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If your NRL team doesn’t make the final eight, which club will you secretly (or otherwise) hope goes the whole hog and wins the title?
I have always found it an interesting exercise to put this question to my mates if their team is ‘prematurely’ on vacation when the big stuff rolls around.
Some of their answers and the reasons for them can be entertaining, while others tend to border on the extraordinary.
A few brazenly insist that they have absolutely no interest if their club is dead and buried, but I don’t believe them entirely. Surely there is one team they’d rather see running the victory lap and collecting premiership rings?
Sometimes, the replies I get focus on teams that have never tasted premiership success, while others could be because Player X or Y deserves to savour the game’s biggest thrill after having a standout season, or has given wonderful service to a particular club.
Some even centre on potential riches – “My team’s gone but I think I can make a motza on so-and-so as their odds are pretty tempting going into the playoffs.”
I don’t really follow any club now that the North Sydney Bears are dead and buried, but I’d like to see Souths end their premiership drought this year. This club and its army of supporters have been to hell and back since their last success in 1971. They look to have assembled the team and coaching staff to do it, but plenty can go awry between now and grand final day. I’d just like them to make the decider and see what eventuates.
Your club might already be out of the running for 2014 honours and I’d like to learn what your pseudo allegiance will be.
Are you considering running with the battling Panthers of Penrith, the Roosters because Sonny Bill Williams and Anthony Minichiello are in their last seasons in the tri-colours, or maybe even the New Zealand Warriors or the North Queensland Cowboys simply because you like the way they play.
I don’t expect too many Roarers will nominate Manly as their ‘second team’ but one never knows. Perhaps the traditional ‘I loathe Manly’ mantra is mellowing and you’d like to see this great club win another title before its core player group disbands?
There is, and always has been, a heavy Maroons’ influence at the Melbourne Storm. Will Queenslanders find themselves cheering for Craig Bellamy’s men if the Cowboys make an early exit?
I’ll hand it over to you Roarers. Which team, if any, will you be willing towards victory in the finals if your team is finished and heading off on holidays?
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