And that is why any of the eight could have made the GF and the teams just below gave a great end of season push to make the eight (Broncos, Warriors, Eels).

The proper use of a strong salary cap is why the NRL is so good and highly unpredicatble on who will eventually win. Look at SL and see if you can say the same thing. How many SL GF winners have we had in all the years it has been played?

Wigan, Leeds, Bradford, Saints.

That's poor. An even comp does raise the standards.

I am not sure about that, eleven different Clubs have contested the last ten Grand Finals.
Five of those Clubs have also been the wooden spooners in the same period.
You have eras at Clubs where they dominate for several seasons, Manly appear they are on the verge of coming to the end of theirs as are the Storm in all probability.

Things go in cycles but most clubs except for Cronulla and a couple of newer Clubs like the Titans, Warriors and the Cowboys have had their purple patch

I've been on a few of the Bath rugby union sites and there is not one mention of Sams heroics in the Grand Final, in fact there is no mention of him at all . Ignorant people who do not deserve him.

Plenty of comments on a Bath Rugby fans forum, but you are right there wasn't anything on the club website or club twitter account.

Quote ="Brick with eyes"I've been on a few of the Bath rugby union sites and there is not one mention of Sams heroics in the Grand Final, in fact there is no mention of him at all . Ignorant people who do not deserve him.'" That's not true, I was following this thread while the final was being played. There's a huge appreciation of RL and a decent amount of knowledge of the players. www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 9,14926816

Quote ="Brick with eyes"I've been on a few of the Bath rugby union sites and there is not one mention of Sams heroics in the Grand Final, in fact there is no mention of him at all . Ignorant people who do not deserve him.'" That's not true, I was following this thread while the final was being played. There's a huge appreciation of RL and a decent amount of knowledge of the players. www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 9,14926816

I didn't mean fans forums , I mean't Bath websites where he just doesn't get a mention.