NRL Power Rankings and Predictions 2019
A novel application of generalized linear models is in the power rankings of sports teams. This blog will post weekly power rankings and predictions for each round of the 2019 NRL season based on a Bradley-Terry model (with homeground advantage) using head-to-head results up to the given round.
To learn more about fitting the Bradley-Terry model, click here.
Disclaimer: Power rankings and predictions are for educational purposes only.
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 16)
Power rankings and relative skill ratings:
Home ground advantage is estimated to increase home team’s odds of winning by 1.4 times.
Predictions for Round 16 (ignoring Origin III):
Storm def Dragons, with 90% confidence
Roosters def Tigers, with 62% confidence
Knights def Warriors, with 85% confidence
Sharks def Broncos, with 70% confidenc
Last week’s predictions: 5/8
Predictions to date: 47/76
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 15)
Power rankings and relative skill ratings:
Home ground advantage is estimated to increase home team’s odds of winning by 1.3 times.
Predictions for Round 15:
Rabbitohs def Tigers, with 65% confidence
Cowboys def Dragons, with 53% confidence
Storm def Roosters, with 57% confidence
Sea Eagles def Titans, with 71% confidence
Knights def Broncos, with 77% confidence
Raiders def Eels, with 54% confidence
Panthers def Warriors, with 58% confidence
Sharks def Bulldogs, with 76% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 6/8
Predictions to date: 42/68
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 14)
Power rankings and relative skill ratings:
Home ground advantage is estimated to increase home team’s odds of winning by 1.4 times.
Predictions for Round 14:
Raiders def Sharks, with 63% confidence
Warriors def Titans, with 51% confidence*
Cowboys def Tigers, with 61% confidence
Storm def Knights, with 77% confidence
Rabbitohs def Panthers, with 86% confidence
Eels def Broncos, with 64% confidence
Sea Eagles def Dragons, with 76% confidence
Roosters def Bulldogs, with 93% confidence
* too close to call
Last week’s predictions: 4/8
Predictions to date: 36/60
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 13)
Power rankings and relative skill ratings:
Home ground advantage is estimated to increase home team’s odds of winning by 1.6 times.
Predictions for Round 13 (ignoring Origin 1):
Rabbitohs def Knights, with 86% confidence
Raiders def Tigers, with 56% confidence
Storm def Warriors, with 87% confidence
Sharks def Eels, with 62% confidence
Cowboys def Sea Eagles, with 61% confidence
Broncos def Titans, with 85% confidence
Roosters def Panthers, with 84% confidence
Dragons def Bulldogs, with 53% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 2/4
Predictions to date: 32/52
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 12)
Power rankings and relative skill ratings:
Home ground advantage is estimated to increase home team’s odds of winning by 1.5 times.
Predictions for Round 12 (ignoring Origin I):
Sea Eagles def Panthers, with 67% confidence
Rabbitohs def Eels, with 91% confidence
Raiders def Bulldogs, with 71% confidence
Cowboys def Titans, with 61% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 3/8
Predictions to date: 30/48
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 11)
Power rankings and relative skill ratings:
Home ground advantage is estimated to increase home team’s odds of winning by 2.0 times.
Predictions for Round 11:
Eels def Panthers, with 90% confidence
Sea Eagles def Titans, with 96% confidence
Roosters def Knights, with 84% confidence
Raiders def Cowboys, with 89% confidence
Broncos def Warriors, with 61% confidence
Rabbitohs def Tigers, with 97% confidence
Storm def Bulldogs, with 85% confidence
Dragons def Sharks, with 52% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 4/8
Predictions to date: 27/40
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 10)
Power rankings and relative skill ratings:
Home ground advantage is estimated to increase home team’s odds of winning by 2.7 times.
Predictions for Round 10:
Storm def Tigers, with 95% confidence
Panthers def Warriors, with 68% confidence
Roosters def Broncos, with 94% confidence
Titans def Bulldogs, with 76% confidence
Eels def Cowboys, with 72% confidence
Rabbitohs def Raiders, with 81% confidence
Dragons def Knights, with 68% confidence
Sharks def Sea Eagles, with 74% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 6/8
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 9)
Power rankings and relative skill ratings:
Home ground advantage is estimated to increase home team’s odds of winning by 4.9 times.
