I don't think there's been a thread. I always find it interesting to see how close you can get. Anyway, mine is: 1. Newcastle 2. Warriors 3. Nth Qld 4. Melbourne 5. Cronulla 6. Wests 7. Manly 8. Brisbane 9. Gold Coast 10. St.George 11. Canberra 12. Parramatta 13. Canterbury 14. Easts 15. Souths 16. Penrith Very difficult to predict this year I reckon.
Melbourne Wests Tigers Newcastle Warriors Manly North Queensland Cronulla Canberra Brisbane Gold Coast St George Illawarra Parramatta Souths Canterbury Easts Penrith Top 6 will be quite tight, with the last 2 spots wide open.
For what it's worth... http://www.nrl.com/TelstraPremiership/LadderPredictor/tabid/10868/Default.aspx
Wests Tigers Melbourne Warriors Manly St George/Illawarra Newcastle Brisbane Nth Queensland Souths Canberra Bulldogs Parramatta Roosters Penrith Cronulla Titans
Melbourne Wests Warriors Manly Newcastle North Queensland Cronulla Canberra Eels Brisbane St George Bulldogs Titans Souths Roosters Penrith
Storm Sea Eagles Warriors Tigers Cowboys Knights Bulldogs St George Raiders Rabbitohs Broncos Panthers Roosters Eels Sharks Titans
1. Storm 2. Tigers 3. Newcastle 4. Warriors 5. Nth Qld 6. Manly 7. Cronulla 8. St George 9. Gold Coast 10. Broncos 11. Canberra 12. Canterbury 13. Parramatta 14. Souths 15. Roosters 16. Penrith
Storm Wests Manly St George Warriors Broncos Newcastle Raiders Gold Coast Cowboys Bulldogs Bunnies Roosters Penrith Eels Sharks
1. Tigers 2. Sea Eagles 3. Storm 4. Bulldogs 5. Dragons 6. Cowboys 7. Titans 8. Knights 9. Raiders 10. Rabbitohs 11. Warriors 12. Roosters 13. Sharks 14. Eels 15. Panthers 16. Broncos
Wests and Manly have better squads, but Wests have Sheens and he'll fuck them around and they'll stumble through the first half of the season. And Manly's coach situation concerns me.
It was just such a typical Ged post. None of your top four are from Sydney, your bottom five all are.. and your bottom seven are all part of the NSWRL. The best Sydney team is apparently Cronulla, and seriously if they make eighth spot and don't have to sack Todd Carney they'll consider it a successful season.
Funnily enough though I don't disagree with it too much, well apart from the Cronulla thing. I just get the feeling you would've posted something similar even if you had no right to, so it amuses me when I see it.
Hate predicting ladders tbh. So rather than put them in an order, I'll place them in tiers. Tier 1 Storm Tier 2 Warriors Manly Tier 3 Dragons Tigers Nth QLD Tier 4 Newcastle Broncos Souffs Tier 5 Sharks Panthers Raiders Bulldogs Tier 6 Roosters Eels Titans