Finals time is here and that means every man and their dog will have their 2018 NRL Finals Predictions, and so why wouldn’t we. offer up ours. Including tips from our dog.
But as ever, like our “popular” EPL previews, we won’t just offer up our 2018 NRL Finals Predictions, but we will also offer up some alternatives. These could be based on in-season statistics, or something a little bit absurd. Just the way we like it. And few others.
So read on for the Nein Different Ways to make your 2018 NRL Finals Predictions, see if we or you can beat them.
2018 NRL Finals Predictions – Our Tips
This one is simple – these are our tips. Beware, we finished around the bottom of many tipping comps this years. Perhaps a late peak?
WK1 – ROOSTERS (Sharks), WARRIORS (Penrith), BRONCOS (Dragons), RABBITOHS (Storm)
WK2 – SHARKS (Warriors), BRONCOS (Storm)
WK3 – RABBITOHS (Sharks), BRONCOS (Roosters)
GRAND FINAL – RABBITOHS (Broncos)
2018 NRL Finals Predictions – The Dog
Since it is every person and their dog, here are our muttley selections. Tips based on the favoured snack we were offering. Much like the various Football World Cup animals tipsters, except like one unlucky Octopus after this World Cup, our dog won’t be eaten a week later.
WK1 – ROOSTERS (Sharks), WARRIORS (Penrith), BRONCOS (Dragons), RABBITOHS (Storm)
WK2 – WARRIORS (Sharks), BRONCOS (Storm)
WK3 – ROOSTERS (Broncos), RABBITOHS (Warriors)
GRAND FINAL – RABBITOHS (Roosters)
2018 NRL Finals Predictions – Head to Head
Time to get into some statistic based tipping, so we start off with the various head to heads for the season. Best record gets the tip all the way through to the Grand Final.
WK1 – ROOSTERS (Sharks), PENRITH (Warriors), DRAGONS (Broncos), RABBITOHS (Storm)
WK2 – SHARKS (Penrith), STORM (Dragons)
WK3 – STORM (Roosters), RABBITOHS (Sharks)
GRAND FINAL – RABBITOHS (Storm)
2018 NRL Finals Predictions – Defence
They say that defence wins titles, so here are next 2018 NRL Finals Predictions based on which team had the better defensive record.
WK1 – ROOSTERS (Sharks), WARRIORS (Penrith), DRAGONS (Broncos), STORM (Rabbitohs)
WK2 – SHARKS (Warriors), RABBITOHS (Dragons)
WK3 – STORM (Sharks), ROOSTERS (Rabbitohs)
GRAND FINAL – ROOSTERS (Storm)
2018 NRL Finals Predictions – Attack
Good enough for defence, good enough to make Final Series predictions on attacking stats, namely points scored in the regular season.
WK1 – ROOSTERS (Sharks), PENRITH (Warriors), BRONCOS (Dragons), RABBITOHS (Storm)
WK2 – SHARKS (Penrith), BRONCOS (Storm)
WK3 – BRONCOS (Roosters), RABBITOHS (Sharks)
GRAND FINAL – RABBITOHS (Broncos)
2018 NRL Finals Predictions – Last 6 Form
Sometimes the team that has been best all season isn’t necessarily the team that wins the Grand Final, momentum can be a big thing heading into the Finals Series. So the next 2018 NRL Finals Series Predictions are made based on best points haul and for and against from the last 6 games.
WK1 – SHARKS (Roosters), WARRIORS (Penrith), BRONCOS (Dragons), STORM (Rabbitohs)
WK2 – ROOSTERS (Warriors), BRONCOS (Rabbitohs)
WK3 – BRONCOS (Sharks), ROOSTERS (Storm)
GRAND FINAL – BRONCOS (Roosters)
2018 NRL Finals Predictions – ANZ Stadium
The Grand Final day is played is at the Olympic Stadium, so we thought we should check if one team has an advantage or not. And base some tips from that of course.
Slightly interesting is that Souths were highest of the teams who play out of the Olympic Stadium, in third overall behind the Roosters and Newcastle,.
Just as interesting is that Melbourne (along with Gold Coast and Manly) didn’t register a point in 2018.
WK1 – ROOSTERS (Sharks), WARRIORS (Penrith), BRONCOS (Dragons), RABBITOHS (Storm)
WK2 – SHARKS (Warriors), BRONCOS (Storm)
WK3 – RABBITOHS (Sharks), ROOSTERS (Broncos)
GRAND FINAL – ROOSTERS (Rabbitohs)
2018 NRL Finals Predictions – Channel Nein
Sadly, the NRL Grand Final is one of the four times this season where we will have to put up with the Channel Nein commentary, given their exclusive rights for the big game.
So we got to wondering how teams do for the various Channel Nein broadcast games. And we’ve used their records to determine an overall champion. Based on average points from the games.
Seven of the eight finalists make the top 8 of Channel Nein winners. No surprise that the Warriors didn’t, having been flogged by Penrith in their early game. Channel Nein commentary team have been brushing up on the NZ Warriors heading into the NRL Finals Series.
WK1 – ROOSTERS (Sharks), PENRITH (Warriors), BRONCOS (Dragons), STORM (Rabbitohs)
WK2 – PENRITH (Sharks), BRONCOS (Rabbitohs)
WK3 – BRONCOS (Roosters), STORM (Penrith)
GRAND FINAL – STORM (Broncos)
2018 NRL Finals Predictions – Most Interesting Famous Fan
About time we have one ridiculous tipping method for our 2018 NRL Finals Predictions.
This time we find the most interesting famous fans of each club, and then put them head to head to see which one is the most interesting.
Here is the list of who we thought were the most interesting. Followed by the tips.
Roosters – Scott Cam
Storm – Molly Meldrum
Rabbitohs – Russell Crowe
Sharks – New PM Scott Morrison
Penrith – Mick Fanning
Broncos – The Bush Tucker Man
Dragons – John Howard.
Warriors – Too hard.
WK1 – SHARKS (Roosters), Penrith (Warriors), BRONCOS (Dragons), RABBITOHS (Storm)
WK2 – PENRITH (Roosters), STORM (Broncos)
WK3 – STORM (Sharks), RABBITOHS (Penrith)
GRAND FINAL – RABBITOHS (Storm)