Predictions for Round 9*:
Sharks def Titans, with 88% confidence
Tigers def Panthers, with 59% confidence
Sea Eagles def Broncos, with 87% confidence
Knights def Bulldogs, with 58% confidence
Dragons def Warriors, with 94% confidence
Storm def Eels, with 73% confidence
Roosters def Raiders, with 96% confidence
Rabbitohs def Cowboys, with 98% confidence
* all games played at Suncorp Stadium this week
Last week’s predictions: 6/8
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 8)
Power rankings and relative skill ratings:
Home ground advantage is estimated to increase home team’s odds of winning by 4.2 times.
Predictions for Round 8:
Rabbitohs def Broncos, with 97% confidence
Cowboys def Titans, with 79% confidence
Storm def Sharks, with 92% confidence
Raiders def Panthers, with 94% confidence
Sea Eagles def Bulldogs, with 96% confidence
Roosters def Tigers, with 98% confidence
Warriors def Knights, with 56% confidence
Eels def Dragons, with 88% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 6/8
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 7)
Power rankings and relative skill ratings:
Home ground advantage is estimated to increase home team’s odds of winning by 3.7 times.
Predictions for Round 7:
Roosters def Dragons, with 96% confidence
Storm def Warriors, with 97% confidence
Bulldogs def Cowboys, with 85% confidence
Rabbitohs def Panthers, with 92% confidence
Tigers def Titans, with 83 % confidence
Sharks def Broncos, with 84% confidence
Sea Eagles def Raiders, with 54% confidence
Eels def Knights, with 90% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 5/8
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 6)
Power rankings and relative skill ratings:
Home ground advantage is estimated to increase home team’s odds of winning by 4.1 times.
Predictions for Round 6:
Sharks def Panthers, with 66% confidence
Rabbitohs def Bulldogs, with 61% confidence
Storm def Roosters, with 83% confidence
Warriors def Cowboys, with 91% confidence
Sea Eagles def Dragons, with 67% confidence
Titans def Knights, with 85% confidence
Raiders def Broncos, with 96% confidence
Eels def Tigers, with 94% confidence
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions 2018
A novel application of generalized linear models is in the power rankings of sports teams. This blog will post weekly power rankings and predictions for each round of the 2018 NRL season based on a Bradley-Terry model (with homeground advantage) using information up to the given round.
To learn more about fitting the Bradley-Terry model, click here.
Disclaimer: Power rankings and predictions are for educational purposes only.
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Grand Final week)
Power rankings (and estimated skill levels) of remaining teams:
2. Storm (8.09) 4. Roosters (7.98) Homeground advantage: Increases skill level of home team by 1.44 times
Predictions for Grand Final:
Roosters def Storm, with 58% confidence*
*ANZ Stadium (Sydney) may be considered a home game for the Roosters. If this is ignored, then the prediction would be Storm def Roosters, with 50.4% confidence. This is one of the closest-matched finals in NRL history.
Last week’s predictions: 2/2
Predictions to date: 76/120.
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Finals Week 3)
Power rankings (and estimated skill levels) of remaining teams:
2. Storm (7.51) 4. Roosters (7.41) 3. Rabbitohs (6.90) 1. Sharks (6.72) Homeground advantage: Increases skill level of home team by 1.41 times
Predictions for Finals Week 3:
Storm def Sharks, with 61% confidence
Roosters def Rabbitohs, with 60% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 2/2
Predictions to date: 74/118.
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Finals Week 2)
Power rankings (and estimated skill levels) of remaining teams:
2. Storm (7.44) 4. Roosters (7.34) 7. Dragons (6.69) 3. Rabbitohs (6.38) 1. Sharks (6.28) 8. Panthers (5.33) Homeground advantage: Increases skill level of home team by 1.39 times
Predictions for Finals Week 2:
Sharks def Panthers, with 78% confidence
Rabbitohs def Dragons, with 50.2% confidence*
*too close to call
Last week’s predictions: 3/4
Predictions to date: 72/116.
