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

Results Round 24:

Broncos 18 v 19 Storm
Bulldogs 23 v 22 Tigers
Raiders 24 v 20 Roosters
Sharks 20 v 7 Rabbitohs
Warriors 16 v 18 Panthers
Titans 24 v 16 Eels
Sea Eagles 42 v 20 Knights

Linebreaker wrote:Results Round 24:

Broncos 18 v 19 Storm
Bulldogs 23 v 22 Tigers
Raiders 24 v 20 Roosters
Sharks 20 v 7 Rabbitohs
Warriors 16 v 18 Panthers
Titans 24 v 16 Eels
Sea Eagles 42 v 20 Knights

Very good wins here for the Sharks, the Panthers and the Sea Eagles.

Sea Eagles were up 38-4 at half time but then injuries to Matt Ballin, Jason King, David Williams and Jamie Buhrer in quick succession left them with 14 men to play out the last 35 minutes.

Bulldogs (36):
Canberra (A), Roosters (H)

Storm (34):
Sharks (H), Tigers (A)

Rabbitohs (32):
Eels (H), Knights (A)

Sea Eagles (32):
Broncos (H), Titans (A)

Cowboys (30):
Newcastle (H), Sharks (A)

Sharks (29):
Storm (A), Cowboys (H)

Broncos (26):
Sea Eagles (A), Panthers (H)

Wests Tigers (26):
Roosters (A), Storm (H)

Raiders (26):
Bulldogs (H), Warriors (A)

Titans (24):
Panthers (A), Sea Eagles (H)

Knights (24):
Cowboys (A), Rabbitohs (H)

Canberra 34 Canterbury 6.

The Raiders are now up into 7th place on the ladder ahead of Brisbane who lost 16-6 to Manly in the other game tonight.

A very good result this is for Rugby League in Australia.
http://www.nrl.com/arlc-named-international-governing-body-of-year/tabid/10874/newsid/68885/default.aspx

Melbourne Storm came back after trailing for 77 mins to pip the Sharks in the final seconds 20-18.

With 2 minutes to go, Cronulla lead 18-10. Odds for their victory $1.01, Storm $6.00. Then two tries in 2 minutes.

So the final round will be interesting:
(Home team first)

Friday
Newcastle v South Sydney
Brisbane v Penrith (Petero's last match)

Saturday
Gold Coast v Manly
Canterbury v Sydney Roosters
West Tigers v Melbourne

Sunday
NZ Warriors v Canberra
Cronulla v Nth Queensland
Parramatta v St George-Illawarra

Absolutely superb last day of winter here... not a cloud in the sky, gentle breeze and early 20 degs C.

A great weekend of footy on its way.

Next week:

Friday 7th September:
Qualifying Final 1: (1) Canterbury v (4) Manly at ANZ Stadium, 19:45

Saturday 8th September:
Qualifying Final 2: (2) Melbourne v (3) South Sydney at AAMI Stadium, 17:45
Elimination Final 1: (5) North Queensland v (8) Brisbane at Dairy Farmers Stadium, 19:45

Sunday 9th September:
Elimination Final 2: (6) Canberra v (7) Cronulla at Canberra Stadium, 16:00

I only got to watch the last ten minutes of the Cronulla sutherland versus North Queensland, but it did mean I saw Pomeroy's shoulder charge on Jonathan Thurston, two things:

1. He definitely got him in the head.

2. I strongly felt that Thurston still milked it for what he could.

We'll know more about it after his appointment with the Judiciary. As you say it looked a bit rough but Thurston is a shrewd customer.

Also, Carney's injury may be a worry but I think I heard something on the news (got distracted by a phone call) about it not be as bad as it seems and he should be OK. They definitely need them both for the match in Canberra.

aucklandlaurie wrote:

I only got to watch the last ten minutes of the Cronulla sutherland versus North Queensland, but it did mean I saw Pomeroy's shoulder charge on Jonathan Thurston, two things:

1. He definitely got him in the head.

2. I strongly felt that Thurston still milked it for what he could.

Pomeroy got a 2 week suspension.

In other news - Brain Smith has been shown the door by the Roosters despite still having one year to go on his contract.

LB
I do respect Smith as being a great thinker and crafstman of rugby League, however calling him Brain might be going a bit far.

Couple of rumours over here that he might apply for the warriors job, as fine a coach as he is, he isnt the right guy to coach the Warriors.

it must be a mild form of dyslexia... I've done that before I think.

No way... if he coaches the Warriors then all the good work by Ivan will have been undone in record time.
Don't know much about Brian McClennan's horror year but you guys deserve much, much better than Smith. What's Tony Iro like? I'm sure the players would respect him but has he got what it takes do you think? I'd like to see someone like Stacey Jones... legend of a player, nice bloke and he was a great thinker on the field. Can he impart that type of skill & knowledge to the players successfully though?

Canterbury 16 Manly 10 in the 1st Qualifying Final.

So the Bulldogs get a week off and Manly will play the winner of today's Cowboys v Broncos Elimination Final next week in Sydney.

