2011 v 2012 draw stats and summary

cf2 is back

Reserve Grader
Home:
2011: no game v Cronulla, St. George, Gold Coast
2012: no game v Cronulla, Cowboys, Souths

Away:
2011: no game v Canberra, Tigers, Warriors
2012: no game v Canberra, Tigers, Melbourne

Home & Away stats:
* 2nd year in a row no Cronulla home - bit odd
* 4th year in a row no Canberra away - totally bizarre
* 2nd year in a row no Tigers away - appalling no Leichhardt classic game and huge crowd misses out once again
* 2nd year in a row no home game in 1st rd or last rd
* Assuming rd 2 Tigers home is at Gosford - that means no Brookie home until rd 6 - why is something actually happening at Brookie???
* In 2012 no Melbourne away - that's a pretty fortunate one! (and perhaps not going to NZ in 2011 wasn't bad either in hindsight).

In Aug we play consecutive home games v Newc and Bris - logic says huge chance either Newc goes to Gosford or Bris goes to Suncorp - but that would mean that after July only 1 remaining Brookie game for rest of season! In 2011 we had 3 Brookie games in Aug.

Home games per month:
2011: Mar-1, Apr-2, May-1, Jun-2, July-1, Aug-3
(total 10 - plus May in Bris, July in Gosford)
2012: Mar-0?, Apr-2, May-2, June-2, July-3, Aug-1?
(total 10? - plus Mar in Gosford?, Aug in Gosford or Bris?)

Summary:
Assuming the Aug guess above is correct, I'd be very happy to have 5 Brookie home games in mid winter June-July (2 more than 2011), although it could mean a very odd situation of just 1 Brookie home game in Aug which would be a very tough run home (compared to 3 Brookie home games in Aug 2011).

But surely the oddest part of the draw is that the 2011 Premiers do not run onto their Brookie home ground until rd 6 - why?????
 
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/five-of-next-seasons-first-eight-games-in-melbourne/story-e6frfgbo-1226186675471


MELBOURNE Storm has been presented with what appears to be a comfortable introduction to the 2012 NRL season.

The club does not meet a final eight side from last season until the fifth round - Newcastle Knights - with five of its first eight matches at home.
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Latest posts

2025 Ladder

Team P W D L PD Pts
1 Raiders 17 14 0 3 108 32
2 Storm 16 12 0 4 220 30
3 Bulldogs 16 12 0 4 96 30
4 Warriors 16 11 0 5 31 28
5 Broncos 17 10 0 7 80 26
6 Panthers 16 8 1 7 25 23
7 Dolphins 18 9 0 9 169 22
8 Sea Eagles 16 8 0 8 58 22
9 Roosters 16 8 0 8 21 22
10 Sharks 17 9 0 8 8 22
11 Dragons 16 6 0 10 -56 18
12 Cowboys 18 6 1 11 -163 17
13 Knights 17 6 0 11 -85 16
14 Tigers 17 6 0 11 -102 16
15 Eels 16 5 0 11 -125 16
16 Rabbitohs 17 6 0 11 -129 16
17 Titans 16 4 0 12 -156 14
Back
Top Bottom