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Finals Week 1)
In an unprecedentedly close season, the top four teams all finished on 34 points while teams ranked 5-8 finished on 32 points. Power rankings (and estimated skill levels) from the 2018 regular season were:
1. Sharks (7.39) 2. Storm (7.00) 3. Rabbitohs (6.97) 4. Roosters (6.89) 5. Warriors (6.84) 6. Broncos (6.69) 7. Dragons (6.06) 8. Panthers (5.34) 9. Tigers (3.31) 10. Raiders (2.46) 11. Bulldogs (1.92) 12. Knights (1.92) 13. Cowboys (1.89) 14. Titans (1.58) 15. Sea Eagles (1.24) 16. Eels (1.00) Homeground advantage: Increases skill level of home team by 1.34 times
Predictions for Finals Week 1:
Storm def Rabbitohs, with 57% confidence
Panthers def Warriors, with 51% confidence*
Roosters def Sharks, with 54% confidence*
Broncos def Dragons, with 59% confidence
*too close to call
Last week’s predictions: 6/8
Predictions to date: 69/112.
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 25)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Sharks 3. Roosters 4. Broncos 5. Rabbitohs 6. Warriors 7. Dragons 8. Panthers 9. Tigers 10. Raiders 11. Knights 12. Bulldogs 13. Titans 14. Cowboys 15. Sea Eagles 16. Eels
Predictions for Round 25:
Rabbitohs def Tigers, with 71% confidence
Warriors def Raiders, with 77% confidence
Storm def Panthers, with 74% confidence
Dragons def Knights, with 64% confidence
Titans def Cowboys, with 62% confidence
Roosters def Eels, with 81% confidence
Sharks def Bulldogs, with 70% confidence
Broncos def Sea Eagles, with 87% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 5/8
Predictions to date: 63/104.
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 24)
Power rankings:
1. Roosters 2. Rabbitohs 3. Storm 4. Sharks 5. Dragons 6. Warriors 7. Panthers 8. Broncos 9. Tigers 10. Knights 11. Raiders 12. Bulldogs 13. Titans 14. Sea Eagles 15. Eels 16. Cowboys
Predictions for Round 24:
Tigers def Sea Eagles, with 75% confidence
Warriors def Panthers, with 62% confidence
Cowboys def Eels, with 58% confidence
Rabbitohs def Raiders, with 69% confidence
Storm def Titans, with 70% confidence
Roosters def Broncos, with 71% confidence
Sharks def Knights, with 78% confidence
Dragons def Bulldogs, with 81% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 4/8
Predictions to date: 58/96.
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 23)
Power rankings:
1. Roosters 2. Rabbitohs 3. Storm 4. Warriors 5. Dragons 6. Sharks 7. Panthers 8. Broncos 9. Tigers 10. Knights 11. Titans 12. Raiders 13. Sea Eagles 14. Cowboys 15. Bulldogs 16. Eels
Predictions for Round 23:
Rabbitohs def Broncos, with 57% confidence
Titans def Sea Eagles, with 55% confidence
Storm def Eels, with 90% confidence
Panthers def Knights, with 80% confidence
Dragons def West Tigers, with 57% confidence
Sharks def Cowboys, with 86% confidence
Warriors def Bulldogs, with 79% confidence
Roosters def Raiders, with 80% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 4/8
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 22)
Power rankings:
1. Rabbitohs 2. Storm 3. Roosters 4. Dragons 5. Warriors 6. Broncos 7. Sharks 8. Panthers 9. Tigers 10. Knights 11. Titans 12. Raiders 13. Bulldogs 14. Sea Eagles 15. Cowboys 16. Eels
Predictions for Round 22:
Broncos def Cowboys, with 77% confidence
Warriors def Knights, with 83% confidence
Rabbitohs def Roosters, with 63% confidence
Panthers def Titans, with 65% confidence
Sea Eagles def Bulldogs, with 57% confidence
Dragons def Eels, with 86% confidence
Tigers def Raiders, with 56% confidence
Storm def Sharks, with 71% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 3/8
