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The NRL has been through seven months of footy, 26 rounds of rugby league action and a whole host of ups and downs. But now, it’s finals time. The pointy end of the season where legends are made or broken.
A big final round has filled in the last pieces of the finals puzzle, with a tantalising opening week of fixtures slated to kick off the last leg of the premiership.
» The Roar’s complete guide to the 2016 NRL Finals
Brisbane Broncos vs Gold Coast Titans
First elimination final – 5th vs 8th
Date: Friday, September 9
Time: 8pm (AEST)
Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Canberra Raiders vs Cronulla Sharks
First qualifying final- 2nd vs 3rd
Date: Saturday, September 10
Time: 5:35pm (AEST)
Venue: GIO Stadium, Canberra
Melbourne Storm vs North Queensland Cowboys
Second qualifying final – 1st vs 4th
Date: Saturday, September 10
Time: 7:55pm (AEST)
Venue: AAMI Park, Melbourne
Penrith Panthers vs Canterbury Bulldogs
Second elimination final – 6th vs 7th
Date: Sunday, September 11
Time: 4pm (AEST)
Venue: Allianz Stadium
The winners of the two Qualifying finals will get a week off and a free passage through to the Preliminary finals, the grand-final qualifiers as it were.
The losers of those same qualifying finals will get a chance at redemption. They will face the winners of the two Elimination finals on their home turf.
So, if you try to imagine a flow chart, the loser of Qualifying final 1 will face the winner of Elimination final 2. The same goes for the second qualifying and elimination finals.
The losers of both elimination finals will be, surprise surprise, eliminated.
In terms of monetary value, the two teams knocked out in Week 1 of the finals will receive $20,000 prize money for their efforts.
All teams that progress into the second week will get, at the very least, $30,000 for being knocked out in Week 2, if they are to fall at that time.
The grand final winning club will walk away with $400,000 extra in their back pocket.
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