NRL 2012 Draw

[melon]

Please Note: All kick off times are local time

Round One (March 1 – 5)
Knights	vs.	Dragons	Ausgrid Stadium	Thursday	7.30pm
Eels	vs.	Broncos	Parramatta Stadium	Friday	7.30pm
Raiders	vs.	Storm	Canberra Stadium	Saturday	5.30pm
Panthers	vs.	Bulldogs	Centrebet Stadium	Saturday	7.30pm
Cowboys	vs.	Titans	Dairy Farmers Stadium	Saturday	8.30pm
Warriors	vs.	Sea Eagles	Eden Park	Sunday	2.00pm
Wests Tigers	vs.	Sharks	Leichhardt Oval	Sunday	2.00pm
Rabbitohs	vs.	Roosters	ANZ Stadium	Monday	7.00pm
Round Two (March 9 – 12)
Sea Eagles	vs.	Wests Tigers	Bluetongue Stadium	Friday	7.30pm
Broncos	vs.	Cowboys	Suncorp Stadium	Friday	7.30pm
Titans	vs.	Raiders	Skilled Park	Saturday	4.30pm
Bulldogs	vs.	Dragons	ANZ Stadium	Saturday	7.30pm
Sharks	vs.	Knights	Toyota Stadium	Sunday	2.00pm
Roosters	vs.	Panthers	Sydney Football Stadium	Sunday	3.00pm
Storm	vs.	Rabbitohs	AAMI Park	Sunday	7.00pm
Eels	vs.	Warriors	Parramatta Stadium	Monday	7.00pm
Round Three (March 16 – 19)
Dragons	vs.	Wests Tigers	TBA	Friday	7.30pm
Knights	vs.	Broncos	Ausgrid Stadium	Friday	8.30pm
Titans	vs.	Storm	Skilled Park	Saturday	4.30pm
Cowboys	vs.	Eels	Dairy Farmers Stadium	Saturday	6.30pm
Warriors	vs.	Bulldogs	Mt Smart Stadium	Sunday	2.00pm
Roosters	vs.	Raiders	Sydney Football Stadium	Sunday	2.00pm
Panthers	vs.	Rabbitohs	Centrebet Stadium	Sunday	3.00pm
Sharks	vs.	Sea Eagles	Toyota Stadium	Monday	7.00pm
Round Four (March 23 – 26)
Eels	vs.	Panthers	Parramatta Stadium	Friday	7.30pm
Rabbitohs	vs.	Broncos	NIB Stadium, Perth	Friday	6.00pm
Warriors	vs.	Titans	Mt Smart Stadium	Saturday	7.30pm
Dragons	vs.	Sea Eagles	TBA	Saturday	7.30pm
Cowboys	vs.	Sharks	Dairy Farmers Stadium	Saturday	8.30pm
Storm	vs.	Roosters	AAMI Park	Sunday	2.00pm
Bulldogs	vs.	Knights	ANZ Stadium	Sunday	3.00pm
Wests Tigers	vs.	Raiders	Campbelltown Stadium	Monday	7.00pm
Round Five (March 30 – April 2)
Storm	vs.	Knights	AAMI Park	Friday	7.30pm
Broncos	vs.	Dragons	Suncorp Stadium	Friday	7.30pm
Panthers	vs.	Sharks	Centrebet Stadium	Saturday	5.30pm
Eels	vs.	Sea Eagles	Parramatta Stadium	Saturday	7.30pm
Roosters	vs.	Warriors	Sydney Football Stadium	Saturday	7.30pm
Titans	vs.	Bulldogs	Skilled Park	Sunday	2.00pm
Wests Tigers	vs.	Rabbitohs	Sydney Cricket Ground	Sunday	3.00pm
Raiders	vs.	Cowboys	Canberra Stadium	Monday	7.00pm

Round Six
April 6-9
Cronulla Sharks	vs.	St George-Illawarra Dragons
Newcastle Knights	vs.	Parramatta Eels
Gold Coast Titans	vs.	Sydney Roosters
South Sydney Rabbitohs	vs.	Canterbury Bulldogs
Wests Tigers	vs.	Brisbane Broncos
Canberra Raiders	vs.	Warriors
Manly Sea Eagles	vs.	Penrith Panthers
North Queensland Cowboys	vs.	Melbourne Storm
Round Seven
April 13-15
St George-Illawarra Dragons	vs.	Newcastle Knights
Manly Sea Eagles	vs.	Gold Coast Titans
Sydney Roosters	vs.	North Queensland Cowboys
Penrith Panthers	vs.	Wests Tigers
Melbourne Storm	vs.	Canterbury Bulldogs
Warriors	vs.	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Cronulla Sharks	vs.	Parramatta Eels
Brisbane Broncos	vs.	Canberra Raiders