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 21)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Dragons 3. Rabbitohs 4. Roosters 5. Sharks 6. Warriors 7. Broncos 8. Panthers 9. Tigers 10. Titans 11. Knights 12. Raiders 13. Cowboys 14. Bulldogs 15. Sea Eagles 16. Eels
Predictions for Round 21:
Broncos def Bulldogs, with 81% confidence
Knights def Tigers, with 51% confidence*
Rabbitohs def Storm, with 56% confidence
Dragons def Warriors, with 72% confidence
Titans def Eels, with 69% confidence
Roosters def Cowboys, with 91% confidence
Sharks def Sea Eagles, with 90% confidence
Panthers def Raiders, with 78% confidence
*too close to call
Last week’s predictions: 4/8
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 20)
Power rankings:
1. Dragons 2. Storm 3. Rabbitohs 4. Sharks 5. Roosters 6. Warriors 7. Broncos 8. Panthers 9. Tigers 10. Knights 11. Raiders 12. Titans 13. Sea Eagles 14. Cowboys 15. Bulldogs 16. Eels
Predictions for Round 20:
Broncos def Sharks, with 51% confidence*
Knights def Cowboys, with 67% confidence
Tigers def Bulldogs, with 75% confidence
Panthers def Sea Eagles, with 56% confidence
Rabbitohs def Eels, with 75% confidence
Storm def Raiders, with 87% confidence
Warriors def Titans, with 75% confidence*
Dragons def Roosters, with 54% confidence
*too close to call
Last week’s predictions: 6/8
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 19)
Power rankings:
1. Rabbitohs 2. Dragons 3. Storm 4. Warriors 5. Sharks 6. Roosters 7. Broncos 8. Panthers 9. Tigers 10. Knights 11. Raiders 12. Titans 13. Sea Eagles 14. Bulldogs 15. Cowboys 16. Eels
Predictions for Round 19:
Bulldogs def Eels, with 59% confidence
Sharks def Raiders, with 81% confidence
Broncos def Panthers, with 57% confidence
Knights def Titans, with 56% confidence
Rabbitohs def Tigers, with 78% confidence
Dragons def Cowboys, with 90% confidence
Storm def Warriors, with 51% confidence*
Roosters def Sea Eagles, with 84% confidence
*too close to call
Last week’s predictions: 6/8
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 18)
Power rankings:
1. Dragons 2. Rabbitohs 3. Storm 4. Warriors 5. Roosters 6. Sharks 7. Broncos 8. Panthers 9. Titans 10. Tigers 11. Knights 12. Raiders 13. Sea Eagles 14. Cowboys 15. Bulldogs 16. Eels
Predictions for Round 18 (ignoring Origin 2):
Sharks def Panthers, with 55% confidence
Knights def Eels, with 81% confidence
Rabbitohs def Bulldogs, with 89% confidence
Storm def Sea Eagles, with 84% confidence
Raiders def Cowboys, with 69% confidence
Broncos def Warriors, with 54% confidence
Dragons def Tigers, with 90% confidence
Roosters def Titans, with 68% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 1/4
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 17)
Power rankings:
1. Dragons 2. Rabbitohs 3. Warriors 4. Storm 5. Roosters 6. Sharks 7. Broncos 8. Panthers 9. Titans 10. Tigers 11. Knights 12. Raiders 13. Bulldogs 14. Sea Eagles 15. Cowboys 16. Eels
Predictions for Round 17 (ignoring Origin 2):
Dragons def Storm, with 64% confidence
Warriors def Panthers, with 51% confidence*
Bulldogs def Raiders, with 52% confidence*
Broncos def Titans, with 78% confidence
*too close to call
Last week’s predictions: 3/8
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 16)
Power rankings:
1. Dragons 2. Rabbitohs 3. Warriors 4. Roosters 5. Panthers 6. Storm 7. Broncos 8. Sharks 9. Knights 10. Tigers 11. Titans 12. Raiders 13. Cowboys 14. Bulldogs 15. Sea Eagles 16. Eels
Predictions for Round 16:
Dragons def Eels, with 98% confidence
Warriors def Sharks, with 76% confidence
Roosters def Storm, with 70% confidence
Panthers def Sea Eagles, with 93% confidence
Knights def Bulldogs, with 79% confidence
Broncos def Raiders, with 83% confidence
Tigers def Titans , with 64% confidence