Jamie Lyon injured - most likely won't be back. King and Matai on report so things look a bit bleak for the Sea Eagles.

St George-Illawarra beat Penrith 44-20 in the Toyota Cup Elimination Final 1
Wests Tigers beat Canterbury-Bankstown 24-20 in the TC Qualifying Final.

Actually Jamie Lyon didnt look too much in pain. I thought that he would be back.

I'm worried about Steve Matai, he usually gets suspended every September.

The run and feed by Williams, which lead to the Stewart try was the best run I've seen from T Williams, I never thought he had that many football brains.

He's an awesome player just a pity he dropped those balls before making that offload that led to the Stewart try.

They're saying Lyon's calf injury will be assessed on Monday but usually an injury like that means a few weeks off the field. I hope he can return because we'll need him next week.

Melbourne 24 Souths 6.

So Canterbury and Melbourne get a week off.

Week 2 Finals:
Manly v winner Broncos v Cowboys
Souths v winner Raiders v Sharks

Next week's matches:

Sea Eagles v Cowboys (Friday night)
Rabbitohs v Raiders (Saturday night)

Toyota Cup:
Bulldogs v Dragons (Friday)
Warriors v Roosters (Saturday)

Manly 22 Cowboys 12

Some controversial tries and refereeing decisions.
Manly will meet Melbourne next weekend at AAMI Park.

Preliminary Finals - Week 3

NRL:
Friday 21st September:
Melbourne Storm v Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, AAMI Park, 19:45

Saturday 22nd September:
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v South Sydney Rabbitohs, ANZ Stadium, 19:45


Toyota Cup:
Saturday 22nd September:
Wests Tigers v Sydney Roosters, ANZ Stadium, 15:05
Canberra Raiders v St George-Illawarra Dragons, ANZ Stadium, 17:05

I think we could be looking at a Bulldogs v Storm grand final

They're predicting a full house for the Bulldogs-Rabbits match which would be a great spectacle.

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/souths-build-saturday-night-fever-20120917-262my.html

If Manly don't make it through then that match would be like a mini GF in a way with the two local clubs. (Syd-centric view)

I'm quietly hoping it will be a Manly-Souths/Canterbury GF. That would be huge too.

Teams for week 3 of the finals.

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/teams-for-week-3-of-the-finals-20120918-264bb.html

Manly got walloped 40-12 last night in Melbourne. They were never really in the game and Melbourne were on fire.

Big game starting shortly. Souths v Canterbury. Huge crowd expected.

In the Toyota Cup, Wests Tigers are through to the GF after beating the Roosters 28-22.
Canberra are hammering St-George-Illawarra in the other preliminary final... leading 44-10 in the 65th minute.

Remind me again what is the Toyota cup ?

Souths have been beaten by the Bulldogs.

Kenny: Toyota Cup is the under 20s.

2nd grade.

Canterbury 32 bt Souths 8. After a tight first 30 mins with the Rabbits leading 8-6, Adam Reynolds tore his hamstring and 2 quick tries, one of them a possible 8-pointer were scored by Canterbury in 5 mins who then lead 16-8 at HT.

In the 2nd half it was all the Bulldogs. James Graham, Aiden Tolman, Frank Pritchard and Greg Eastwood took control up the middle and set up tries for themselves and Sam Perrett. Krisnan Inu had a blinder but his kicking was slightly off, so the 32-8 scoreline could have been worse for Souths.

I thought the Toyota Cup was the under 20's but my brother in law was saying how Gareth Ellis would be leaving Wests after playing in the final .

I shall tell him he's an idiot and to just keep looking at things through his black and white tinted glasses

Yes it is under 20s. I still call it 'reserve grade' through habit.

Melbourne Storm 14 Canterbury-Bankstown 4.

Clive Churchill Medal Winner: Cooper Cronk

Complete performance from the Storm. Relentless early pressure led to their first try from Ryan Hoffman and the Bulldogs were desperately defending on their line for repeat sets.

When the Bulldogs did get the ball, they were well contained man for man and were unable to make open space for Barba, Inu and Perrett to create damage as per usual.

It's been a great year of NRL. In the end The Storm deserved to win it but I'd say Canterbury will be around the top few teams next year and be much wiser having gone through this experience of coming one game short of a NRL Premiership.

Yes, we may have some Internationals to come, but I always get the feeling that, thats our lot for the year once grand final weekends over.

James Graham charged with biting in the final ( you can take the boy out of Merseyside but you cant take Merseyside out of the boy )

Big news here. If only he'd eaten beforehand he wouldn't be in this mess.

Very silly thing to do in this day and age , you are always going to get caught on camera

Big brawl that was. It went on for a while and then sub brawls broke out.

looking forward to seeing it all

James Graham is going to fight the charge. Seems a bit odd.

Yes it does everything i have seen looks like he does bite Slater ?

They're calling it "Bite Nite". Still no news. Must be a long 'hear'ing.

He got 12 weeks. Would have been around 8 or 9 if he had pleaded guilty.

"Whilst his teeth made contact with the ear... it wasn't a bite"

Haha how does that work then

No idea. I just heard the end of it. He must have great lawyers.