Representative Weekend
April 20-22
Round Eight
April 25-30
Brisbane Broncos	vs.	Gold Coast Titans
St George-Illawarra Dragons	vs.	Sydney Roosters
South Sydney Rabbitohs	vs.	North Queensland Cowboys
Melbourne Storm	vs.	Warriors
Canberra Raiders	vs.	Cronulla Sharks
Newcastle Knights	vs.	Penrith Panthers
Canterbury Bulldogs	vs.	Manly Sea Eagles
Parramatta Eels	vs.	Wests Tigers
Round Nine
May 4-7
Parramatta Eels	vs.	Canterbury Bulldogs
Warriors	vs.	Brisbane Broncos
Manly Sea Eagles	vs.	Canberra Raiders
North Queensland Cowboys	vs.	St George-Illawarra Dragons
South Sydney Rabbitohs	vs.	Cronulla Sharks
Gold Coast Titans	vs.	Wests Tigers
Penrith Panthers	vs.	Melbourne Storm
Sydney Roosters	vs.	Newcastle Knights
Round Ten
May 11-14
Brisbane Broncos	vs.	Manly Sea Eagles
Cronulla Sharks	vs.	Melbourne Storm
Canterbury Bulldogs	vs.	Gold Coast Titans
Canberra Raiders	vs.	Parramatta Eels
Warriors	vs.	Sydney Roosters
Newcastle Knights	vs.	North Queensland Cowboys
Penrith Panthers	vs.	St George-Illawarra Dragons
Byes: Wests Tigers, Rabbitohs
Round Eleven
May 18-21
St George-Illawarra Dragons	vs.	South Sydney Rabbitohs
North Queensland Cowboys	vs.	Penrith Panthers
Canterbury Bulldogs	vs.	Cronulla Sharks
Manly Sea Eagles	vs.	Sydney Roosters
Wests Tigers	vs.	Warriors
Byes: Broncos, Raiders, Storm, Knights, Titans, Eels
Harvey Norman State of Origin - Game One
May. 23 - Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Round Twelve
May 25-28
St George-Illawarra Dragons	vs.	Parramatta Eels
Melbourne Storm	vs.	Brisbane Broncos
Penrith Panthers	vs.	Manly Sea Eagles
Newcastle Knights	vs.	Gold Coast Titans
Sydney Roosters	vs.	Canterbury Bulldogs
South Sydney Rabbitohs	vs.	Canberra Raiders
Wests Tigers	vs.	North Queensland Cowboys
Byes: Warriors, Sharks
Round Thirteen
June 1-4
Gold Coast Titans	vs.	North Queensland Cowboys
Canterbury Bulldogs	vs.	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Parramatta Eels	vs.	Cronulla Sharks
Manly Sea Eagles	vs.	St George-Illawarra Dragons
Warriors	vs.	Melbourne Storm
Brisbane Broncos	vs.	Newcastle Knights
Canberra Raiders	vs.	Wests Tigers
Byes: Panthers, Roosters
Round Fourteen
June 8-11
Sydney Roosters	vs.	Brisbane Broncos
Melbourne Storm	vs.	Wests Tigers
Penrith Panthers	vs.	Warriors
Cronulla Sharks	vs.	Gold Coast Titans
Newcastle Knights	vs.	Canberra Raiders
Byes: Sea Eagles, Bulldogs, Dragons, Cowboys, Eels, Rabbitohs
Harvey Norman State of Origin - Game Two
June. 13 - ANZ Stadium, Sydney

