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.
1. Wests Tigers: Shocking indiscipline
I wanted to put "everything" here as everything went wrong. The main culprit for yet another season finishing last though came about to due a lack of discipline.
16 Tigers were sent from the field in 2024. 16!
For a side that struggled to defend with 13 on 13, a man advantage was simply not something the Tigers could afford. Let alone 16 times.
Every time a Tiger was sat down, the floodgates opened.
No side in the competition can defend a man down, or even two men down at times, on such a consistent basis.
There are a plethora of factors at play here but the best chance a side has of winning a game is playing on a level field. The Tigers took that away from themselves far too often.
is tackled during the round 20 NRL match between South Sydney Rabbitohs and Wests Tigers at Industree Group Stadium, on July 20, 2024, in Gosford, Australia. (Photo by Mark Evans/Getty Images)
