General 2026 Fixtures

[juju]

It is. A consequence of going to Wellington & choosing to be a "home" team in Magic Round

Playing the Broncos twice at Suncorp is bonkers too.

 

[Billyspleen75]

Origin 1 Sydney
Before - Dragons (a)
After - Panthers (a) on the Sunday

Origin 2 Melb
Before - Sharks (h)
After - Cowboys (chch)

Origin 3 Brisbane
Before - Bye
After - Tigers (a) on the Sunday

Origin 1 would be a crazy week to be in Sydney as a Wahs fan
Panthers probably all back up

Origin 2 probably no one really missing from the Sharks, but maybe a few of the Cowboys don't travel to Christchurch.

Origin 3 our only origin bye. Any Tigers would back up.

 

[Billyspleen75]

NRLW fixtures

Round 1 and 6 are in Hamilton
Round 5 Magic Round in Wagga Wagga
Round 3 9 10 Double Headers at Mt Smart

 

[WahsaurusRex]

Very on-brand for the NRL to bin the Draw Analysis Tool after one year. Probably have to wait until late Feb for the ladder predictor to be up as well..

Turnarounds:
0x 5-day turnarounds
6x 6-day turnarounds
7x 7-day turnarounds
7x 8-day turnarounds
1x 9-day turnaround

Days:
5x Friday Games (4x Home, 1x Away)
14x Saturday Games (5x Home, 9x Away)
5x Sunday games (2x Home, 3x Away)

Late Slots:
Round 6 @ Storm (9:30 pm Saturday)
Round 19 @ Tigers (10:00 pm Friday, Matariki)
Round 24 @ Broncos (9:30 pm Saturday)

 

[BrisbaneWarrior]

Over all, seems ok

 

[Evil_Mush]

Looking forward to Dolphins in Welly, hopefully both teams over their 2025 injury bugs and all the stars available for a high octane clash!

Playing the Broncos twice at Suncorp is bonkers too.

Could be thrice if we get the prelim rematch in the finals (though would prefer that to be at say Mt Smart or Eden Park )

 

[JustLikeStartingOver]

that time away from mt smart is absurd, not just for the fans, but for the logistics of flying the team back and forth every week.

4 games in the month of May, and none of them in NZ. Cameron! Stop saying yes to magic round!

But other than that, looks good. Sharks and glamour team should not be used in the same sentence.

Anzac in wellington - great for me - but against the dolphins of all teams? Another early season chance to roll the purple filth at their home ground, always ends in tears.

 

[Warriorsfan92]

When does flegg & other grades get announced?

 

[Billyspleen75]

When does flegg & other grades get announced?

Last 2 years have been mid December

 

[Zaggo]

3 games at Mt Smart across all of April, May, June and July is absolutely moronic from both the club and the NRL.

Yes, I get that we have some back to back home games, but for god sake that's a hell of a dry period during the absolute meat of the season.

Stop taking the Mt Smart faithful for granted!

 

[mrblonde]

Surely all back-to-back non-Mt Smart matches, the team hunkers down somewhere in Straya?? Only send injured to/bring reinforcements from Auckland would be how I'd run it, especially the May period.
Or bring a larger than usual group to start with.
Guess the Knock On, Jersey Flegg etc draws will help in working out travel logistics.
With all this, I can see absolutely why Cameron is fine with Magic Round being a Home game. We're going to need that tree fiddy we'll get from the NRL!

 

[Canonball]

No complaints from me in Chch. I'll predict the Mt Smart faithful will be a bit annoyed at such a long stretch between games there mid season though

Yeah, that's a bit rough - no mt smart from round 7-15 and again from 15-20 -- that's shit. Other than that it's a good draw

 

[Canonball]

Quick count and way too early to predict I reckon we get 17 wins - that's good for top 4