Rabbitohs def Cowboys, with 95% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 6/8
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 15)
Power rankings:
1. Dragons 2. Rabbitohs 3. Warriors 4. Panthers 5. Roosters 6. Sharks 7. Storm 8. Broncos 9. Tigers 10. Knights 11. Titans 12. Bulldogs 13. Raiders 14. Cowboys 15. Sea Eagles 16. Eels
Predictions for Round 15:
Rabbitohs def Eels, with 91% confidence
Warriors def Cowboys, with 84% confidence
Roosters def Panthers, with 60% confidence
Titans def Bulldogs, with 68% confidence
Dragons def Sea Eagles, with 98% confidence
Sharks def Broncos, with 73% confidence
Storm def Knights, with 51% confidence
Tigers def Raiders, with 80% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 7/8
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 14)
Power rankings:
1. Dragons 2. Rabbitohs 3. Warriors 4. Panthers 5. Roosters 6. Sharks 7. Broncos 8. Storm 9. Tigers 10. Knights 11. Titans 12. Raiders 13. Cowboys 14. Bulldogs 15. Sea Eagles 16. Eels
Predictions for Round 14 (ignoring Origin I):
Panthers def Raiders, with 78% confidence
Rabbitohs def Titans, with 81% confidence
Warriors def Sea Eagles, with 86% confidence
Roosters def Knights, with 57% confidence
Cowboys def Eels, with 63% confidence
Sharks def Tigers, with 76% confidence
Storm def Broncos, with 60% confidence
Dragons def Bulldogs, with 89% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 3/4
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 13)
Power rankings:
1. Dragons 2. Warriors 3. Panthers 4. Rabbitohs 5. Sharks 6. Roosters 7. Broncos 8. Storm 9. Tigers 10. Knights 11. Titans 12. Raiders 13. Sea Eagles 14. Bulldogs 15. Cowboys 16. Eels
Predictions for Round 13 (ignoring Origin I):
Sea Eagles def Cowboys, with 60% confidence
Rabbitohs def Sharks, with 59% confidence
Knights def Eels, with 77% confidence
Roosters def Tigers, with 70% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 6/8
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 12)
Power rankings:
1. Dragons 2. Warriors 3. Rabbitohs 4. Panthers 5. Roosters 6. Sharks 7. Broncos 8. Storm 9. Tigers 10. Knights 11. Titans 12. Raiders 13. Sea Eagles 14. Cowboys 15. Bulldogs 16. Eels
Predictions for Round 12:
Broncos def Eels, with 96% confidence
Raiders def Sea Eagles, with 58% confidence
Storm def Cowboys, with 69% confidence
Roosters def Titans, with 80% confidence
Warriors def Rabbitohs, with 62% confidence
Dragons def Panthers, with 75% confidence
Sharks def Knights, with 55% confidence
Tigers def Bulldogs, with 80% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 5/8
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Week 11)
Power rankings:
1. Dragons 2. Warriors 3. Rabbitohs 4. Roosters 5. Storm 6. Sharks 7. Panthers 8. Tigers 9. Knights 10. Broncos 11. Raiders 12. Titans 13. Cowboys 14. Bulldogs 15. Sea Eagles 16. Eels
Predictions for Round 11:
Panthers def Tigers, with 59% confidence
Warriors def Eels, with 96% confidence
Roosters def Broncos, with 61% confidence
Knights def Titans, with 70% confidence
Rabbitohs def Cowboys, with 82% confidence
Storm def Sea Eagles, with 89% confidence
Dragons def Raiders, with 96% confidence
Sharks def Bulldogs, with 84% confidence
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions 2017
A novel application of generalized linear models is in the power rankings of sports teams. This blog will post weekly power rankings and predictions for each round of the 2017 NRL season based on a Bradley-Terry model (with homeground advantage) using information up to the given round.
To learn more about fitting the Bradley-Terry model, click here.
Disclaimer: Power rankings and predictions are for educational purposes only.
