Thank you for your reply feathered friend .Well Penrith have won 4 in a row.
Storm are always there and there about every year, and are currently favourites to win the whole thing.
I would suggest that anyone who even remotely follows NRL would pick these two as the benchmark teams that everyone else is chasing in 2025, yeah?
You are correct though, I could have named the other 16 teams in my original thoughts, just to cover every possible scenario.
Absolutely I agree with you that the Benchmark are the Panthers and the Storm 100%
This is also my way of thinking ..
We have three categories in the Pursuit to the 2025 Premiership
We have the The Benchmark Favourites Panther /Storm
We have the Challengers Which I believe are teams like Manly , Sharks , Broncos ,
We have the Probable's and Teams like Waynes Wabbits , Bulldogs
and We have the No hopers like the Mighty Mediocre Eels .
Have a Winning Day @mave and Go Manly !