Wondering about how the play-offs will work, who's playing who, ticketing options or the many ways you can tune in? Read on for all the information you'll need to stay across every detail as the race for this year's title heats up. Get to the game early and check out all the activations. Elimination final: Sydney Roosters v Gold Coast, 5.
Semi-final 2 - Saturday, September Penrith v Parramatta, 7. Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. The teams that finished in the top eight positions on the Telstra Premiership ladder after 25 rounds will play out the finals series, as follows. During the first week the eight teams are split into two separate groups of four teams with the top four 1 st -4 th playing amongst each other and the bottom half 5 th -8 th doing the same.
The top four will contest the qualifying finals where 1 st will play 4 th and 2 nd will face 3 rd with the top higher placed sides 1 st and 2 nd earning the right to host their individual game. There remains a distinct advantage for those that place within the top four and that is that even if they lose in the first week they cannot be eliminated.
However, the winners will get a bye in the second week and move onto the preliminary finals in week three whereas the losers contest in the semi-finals come week two. The bottom half will face one another in the elimination finals and as suggested, the losers of these fixtures are automatically eliminated from the series while the winners move on to week two to face the losers of the qualifying finals.
Unlike the regular season, this is not golden point, but rather, the full ten minutes must be played to ensure there is even opportunity for teams to hit the front. 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. Rabbitohs — Suncorp Stadium 6. Follow nrl on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter for the latest need-to-know Finals information.
The teams that finished in the top eight positions on the Telstra Premiership ladder after 25 rounds will play out the finals series, as follows. Semi-finals: Loser of first qualifying final v winner of first elimination final; loser of second qualifying final v winner of second elimination final. Preliminary finals: Winner of first qualifying final v winner of second semi-final; Winner of second qualifying final v winner of first semi-final.
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