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Grand Final Week )
Power rankings (and estimated skill levels) of remaining teams:
1. Storm (26.28) 7. Cowboys (7.30) Homeground advantage: N/A
Prediction for Grand Final:
Storm def Cowboys, with 78% confidence
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Finals Week 3)
Power rankings (and estimated skill levels) of remaining teams:
1. Storm (24.72) 2. Roosters (11.81) 3. Broncos (9.41) 7. Cowboys (6.52) Homeground advantage: Increases skill level of home team by 1.21 times
Predictions for Finals Week 3:
Storm def Broncos, with 76% confidence
Roosters def Cowboys, with 69% confidence
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Finals Week 2)
Power rankings (and estimated skill levels) of remaining teams:
1. Storm (24.52) 2. Roosters (11.70) 3. Broncos (8.87) 4. Eels (7.66) 7. Cowboys (5.90) 8. Panthers (4.76) Homeground advantage: Increases skill level of home team by 1.22 times
Predictions for Finals Week 2:
Broncos def Panthers, with 69% confidence
Eels def Cowboys, with 61% confidence
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Finals Week 1)
Power rankings (and estimated skill levels) from 2017 regular season:
1. Storm (23.35) 2. Roosters (10.94) 3. Broncos (9.61) 4. Eels (8.04) 5. Sharks (7.49) 6. Sea Eagles (6.10) 7. Cowboys (5.35) 8. Panthers (4.30) 9. Raiders (3.79) 10. Dragons (3.64) 11. Bulldogs (2.89) 12. Rabbitohs (2.74) 13. Tigers (1.71) 14. Warriors (1.57) 15. Titans (1.56) 16. Knights (1.00) Homeground advantage: Increases skill level of home team by 1.24 times
Predictions for Finals Week 1:
Roosters def Broncos, with 59% confidence
Storm def Eels, with 78% confidence
Sea Eagles def Panthers, with 64% confidence
Sharks def Cowboys, with 63% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 7/8
Predictions to date: 77/112. Is this any better than flipping a coin?
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Round 26)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Roosters 3. Broncos 4. Eels 5. Sharks 6. Cowboys 7. Sea Eagles 8. Panthers 9. Dragons 10. Raiders 11. Rabbitohs 12. Bulldogs 13. Warriors 14. Titans 15. Tigers 16. Knights
Predictions for Round 26:
Broncos def Cowboys, with 55% confidence
Eels def Rabbitohs, with 77% confidence
Roosters def Titans, with 89% confidence
Sea Eagles def Panthers, with 55% confidence
Storm def Raiders, with 88% confidence
Sharks def Knights, with 85% confidence
Dragons def Bulldogs, with 66% confidence
Tigers def Warriors, with 52% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 5/8
Predictions to date: 70/104.
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Round 25)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Broncos 3. Roosters 4. Sharks 5. Eels 6. Cowboys 7. Sea Eagles 8. Panthers 9. Raiders 10. Dragons 11. Rabbitohs 12. Bulldogs 13. Warriors 14. Titans 15. Tigers 16. Knights
Predictions for Round 25:
Broncos def Eels, with 65% confidence
Raiders def Knights, with 82% confidence
Cowboys def Tigers, with 72% confidence
Titans def Bulldogs with 50.2% confidence*
Storm def Rabbitohs, with 91% confidence
Sharks def Roosters, with 53% confidence
Sea Eagles def Warriors, with 68% confidence
Panthers def Dragons, with 65% confidence
* too close to call
Last week’s predictions: 5/8
Predictions to date: 65/96.
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Round 24)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Broncos 3. Roosters 4. Sharks 5. Eels 6. Sea Eagles 7. Cowboys 8. Panthers 9. Raiders 10. Dragons 11. Rabbitohs 12. Bulldogs 13. Warriors 14. Titans 15. Tigers 16. Knights
Predictions for Round 24:
Eels def Titans, with 82% confidence
Rabbitohs def Warriors, with 63% confidence
Broncos def Dragons, with 75% confidence
Storm def Knights, with 94% confidence
Roosters def Tigers, with 87% confidence
Cowboys def Sharks, with 51% confidence*
Raiders def Panthers, with 54% confidence
Sea Eagles def Bulldogs, with 70% confidence
* too close to call
Last week’s predictions: 5/8
Predictions to date: 60/88.
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Round 23)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Roosters 3. Broncos 4. Eels 5. Sharks 6. Sea Eagles 7. Cowboys 8. Panthers 9. Raiders 10. Dragons 11. Rabbitohs 12. Warriors 13. Bulldogs 14. Titans 15. Tigers 16. Knights
Predictions for Round 23:
Rabbitohs def Bulldogs, with 58% confidence
Eels def Knights, with 92% confidence
Broncos def Sharks, with 57% confidence
Dragons def Titans, with 70% confidence
Storm def Roosters, with 72% confidence
Cowboys def Panthers, with 57% confidence
Raiders def Warriors, with 59% confidence
Sea Eagles def Tigers, with 80% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 5/8
Predictions to date: 55/80.
