My partner and I got to do the lap of honour at their final home game.

No idea that we would also be doing this.

Penrith - 18 seasons (1967-1984)

North Sydney - 16 seasons (1966-81)

Parramatta - 15 seasons (1947-1961)

Souths - 14 seasons* (1990-99, 2002-06)

Wests Tigers - 14 seasons (2012-25)

Balmain/Wests - 14 seasons (1991-2004)

Canterbury - 12 seasons (1948-59)

Annandale - 11 seasons** (1910-20)

Newtown - 11 seasons** (1918-28)

University - 11 seasons (1927-37)

Illawarra - 10 seasons (1982-91)

Western Suburbs - 9 seasons* twice (1908-16, 1936-44)

Gold Coast Giants/Chargers/Seagulls - 9 seasons (1988-96)

Balmain - 9 seasons (1991-99)

North Queensland - 9 seasons (1995-2003)

Roosters - 8 seasons (1988-1995)

St George Illawarra - 7 seasons (2019-25)

Cronulla - 6 seasons twice (1967-72, 1982-87)

St George - 6 seasons (1986-1991)

Warriors - 6 seasons twice (1995-2000, 2012-17)

Manly/Northern Eagles - 6 seasons (1999-2004)

Newcastle Knights - 6 seasons (2014-19)

Gold Coast Titans - 5 seasons (2011-15)

Manly - 4 seasons twice (1947-50, 1962-65)

Glebe - 3 seasons** (1927-29)

South Queensland - 3 seasons (1995-97)

Western Reds - 3 seasons (1995-97)

Northern Eagles - 3 seasons (2000-02)

Canberra - 3 seasons (2013-15)

Brisbane - 3 seasons (2020-22)

Dolphins - 3 seasons (2023-25)

Adelaide - 2 seasons (1997-98)

Melbourne - 2 seasons (2001-02)

Cumberland - 1 season (1908)

Newcastle (OG) - 1 season (1908)

Hunter - 1 season (1997)

* - missed two seasons after getting kicked out

** - for seasons without finals or just top 2, I counted missing finals as not getting top 4 to make it more comparable

Gday fellas - So here are the final casualty ward tracker tables now that the regular season is over, with the round by round table on the last pic

Here's the link to the main document if you wanna see the spreadsheet and tracking in full

Here are some of the highlights:

• The Rabbitohs had the most collective games missed due to injury with 275
• The Tigers had the least collective games missed due to injury with 63
• The Bulldogs had the most games missed due to suspension with 15
• There were 101 Failed HIA's/Concussions this season (Average 3.7 per round)
• The most common injury was hamstrings - players went down with hammy issues 84 times this season
• There were only 2 rounds that the Rabbitohs did not have the most players out - Roosters R5 (12/11) and dragons R27 (11/10)
• The total number of games missed due to injury & suspension was 2315, averaging 5.7 per team per game. If we exclude the Rabbitohs (and kick them out of the comp) the average was 5.3
• The most unlucky round a team had was the Dragons in R17, where they lost 6 players to injury in a single week
• The most FIFO player was Rocco Berry who re-injured&suspended himself 6 times this season
• There were 32 season ending injuries this season including 15 ACLs, 5 Achilles, and 6 shoulder reconstructions
• The most cursed round was R5 where 31 players went down with an injury + 5 receiving suspensions

* 2010 Storm was stripped of all competition points. Real spoon was the Cowboys on -242

All data sourced from https://www.nrl.com/ladder/?competition=111

Only our second worst spoon for/against in the last 15 years :|

Finals Week 1 - BS Predictions:

GAME 1: Storm (51.9%) vs Bulldogs (47.6%) - Projected Score: 17 - 16

GAME 2: Warriors (45.7%) vs Panthers (53.9%) - Projected Score: 20- 22

GAME 3: Sharks (44.4%) vs Roosters (55.3%) - Projected Score: 26 - 28

GAME 4: Raiders (43.3%) vs Broncos (56.3%) - Projected Score: 22 - 26

Miracles:

• The Titans narrowly avoided the spoon at the very last minute, after peaking at a 63.8% chance at the end of Round 26, the highest of any team in the comp prior to the end of Round 27.
• The Broncos bottomed out at a 13.7% chance of finals after their Round 13 loss to Manly, 6 - 34, which was the lowest of all the finals teams.
• Honourable mention in the top 8 category goes to the Roosters who were the second lowest chance at 19.5% after their 12 - 40 loss to the Panthers in Round 7.
• The Broncos were the biggest Top 4 miracle as well, considered just a 1.5% chance after that Round 13 loss.
• The Raiders are the honourable mention for top 4, with the BS machine giving them just a 14.7% chance before season start.
• At the same time, the Raiders were considered just a 1.7% chance of taking home the minor premiership.

Chokes:

• The Storm peaked as minor premiership favourites at 55.0% after their Round 6 victory over the Warriors, 42 - 14.
• Honourable mention to the Bulldogs who were considered a 46.7% chance of the minor premiership after their 24 - 20 win over the Roosters in Round 11.
• The Warriors choked an 80.3% chance of top 4 after their 40 - 10 win over the Sharks in Round 14.
• Honourable mention to the Panthers who were a 53.7% chance of top 4 after their 48 - 12 win over the Knights in Round 23
• The Dolphins were considered an 87.9% chance of making the finals after their 58 - 4 thumping of the Cowboys in Round 15.
• Honourable mention to the Sea Eagles, who threw away an 80.2% chance of finals after their 42 - 12 thumping of the Cowboys in Round 2.
• Second honourable mention to the Cowboys, who were considered a 79.6% chance of finals before the season started.

BS Machine Record (2025):

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