Big weekend of finals ahead. Four games of nothing but elimination finals to be played and you\u2019re damn right I\u2019ll be watching every single one. It\u2019s the best time of year, that magical week we\u2019re there\u2019s multiple games in both codes of the game where it\u2019s just tense elimination rounds and we\u2019ve got all the details you need below for the epic showdowns coming this week!<\/p>\n
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Raiders vs Sharks \u2013 Saturday, 20th September \u2013 7:50pm<\/p>\n
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The minor premiers will face off against the Sharks at GIO Stadium. After an incredibly tough defeat on Sunday night against the Broncos, the Raiders will seek to keep the same momentum they displayed to secure a place in the preliminary finals. The Sharks may have gotten up against the Roosters, but do they have it in them to take down the Raiders at home?<\/p>\n
Bulldogs vs Panthers \u2013 Sunday 21st September \u2013 4:05pm<\/p>\n
After a triumphant victory over the Warriors last week the Panthers will seek to mow down their opposition this week to secure their prelim finals ticket. That though is easier said than done as their semi finals competition is the Bulldogs. These teams have met twice this year already with Penrith winning an 8-6 victory in June, then the Bulldogs winning with a 28-4 domination in late August. Do Penrith have what it takes to get one step closer to the five-peat?<\/p>\n
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Cats vs Hawks \u2013 Friday, 19th September \u2013 7:40pm<\/p>\n
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Melbourne this weekend is going to be non-stop as both preliminary finals will be held at the MCG. First up is our premiership favourites, Geelong Cats, against the team that knocked out the minor premiers, Hawthorn. The Hawks sadly have lost their last three clashes against the Cats, but they\u2019ve already made finals history this year with their crows defeat. Perhaps they have it in them to do it again!<\/p>\n
Magpies vs Lions \u2013 Saturday, 20th September \u2013 5:15pm<\/p>\n
Wait, what year is it? It\u2019s not 2023? The Magpies will host the Lions in what is sure to be a clash of the titans this Saturday at the MCG. Having beaten each other once each already this year, it genuinely feels like this game could go either way. With the Lions suffering some key injuries with Hipwood and Neale unable to play, perhaps this will give the pies the edge they need. But the Pies haven\u2019t had consistent form for a few weeks now and whilst it did appear last week like the start of season form Pies has returned, will the week off have killed their momentum?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Big weekend of finals ahead. Four games of nothing but elimination finals to be played and you\u2019re damn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-150894","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}