Round Fifteen
June 15-18
St George-Illawarra Dragons	vs.	Canterbury Bulldogs
Cronulla Sharks	vs.	Warriors
Manly Sea Eagles	vs.	Melbourne Storm
Parramatta Eels	vs.	South Sydney Rabbitohs
North Queensland Cowboys	vs.	Brisbane Broncos
Gold Coast Titans	vs.	Penrith Panthers
Wests Tigers	vs.	Sydney Roosters
Byes: Canberra Raiders, Newcastle Knights
Round Sixteen
June 22-25
Canterbury Bulldogs	vs.	Melbourne Storm
St George-Illawarra Dragons	vs.	Gold Coast Titans
Newcastle Knights	vs.	Wests Tigers
Brisbane Broncos	vs.	South Sydney Rabbitohs
North Queensland Cowboys	vs.	Canberra Raiders
Sydney Roosters	vs.	Manly Sea Eagles
Penrith Panthers	vs.	Parramatta Eels
Byes: Warriors, Cronulla Sharks
Round Seventeen
June 29- July 2
Parramatta Eels	vs.	Newcastle Knights
South Sydney Rabbitohs	vs.	Penrith Panthers
Brisbane Broncos	vs.	Cronulla Sharks
Canberra Raiders	vs.	St George-Illawarra Dragons
Warriors	vs.	North Queensland Cowboys
Byes: Sea Eagles, Bulldogs, Storm, Roosters, Wests Tigers, Titans
Harvey Norman State of Origin - Game Three
July. 4 - Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Round Eighteen
July 6-9
Gold Coast Titans	vs.	Warriors
South Sydney Rabbitohs	vs.	Newcastle Knights
Cronulla Sharks	vs.	Sydney Roosters
Wests Tigers	vs.	Canterbury Bulldogs
Melbourne Storm	vs.	Canberra Raiders
Manly Sea Eagles	vs.	Parramatta Eels
Byes: Broncos, Panthers, Dragons, Cowboys
Round Nineteen
July 13-16
Brisbane Broncos	vs.	Warriors
St George-Illawarra Dragons	vs.	Cronulla Sharks
Newcastle Knights	vs.	Manly Sea Eagles
Sydney Roosters	vs.	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Canberra Raiders	vs.	Gold Coast Titans
Melbourne Storm	vs.	North Queensland Cowboys
Canterbury Bulldogs	vs.	Parramatta Eels
Wests Tigers	vs.	Penrith Panthers
Round Twenty
July 20-23
Manly Sea Eagles	vs.	Canterbury Bulldogs
Parramatta Eels	vs.	Melbourne Storm
Warriors	vs.	Newcastle Knights
Gold Coast Titans	vs.	Brisbane Broncos
Cronulla Sharks	vs.	Canberra Raiders
North Queensland Cowboys	vs.	Wests Tigers
Penrith Panthers	vs.	Sydney Roosters
South Sydney Rabbitohs	vs.	St George-Illawarra Dragons
Round Twenty-One
July 27-30
St George-Illawarra Dragons	vs.	Melbourne Storm
Cronulla Sharks	vs.	Penrith Panthers
South Sydney Rabbitohs	vs.	Wests Tigers
Brisbane Broncos	vs.	Parramatta Eels
Sydney Roosters	vs.	Gold Coast Titans
Canberra Raiders	vs.	Newcastle Knights
Canterbury Bulldogs	vs.	North Queensland Cowboys
Manly Sea Eagles	vs.	Warriors
Round Twenty-Two
August 3-6
Gold Coast Titans	vs.	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Sydney Roosters	vs.	St George-Illawarra Dragons
Canberra Raiders	vs.	Brisbane Broncos
Melbourne Storm	vs.	Penrith Panthers
Wests Tigers	vs.	Parramatta Eels
Newcastle Knights	vs.	Canterbury Bulldogs
North Queensland Cowboys	vs.	Manly Sea Eagles
Warriors	vs.	Cronulla Sharks

Round Twenty-Three
August 10-13
South Sydney Rabbitohs	vs.	Manly Sea Eagles
Parramatta Eels	vs.	Sydney Roosters
Newcastle Knights	vs.	Cronulla Sharks
Melbourne Storm	vs.	Gold Coast Titans
Wests Tigers	vs.	St George-Illawarra Dragons
Canterbury Bulldogs	vs.	Brisbane Broncos
Penrith Panthers	vs.	Canberra Raiders
North Queensland Cowboys	vs.	Warriors
Round Twenty-Four
August 17-20
Brisbane Broncos	vs.	Melbourne Storm
Gold Coast Titans	vs.	Parramatta Eels
Cronulla Sharks	vs.	South Sydney Rabbitohs
St George-Illawarra Dragons	vs.	North Queensland Cowboys
Canterbury Bulldogs	vs.	Wests Tigers
Manly Sea Eagles	vs.	Newcastle Knights
Canberra Raiders	vs.	Sydney Roosters
Warriors	vs.	Penrith Panthers
Round Twenty-Five
August 24-27
South Sydney Rabbitohs	vs.	Parramatta Eels
St George-Illawarra Dragons	vs.	Warriors
North Queensland Cowboys	vs.	Newcastle Knights
Sydney Roosters	vs.	Wests Tigers
Penrith Panthers	vs.	Gold Coast Titans
Manly Sea Eagles	vs.	Brisbane Broncos
Melbourne Storm	vs.	Cronulla Sharks
Canberra Raiders	vs.	Canterbury Bulldogs
Round Twenty-Six
August 31- September 2
Newcastle Knights	vs.	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Brisbane Broncos	vs.	Penrith Panthers
Canterbury Bulldogs	vs.	Sydney Roosters
Cronulla Sharks	vs.	North Queensland Cowboys
Warriors	vs.	Canberra Raiders
Gold Coast Titans	vs.	Manly Sea Eagles
Wests Tigers	vs.	Melbourne Storm
Parramatta Eels	vs.	St George-Illawarra Dragons
Final Series
Qualifying Finals : September 7 -9
Semi Finals : September 14 - 15
Preliminary Finals : September 21 - 22
Grand Final : September 30