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Round 22)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Roosters 3. Sharks 4. Eels 5. Broncos 6. Cowboys 7. Sea Eagles 8. Dragons 9. Panthers 10. Raiders 11. Warriors 12. Bulldogs 13. Titans 14. Rabbitohs 15. Tigers 16. Knights
Predictions for Round 22:
Eels def Bulldogs, with 73% confidence
Dragons def Rabbitohs, with 75% confidence
Storm def Cowboys, with 66% confidence
Warriors def Knights, with 75% confidence
Broncos def Titans, with 74% confidence
Sharks def Raiders, with 79% confidence
Roosters def Sea Eagles, with 57% confidence
Panthers def Tigers, with 78% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 6/8
Predictions to date: 50/72.
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Round 21)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Roosters 3. Sharks 4. Broncos 5. Cowboys 6. Eels 7. Sea Eagles 8. Dragons 9. Panthers 10. Raiders 11. Warriors 12. Titans 13. Bulldogs 14. Rabbitohs 15. Tigers 16. Knights
Predictions for Round 21:
Panthers def Bulldogs, with 66% confidence
Sharks def Warriors, with 71% confidence
Eels def Broncos, with 50.5% confidence*
Dragons def Knights, with 90% confidence
Raiders def Rabbitohs, with 52% confidence
Roosters def Cowboys, with 61% confidence
Storm def Sea Eagles, with 76% confidence
Titans def Tigers, with 73% confidence
* too close to call
Last week’s predictions: 7/8
Predictions to date: 44/64.
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Round 20)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Roosters 3. Sharks 4. Broncos 5. Sea Eagles 6. Cowboys 7. Eels 8. Dragons 9. Panthers 10. Raiders 11. Warriors 12. Titans 13. Bulldogs 14. Rabbitohs 15. Tigers 16. Knights
Predictions for Round 20:
Broncos def Bulldogs, with 79% confidence
Roosters def Knights, with 96% confidence
Sharks def Rabbitohs, with 81% confidence
Panthers def Titans, with 58% confidence
Storm def Raiders, with 80% confidence
Cowboys def Warriors, with 74% confidence
Sea Eagles def Dragons, with 57% confidence
Eels def Tigers, with 82% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 3/6
Predictions to date: 37/56.
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Round 19)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Sharks 3. Roosters 4. Broncos 5. Sea Eagles 6. Cowboys 7. Eels 8. Dragons 9. Warriors 10. Panthers 11. Bulldogs 12. Raiders 13. Rabbitohs 14. Titans 15. Tigers 16. Knights
Predictions for Round 19 (ignoring Origin 3):
Warriors def Panthers, with 58% confidence
Dragons def Raiders, with 65% confidence
Broncos def Knights, with 93% confidence
Sharks def Titans, with 80% confidence
Sea Eagles def Tigers, with 86% confidence
Cowboys def Rabbitohs, with 71% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 2/4
Predictions to date: 34/50.
