NRL Round 1 Preview & Predictions
Finally, after months and months of no action since the Grand Final, the National Rugby League, known to most of us as the NRL has returned and of course starts with round 1.
The opening round of the NRL is always one to saviour as all of the built up excitement of month after month of no action builds to a crescendo of match after match where the fans are at their loudest, the players are at their freshest and more often than not, the results are amongst their most unpredictable.
NRL Round 1 2022
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3 matches are shown live on SkySports each and every round, as well as the NRL Finals and the Grand Final itself
Kick Off: 09:05
Venue: BlueBet Stadium (Penrith)
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Kick Off: 09:05
Venue: Suncorp Stadium (Brisbane)
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Kick Off: 04:00
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground (Sydney)
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Kick Off: 06:30
Venue: Sunshine Coast Stadium (NSW)
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Kick Off: 05:05
Venue: CommBank Stadium (Sydney)
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Kick Off: 07:15
Venue: Queensland County Bank Stadium (Townsville)
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Round 1 of the NRL
The memories of all of the excitement of the last season is starting to wane before the start of the new season and whilst the top teams from the year before will still go into this round amongst the favourites, one of the special aspects of the opening round of any season is that even the team that picked up the wooden spoon the year before goes into the new season with new hope and new belief.
That is especially true for competition such as the NRL where there is no relegation and a salary cap so the team that struggled the season before has had time to rebuild and restart a fresh.
The build up to the new season over in Australia (and New Zealand) features a number of trial matches and a special events, so fans have often already had the chance to see new signings in their new colours but there is nothing quite like seeing your teams big new signing running out on game day 1 to really excite you and make everything seem real again.
From a predicting the outcome of matches point of view, the second round is always a tough one as you have no true insight into the form of a team, what little form they have built up and you have little to go on in terms of how new players have integrated themselves sin their new team/club and how well any changes have worked or not worked.
From a fan point of view, this is always a highlight of the season and with the biggest match of the round often the first match of the season, this is often a round to simply sit back, relax, and watch the excitement of the NRL is all of its glory once more.