ROUND 26
Starts 31 August 2017
Steeming to you straight from the NRL Headquarters at:
http://www.nrl.com/
Final round of the regular season and you can cut the tension for 8th place with a knife.
A win for the mighty Dragons against the Bulldogs on Sunday should see them into the Top 8 knocking out either the Panthers, Cowboys or Sea Eagles on 'for & against' points.
However, as the Panthers are playing the Sea Eagles on Saturday, they will know that the winner is in and the loser could be out! A draw however, would mean both teams finish the season above the Dragons - and they will know this too.
Now before we go any further we should mention that Josh Dugan is back in the Dragon's starting 13 after being dropped last week for missing the team bus. Ladies and Gentlemen, it could only happen in Australia!
"Whoops, I missed the bus."
Then of course there are the... North Queensland Cowboys!
Tomorrow
Currently in 7th place, the Cowboys will be going up against an angry, yet resolute Broncos team, following their (Broncos) shock 52:34 defeat to a slippery Eels opposition last week. In fact, this reporter has even heard rumours that the Broncos have engaged a specialist tackling coach, to help lift their defence a notch for tomorrow night's game at 1300SMILES Stadium - 7:50pm.
The whole of North Queensland will be on the edge of their seats this weekend, as they know that a loss tomorrow, along with Manly and Dragons victories will put an end to the Cowboys season.
Like we said - this is tense!!
Steemians - who will be left out of the Top 8 and the 2017 finals series - Dragons, Sea Eagles, Cowboys or Panthers?
Images and credits
http://www.nrl.com/
http://www.dragons.com.au/news/2017/08/28/game_day_information.html
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/dragons/dragons-coach-paul-mcgregor-will-switch-josh-dugan-back-to-the-no1-jersey/news-story/5217c8cb505460641f489a9d7834bd73