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Round 18)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Sharks 3. Roosters 4. Sea Eagles 5. Broncos 6. Cowboys 7. Dragons 8. Eels 9. Warriors 10. Raiders 11. Bulldogs 12. Rabbitohs 13. Titans 14. Panthers 15. Tigers 16. Knights
Predictions for Round 18 (ignoring Origin 3):
Roosters def Rabbitohs, with 82% confidence
Sea Eagles def Panthers, with 78% confidence
Storm def Eels, with 83% confidence
Bulldogs def Knights, with 85% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 5/8
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Round 17)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Roosters 3. Broncos 4. Sharks 5. Sea Eagles 6. Dragons 7. Cowboys 8. Eels 9. Warriors 10. Bulldogs 11. Raiders 12. Panthers 13. Rabbitohs 14. Titans 15. Tigers 16. Knights
Predictions for Round 17:
Eels def Bulldogs, with 66% confidence
Dragons def Titans, with 77% confidence
Storm def Broncos, with 65% confidence
Roosters def Sharks, with 59% confidence
Sea Eagles def Warriors, with 71% confidence
Cowboys def Raiders, with 65% confidence
Tigers def Knights, with 61% confidence
Panthers def Rabbitohs, with 54% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 4/7
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Round 16)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Sharks 3. Roosters 4. Broncos 5. Dragons 6. Sea Eagles 7. Cowboys 8. Eels 9. Warriors 10. Bulldogs 11. Panthers 12. Raiders 13. Rabbitohs 14. Titans 15. Tigers 16. Knights
Predictions for Round 16 (ignoring Origin 2):
Warriors def Bulldogs, with 52% confidence
Tigers def Titans, with 51% confidence*
Cowboys def Panthers, with 65% confidence
Broncos def Raiders, with 72% confidence
Storm def Roosters, with 73% confidence
Dragons def Knights, with 92% confidence
Sharks def Sea Eagles, with 67% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 3/4
* too close to call
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Round 15)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Sharks 3. Roosters 4. Dragons 5. Broncos 6. Sea Eagles 7. Cowboys 8. Eels 9. Bulldogs 10. Warriors 11. Panthers 12. Raiders 13. Titans 14. Rabbitohs 15. Tigers 16. Knights
Predictions for Round 15:
Rabbitohs def Titans, with 50.4% confidence*
Storm def Cowboys, with 83% confidence
Sharks def Tigers, with 90% confidence
Dragons def Eels, with 68% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 6/8
* too close to call
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Round 14)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Sharks 3. Dragons 4. Roosters 5. Broncos 6. Sea Eagles 7. Cowboys 8. Eels 9. Raiders 10. Warriors 11. Bulldogs 12. Panthers 13. Titams 14. Rabbitohs 15. Tigers 16. Knights
Predictions for Round 14:
Storm def Sharks, with 57% confidence
Sea Eagles def Knights, with 90% confidence
Broncos def Rabbitohs, with 81% confidence
Warriors def Titans, with 59% confidence
Raiders def Panthers, with 57% confidence
Cowboys def Eels, with 51% confidence
Roosters def Tigers, with 84% confidence
Dragons def Bulldogs, with 81% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 5/7
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Round 13)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Sharks 3. Dragons 4. Broncos 5. Roosters 6. Sea Eagles 7. Cowboys 8. Raiders 9. Eels 10. Warriors 11. Bulldogs 12. Titans 13. Panthers 14. Rabbitohs 15. Tigers 16. Knights
Predictions for Round 13 (ignoring Origin 1):
Storm def Knights, with 96% confidence
Eels def Warriors, with 51% confidence
Dragons def Tigers, with 80% confidence
Broncos def Roosters, with 58% confidence
Cowboys def Titans, with 64% confidence
Sea Eagles def Raiders, with 57% confidence
Bulldogs def Panthers, with 60% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 2/4
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Round 12)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Broncos 3. Sharks 4. Dragons 5. Roosters 6. Sea Eagles 7. Cowboys 8. Bulldogs 9. Eels 10. Raiders 11. Warriors 12. Titans 13. Rabbitohs 14. Panthers 15. Tigers 16. Knights
Predictions for Round 12 (ignoring Origin 1):
Eels def Rabbitohs, with 65% confidence
Broncos def Warriors, with 87% confidence
Sharks def Bulldogs, with 75% confidence
Roosters def Raiders, with 74% confidence
Last week’s predictions: 7/8
NRL Power Rankings and Predictions (Round 11)
Power rankings:
1. Storm 2. Broncos 3. Sharks 4. Roosters 5. Dragons 6. Cowboys 7. Sea Eagles 8. Bulldogs 9. Eels 10. Warriors 11. Titans 12. Raiders 13. Rabbitohs 14. Panthers 15. Tigers 16. Knights
Predictions for Round 11:
Sharks def Cowboys, with 65% confidence
Dragons def Warriors, with 78% confidence
Broncos def Tigers, with 87% confidence
Sea Eagles def Titans, with 68% confidence
Eels def Raiders, with 59% confidence
Panthers def Knights, with 70% confidence
Roosters def Bulldogs, with 70% confidence
Storm def Rabbitohs, with 91% confidence
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