If scores are still tied at the end of the ten minutes, it will then become golden point with the teams playing until a winner is found. The longest game in recent memory was played in , when the Roosters beat the Tigers in the st minute of action. The only known game at the top level to last longer was the tri-series final between New South Wales and Queensland during the Super League war, which ran for minutes.
The first week The eight teams are typically divided into two groups of four, the top four and the bottom four , who play games among themselves in the first week of finals. In the top four, first play fourth and second play third in qualifying finals.
The higher-placed teams, first and second, have the right to host these finals in their home state. One of the advantages given to teams in the top four is that they cannot be eliminated if they lose in the first week.
However, the winners of these finals have a bye in the second week and host a preliminary final in their home state in the third week. Meanwhile, the losers of these finals must play again in the second week and, if they survive that, may have to travel interstate to play their opponent in the third week.
So winning a qualifying final is a significant advantage. First Qualifying Final : first ranked team hosts fourth ranked team Second Qualifying Final : second ranked team hosts third ranked team. In the bottom four, fifth play eighth and sixth play seventh in elimination finals.
Again, the higher-placed teams, fifth and sixth, have the right to host these finals in their home state. As the name suggests, the loser of these finals will be eliminated from the finals series. The winners go on to play the losers of the qualifying finals in semi-finals in the second week. First Elimination Final : fifth ranked team hosts eighth ranked team Second Elimination Final : sixth ranked team hosts seventh ranked team. These four games are played across four time-slots: Friday night, Saturday day, Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon.
The second week In the second week of the finals series two semi-finals are played between the two teams that lost the qualifying finals and the two teams that won the elimination finals.
The last time a team had more losses than wins and finished in the top eight, were the Broncos of , with 11 wins and 12 defeats. While Johns' preferred system may ensure mediocre sides are kept out of the playoffs, Brad Fittler replied that there was one important reason the NRL will never cut the amount of teams in the finals. For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!
The way in which this Finals system works is that loser of 1 st vs 4 th will go on to face the winner of 5 th vs 8 th and the loser of 2nd vs 3rd will go onto face the winner of 6 th vs 7 th. In terms of the host team, the losers from the qualifying finals are given the right be considered the home teams. Week three Friday 16 th October and Saturday 17 th October. As with the semi-finals the permutations could not be simpler with the winners of each preliminary final going onto contest the Grand Final while the losers are again out of the competition.
There is another distinct advantage for both winners of the qualifying finals as not only do they have a bye coming into these fixtures they will get home field advantage. The path to the preliminary finals also makes sure that two teams cannot possibly play each other twice throughout the first three weeks. The fourth and final week of the series sees the season coming to its end with the Grand Final set to take place between the winners of the two preliminary finals.
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