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It’s an interesting time of year if your football team has already completed mad Monday celebrations and is on the way to find trouble in Bali, Thailand or Las Vegas.
You may have 90% of yourself committed to caring about the remaining weeks of the season, but I bet there’s a little part of you that was more interested in Australia’s fortunes in the cricket this week.
Still, even the most bitter rugby league fan wouldn’t be ready to dig the six stitcher out of the pile of summer sports gear in the garage just yet.
So, how do you decide who to throw your support behind when your team is gone?
Who is the neutral team in this finals series?
Do you follow the tried and tested path of backing the side your boys lost to? At least then you can say your club lost to the eventual winners, so being knocked out in week one or two of the finals series wasn’t that bad.
Perhaps you follow your pocket. I know a couple of people who’ve had some substantial money on the Collingwood/Melbourne premiership double since the pre-season. Granted that’s not entirely daring, but it’s still a pretty good reason to get behind the Storm.
Brisbane must be the sentimental favourites.
As if the Darren Lockyer retirement story wasn’t good enough we now have plates in his head and a helicopter involved!
That’s right, a helicopter. The Broncos captain was told not get on an aeroplane in his condition, so the club chartered a chopper to fly him to Sydney at low altitude. And you thought playing just days after breaking his cheekbone was going to the coolest part of his farewell party.
I imagine there wouldn’t be too many people upset at the sight of Lockyer holding up the premiership trophy at ANZ Stadium.
Manly seem quite happy to play the villain in this story. Coach Des Hasler has already revealed he’s not expecting any supporters from Sydney clubs to jump ship for the next couple of weeks.
The Warriors are an interesting one. It’s hard to dislike them, mainly because no-one really considered them a threat.
Now, who knows what they’re capable of? I don’t even think departing coach Ivan Cleary really knows what he’s going to get from his side after he sends them out onto the park.
It’s usually a case of rocks and diamonds from the Warriors and most of the time in the same match.
That leaves Melbourne. Is it a feel good story if the Storm win 12 months after being punished for trampling all over the salary cap? Or does it leave a bitter taste in your mouth?
Regardless, it has been an amazing effort from coach Craig Bellamy to build a spare parts side around Billy Slater, Cooper Cronk and Cameron Smith.
So, who are you getting behind in the next fortnight and why?
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