NRL finals

Reigning premiers Penrith Panthers will host the Parramatta Eels on Friday to begin the weekend of finals action.

Elimination Final: Sunday, September 11, 4:05pm (AEST), Allianz Stadium Qualifying Final: Saturday, September 10, 7:50pm (AEST), PointsBet Stadium Qualifying Final: Friday, September 9, 7:50pm (AEST), BlueBet Stadium

WHO PLAYS WHO IN NRL FINALS, WEEK ONE (All times AEST). FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. Advertisement. Ad. First Qualifying Final. 1-Penrith Panthers v 4-Parramatta ...

The Sharks have only lost at their home ground once all year and the Cowboys will lean heavily on the experience of ex-Cronulla halfback Chad Townsend to get them over the line. Canberra have Brisbane's late-season collapse to thank for their rise into the eight along with a 7-1 record at the back end of the season. The Eels are the only side to have beaten the Panthers twice this year and will be confident they can repeat the act on Friday after swatting Melbourne aside last week.

The eight teams for the 2022 NRL finals series are locked in and venues and kick-off times have been announced for week one of the finals.

WHO PLAYS WHO IN NRL FINALS, WEEK ONE (All times AEST). FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. Advertisement. Ad. First Qualifying Final. 1-Penrith Panthers v 4-Parramatta ...

The Sharks have only lost at their home ground once all year and the Cowboys will lean heavily on the experience of ex-Cronulla halfback Chad Townsend to get them over the line. Canberra have Brisbane's late-season collapse to thank for their rise into the eight along with a 7-1 record at the back end of the season. The Eels are the only side to have beaten the Panthers twice this year and will be confident they can repeat the act on Friday after swatting Melbourne aside last week.

The NRL finals are upon us, full of sugar, spice and all things nice as the Herald breaks down where week one will be won and lost. Eels v Panthers.

The stat: 94-0. [Joey Manu’s replacement](https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/doesn-t-look-good-fears-manu-won-t-play-again-this-year-20220903-p5bf4u.html) – be it Paul Momirovski, Oliver Gildart or Joseph Suaalii – they’ll be defending the Rabbitohs greatest strength, Mitchell and Walker in concert. Tom Burgess has averaged 165 running metres coming off the bench in the past six weeks before being pitched into the starting side to combat Lodge and Waerea-Hargreaves’ early dominance on Friday. Mitchell will no doubt carry the jabs and jibes of a sub-par performance for the next week – often a precursor to his destructive best. Reuben Cotter’s average decoy runs (7.8 – third in the NRL) and support plays (6.9 – 15th) per game. Telling clash of bash and barge versus leg speed in the middle with Chad Townsend and Nicho Hynes calling the shots behind them. Munster has racked up career-best numbers for tries (11), try-assists (15), line breaks (17) and line break assists (15) already and 111 tackle busts has him tracking to do the same in the category too. No denying Cronulla have the wood in this one though, they’ve won the past eight clashes and North Queensland haven’t won in The Shire since 2014. His work rate and mobility around the middle has been game-changing for the Cowboys. Viliame Kikau has been in career-best touch on the Panthers left-edge and will have Moses on his radar – though the No.7’s defence has improved markedly in recent years. If they’re to jag an upset against the Storm, it will be by taking on big men Nelson Asofa-Solomona and Jesse Bromwich as the Roosters and Eels have done successfully in recent weeks. Parramatta have led the NRL for offloads in three of the past four seasons, including 2022.

Finals football is officially upon us, with four cracking games set to kick off the business-end of the year.

Siosifa Talakai (ankle) left the field late in Round 25 and is in doubt. 11. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.

The eight teams for the 2022 NRL finals series are locked in and venues and kick-off times have been announced for week one of the finals.

This guarantees that it is not possible for any two teams to meet twice in the first three weeks of finals. The winner of this match is declared the year’s premiership team. As the name suggests, the loser of these finals will be eliminated from the finals series. Again, the higher-placed teams, fifth and sixth, have the right to host these finals in their home state. The higher-placed teams, first and second, have the right to host these finals in their home state. These preliminary finals determine who enters the grand final. Beating them at home is the hardest thing to do in league. “Beating Penrith is probably one of the hardest things to do against any team. Whichever team loses between Penrith and Parramatta will play the winner of the Storm vs Raiders eliminator. Stuart will only have a handful of days to prepare his side for the trip south as a result of the NRL’s finals draw. Finals series tickets will be on sale to general public at 10am on Tuesday. Because we are playing on the Saturday that gave me the idea to rest a few players.”

The 2022 NRL Finals Series will be led by members of the Brydens Lawyers NSW Blues Origin squads, with six of the eight skippers involved having the honour ...

In fact, all his previous six NRL finals series (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) were with the Sharks. Both men are entering their sixth series. This year will be his fifth NRL finals series, where he has finished one game shy of the Grand Final three times (2018 lost to Roosters, 2019 lost to Raiders, 2020 lost to Panthers) before losing the 2021 Grand Final to Penrith.