the helm they will play like that more often.

Have they finished their recruitment for next season do you know ? I was just wondering if Stuart will be able to bring his own players in .

No idea mate. Stuart has only just arrived on the scene but I'm sure he'll be sniffing around for some bargain buys for next season.

A bad result for the Rabbitohs yesterday. A good result for Melbourne.

The Rabbits will bounce back, GH. It was a brutal performance from Manly and for once Souths looked a little shell-shocked. They're too good a side these days and they should still be able to finish high up on the table.

Melbourne had that little extra over the Titans who have managed to put on some decent performances of late.

Parramatta has just beaten the Roosters 36-22.

Miserable, cold, windy and wet in Sydney as the Tigers take on the Dragons at Allianz (SFS).

Cowboys and Warriors should be a good one up in Townsville tonight too.

Wests Tigers 22 St George-Illawarra 12

Nth Queensland 52 NZ Warriors 12

Linebreaker wrote:The Rabbits will bounce back, GH. It was a brutal performance from Manly and for once Souths looked a little shell-shocked. They're too good a side these days and they should still be able to finish high up on the table.

Melbourne had that little extra over the Titans who have managed to put on some decent performances of late.

Parramatta has just beaten the Roosters 36-22.

Miserable, cold, windy and wet in Sydney as the Tigers take on the Dragons at Allianz (SFS).

Cowboys and Warriors should be a good one up in Townsville tonight too.

on the march up the table

Things looking good for next year... perhaps?

That was a brilliant display of draw and pass football by the Cowboys to run 50 points over the Warrriors, That team doesnt have to resort to 50/50 kicks to maybe score a try.

Canberra 20 Penrith 10
Canterbury 22 Brisbane 14

I read the other day that Krisnan Inu has not played a losing game of League since being "let go" by the warriors. I must also say I watched the first ten minutes of the Broncos tonight and it looked like they were going to murder the Dogs, Dessy was looking anxious.

That's 11 wins in a row now. Not much from the Broncos after the early good start. A few teams will be putting pressure on them to stay in the 8.

I can see the Bulldogs going all the way now.

I still believe it's not a fait accompli despite them being 4 points clear.

History has shown anything can happen... and the Premiers do not necessarily always win. Look at last year. Everybody said "shut the gate... nobody can beat the Storm!" and look what happened!

I still say that any of Melbourne, Souths, Manly... even the Tigers on their day (if they have a remarkable run in) can also win it.
However, I can't see the Cowboys, Sharks or Broncos winning the GF. I could be wrong though.

Monday night game:

Newcastle 26 - Cronulla 4.

The Knights are now banging on the door to the Top 8. They are playing with great confidence and they would be a handful for any team if they can make the play-offs judging from tonight's performance.

Linebreaker wrote:Monday night game:

Newcastle 26 - Cronulla 4.

The Knights are now banging on the door to the Top 8. They are playing with great confidence and they would be a handful for any team if they can make the play-offs judging from tonight's performance.

The Sharks appear to lost a bit of momentum now. They will need to improve otherwise they could lose their place in the top 8.

Yeah, they seem to be struggling apart from that recent Warriors match. I just think teams like Newcastle and maybe Canberra are starting to click into gear now.

Tigers should feel safe but maybe the Sharks will struggle.

Sharks have to play Rabbitohs, Storm Cowboys
Tigers have to play Bulldogs, Roosters, Storm
Raiders have to play Roosters, Bulldogs, Warriors
Knights have to play Sea Eagles, Cowboys, Rabbitohs