2011 NRL PREMIERSIP DRAW With the 2010 NRL Season completed just days ago, the administration has jumped straight into preparations for the new season by releasing the 2011 NRL Premiership Draw.
You can download the Full 2011 NRL Premiership Draw here. Notes from The NRL Tweet on the Draw.
#NRL Biggest travesty of 2011 NRL Draw is the fact the Dragons don't play the Storm until Round 24... unbelievable marketing stuff up. #RedV
#NRL Recorded NOT The Footy Show in higher definition tonight... wow, now you'll really want to avoid our videos!
#NRL Perhaps the biggest stuff up for Rivalry Round 2011 is making Tigers available & not putting them against the Raiders... 1989 anyone?
#NRL Yes there's no 'perfect' way to do it (give me some time to think of an alternative) but it's like the schedule maker doesn't even try.
#NRL More than one shuffle for rest of Rivalry Round in 2011. Warriors get Bulldogs & Cowboys get Tigers. Who thinks this stuff up?
#NRL Just can't get over the NRL thinking that there's any rivalry at all between Canberra & Melbourne
#NRL Interesting that although both Raiders & Roosters don't get pre-Origin byes in 2011 - they get Broncos & Storm minus Origin 2 stars.
#NRL Be interested in your thoughts on 2011 NRL Draw. Get the badly formatted NRL pdf here http://bit.ly/NRL2011Draw (print setup very poor)
#NRL Fine with Grand Final Replay in this case (Dragons v Roosters) being held til Round 7 but Storm had to play Premiers in Rd 1 of 2011.
#NRL 2011 NRL Draw is automated for most part but no teams should play twice in 6 weeks. Rabbitohs v Bulldogs Rd2+6, Raiders v Tigers Rd3+8.
#NRL Although both Roosters & Raiders are disadvantaged by this in 2011 - the NRL finally made it so no team had 2 Byes before Origin games.
#NRL @NRL improved the Origin Byes disparity but the @RaidersCanberra & @sydneyroosters will NOT get a bye before an Origin game in 2011.
#NRL Melbourne get a heavy home schedule too (2010 totally opposite) with 6 of first 8 games at AAMI Park
#NRL With 6 of first 7 away in 2011 St.George-Illawarra could unveil the Premiership to their home crowd with an 0-4 record. I stress could.
#NRL Eels will play 5 of their first 7 at home in 2011... with stopovers in Auckland and Melbourne
#NRL Dragons playing 6 of their first 7 away in 2011 must be ground related... I know WIN Stadium is unavailable but what's up with Kogarah?
#NRL Can @NRL_Dragons please explain to the #RedV fans why WIN Jubilee can't host any more than 1 game in the first 7 weeks?
#NRL Predicted 2011 Round 1 Schedule: Fri: GLD-STI, SYD-SOU, Sat: WAR-PAR, BRI-NQL, PEN-NEW. Sun: CAN-CRO, CBY-WTG. Mon: MEL-MAN.
#NRL On 2nd thoughts... while it makes zero sense for Dragons not to open at home in RD1, they'll get Titans on Friday instead of BRI v NQL.
#NRL Which then leaves Titans v Dragons + Storm v Sea Eagles on the outer... mmm what would you do if you were Channel 9?
#NRL Lock in Broncos v Cowboys as one Friday spot, the other will be a Sydney
#NRL 1st impressions of 2011 NRL Draw: Dragons v Storm simply had to be opening game on Friday Night. Another swing & miss by NRL Marketing.
In the next few days there will be Team by Team Schedules Uploaded to this page.