[Little Guy]

I can't wait for the season to get started, who do you think are the favourites Melon? The team I started following North Queensland made some good progress last year, but the gap between 5th and 10th place last year was quite narrow.

[melon]

Mate to be honest I think Manly and Melbourne will be at the forefront of the competition once again.

Brisbane will have a fairly good crack however they are now well and truly in to the rebuilding stage. Whilst Brisbane in my opinion have the best roster of youths in the competition they have brought back "Petrol Seventy-Cents-a-Litre" for the season to help develop the up and coming forwards. By 2013 hopefully the pups will be up to speed with the likes of Hannant and Parker. With this being Petero's last year and Lockyer being out of the picture already expect to see Brisbane buy the off contract Jonathan Thurston for next year. Brisbane may not be a huge threat for the title this year but mark my words, watch out in the near future.

Canberra will once again scare the front runners on occasion however will fall over in terrible fashion as per usual.

Wests Tigers should threaten for a top four position but I'm a bit iffy - It all really depends on how Marshall and Farah fire.

Will Inglis finally make his mark at South Sydney? Will the loss of Sandow hurt them too much? All I can see from them is flickers of promise but once again they'll struggle for the eight.

Cronulla will continue to be embarrassments.

I'm looking forward to seeing Newcastle this year. Coach Bennett. Boyd. Uate. Gidley. 'Nuff said! Throw in Buderus to fill a position much like Petero at the Broncos and you have a recipe for instant success. If Tahu gets over himself and plays proper footy he'll help the Knights to no end. If Melbourne and/or Manly don't make the team then Newcastle will definitely be there!

Unfortunately I see St George as being no real threat to the title this year.

So, in conclusion i believe Melbourne, Manly and Newcastle will be the front runners with Brisbane and Wests trailing close behind.

[William18]

How do you rate the Warriors? I'm not a fan (the opposite actually) but am interested in seeing how they go. People over here rate them as genuine title contenders and apparently there are people from over the Tasman who agree. Personally, I think they will sneak into the top 8 and that their run at the closing stages of last season was quite deceptive.

[melon]

They definitely have the potential but that's been the issue with the Warriors since 2002. They have soooo much talent across the board. When they're hot, they're HOT! It's like touch footy...they throw the ball around, can't be touched and score tries left, right and centre.

Look at their roster - Friend, Inu, Lillyman, Locke, Mannering, Mateo, Rapira, Vatuvei, Tate, Berrigan. They are literally THAT good...on paper...

Berrigan had the potential to make a huge impact when he was recruited at the end of 2010 but failed to do much in 2011. The same goes for Tate over a longer period of time however unfortunately he is one of the most injury prone players in the NRL.

I really don't know how they'll go. I think they'll be kicking around on the same level as the Bulldogs and North Queensland with the likes of the Titans and Penrith below them.

I say they'll make the eight. Only just.

[Amobokoboko]

Go Warriors and Eels and Tigers

[FlukeArtist]

I think Manly's title hopes ended with the departure of Hasler.

Melon - Warriors did not have Tate last year (he went to the Cowboys, but was injured). Berrigan has gone to the Raiders (i think its the Raiders anyway)
Though the Warriors do have Shaun Johnston - one of the most exciting prospects in teh NRL (he scored one of the best tries last year). he is coming on in leaps and bounds.

The bookies have Manly, Melbourne, Tigers, Broncos and Warriors all paying around or under the NZ$8 mark to win the whole thing.

I have never thought this before, but I think the Warriors will go all the way this year. And as they are paying $8 for it, i'm going to put my money where my mouth is

[melon]

Oh pharrrrk that's a bit embarrassing on my behalf regarding Tate and Berrigan....

