Week 1 of the NRL finals have come and gone, and it means two more sides have joined the bottom nine who missed on knockout action altogether, now likely en route to Bali.
It might be easy, and obvious to focus on the sides remaining in the competition, but today we're looking to the nine forgotten sides who didn't feature in Week 1 of the finals.
More specifically what went wrong for each of the nine sides now out of contention.
Below is where each team wrong.
7. St George Illawarra Dragons: Let the pressure to get to them (again)
The Dragons spent almost the entire season sticking it to the doubters.
They set it up that a win, at home, against local rivals the Sharks would secure the most unlikely of Finals appearances.
They were smoked 38-10. Not to worry, a win over the lowly Eels would land them that spot ... They lost 44-40.
It seemed as though they were able to overcome when they were expected to lose. They wilted once the pressure of expectation finally hit them.
The Dragons had a chance to shake the infamous "choker" tag but instead they played right into it.
A horror late season fade out saw the Dragons miss the Finals cut off ... again!