[TRF_Olyy]

Looking forward to the season starting up - I never get to watch that many matches due to time difference (SuperRugby is better as the NZ/South Africa matches are at a reasonably hour, but matches in Australia are usually too early for me)

Going to be following Rabbitohs (for the Burgess brothers) and Penrith Panthers (our clubs new coach played for them - or at least came through their academy and played some for their 'A' side, I think he played for their main side a few times too(?), before moving to Wales)

[UilamOsa]

They definitely have the potential but that's been the issue with the Warriors since 2002. They have soooo much talent across the board. When they're hot, they're HOT! It's like touch footy...they throw the ball around, can't be touched and score tries left, right and centre.

Look at their roster - Friend, Inu, Lillyman, Locke, Mannering, Mateo, Rapira, Vatuvei, Tate, Berrigan. They are literally THAT good...on paper...

Berrigan had the potential to make a huge impact when he was recruited at the end of 2010 but failed to do much in 2011. The same goes for Tate over a longer period of time however unfortunately he is one of the most injury prone players in the NRL.

I really don't know how they'll go. I think they'll be kicking around on the same level as the Bulldogs and North Queensland with the likes of the Titans and Penrith below them.

I say they'll make the eight. Only just.

Awww son...you sound just like Gus Gould who said last year in his SMH.com.au write up and the Sunday Roast that the Warriors wouldn't crack the top 8 in 2011.

Warriors, Junior Warriors & Akl Vulcans lined up for the GF.

We'll see - I'm backing the Warriors, they're a year older bit more experienced (especially Mateo & Inu) - going to blood some fresh talent in Hurrell, maybe even give Fisiahi some more time on the field. It's going to be a big season. They've got decent coverage in most areas.

I see Manly outside the Top 4 this year. I'm not too sure Toovey has the same force of personality to drive his team to the finals.

Storm
Knights
Warriors
Tigers

[Toby Faletau-Jones]

Looking forward to the season starting up - I never get to watch that many matches due to time difference (SuperRugby is better as the NZ/South Africa matches are at a reasonably hour, but matches in Australia are usually too early for me)

Going to be following Rabbitohs (for the Burgess brothers) and Penrith Panthers (our clubs new coach played for them - or at least came through their academy and played some for their 'A' side, I think he played for their main side a few times too(?), before moving to Wales)

Dude, whats the name of the Sale Sharks coach?


Anyway i predict the top 4 to be: Brisbane, Penrith, Newcastle and NQ Cowboys (In no particular order). Penrith out of all the teams in pre-season have not gone full out in terms of signings, instead losing some key players such as Petero ten cents a litre, and Waterhouse to Warrington. However, i still think they have the potential. Brisbane just have so much strength in depth in particular in the front row, a coachs dream having to decide whether you play Petero or Hannent, and then you have Thaiday, Parker, Gillett, etc to add, with the backline consisting of Norman, Hodges, Yow-yeh, Reed to name some. I support both of these teams, and want them to do well.

Melbourne, Warriors, Souths, and Parramatta will make out the remaining top 8, with Parramatta to win the comp. Souths have the best pack in the comp, and i reckon the world, just look at them having crocker, asotasi, taylor, burgess, luke and if they can dominate their opponents, they can unleash their good backline. I hope St George come last, because they play the most boring brand of footy around. (playing aside) they remind me of St. Helens.

[melon]

Dude, whats the name of the Sale Sharks coach?


Anyway i predict the top 4 to be: Brisbane, Penrith, Newcastle and NQ Cowboys (In no particular order). Penrith out of all the teams in pre-season have not gone full out in terms of signings, instead losing some key players such as Petero ten cents a litre, and Waterhouse to Warrington. However, i still think they have the potential. Brisbane just have so much strength in depth in particular in the front row, a coachs dream having to decide whether you play Petero or Hannent, and then you have Thaiday, Parker, Gillett, etc to add, with the backline consisting of Norman, Hodges, Yow-yeh, Reed to name some. I support both of these teams, and want them to do well.

Melbourne, Warriors, Souths, and Parramatta will make out the remaining top 8, with Parramatta to win the comp. Souths have the best pack in the comp, and i reckon the world, just look at them having crocker, asotasi, taylor, burgess, luke and if they can dominate their opponents, they can unleash their good backline. I hope St George come last, because they play the most boring brand of footy around. (playing aside) they remind me of St. Helens.

Brother, give me some of what you're on!!!

You musn't be that high though because you're talk about Brisbane is right on the money and South isn't too far off either.

I'm tipping Souths to pip Penrith tomorrow afternoon...I think they'll be too strong.

[Little Guy]

Cowboys looked awful in Round One but were all right last week, their have been some pretty good games so far, I still think teams are getting things sorted out as it is early days. Caught the Knights and Broncos game and was expecting a lot more from the Knights at home.