Which NRL teams will make the top eight in 2026?<\/p>\n
SEN asked NRL fans for their 2026 predictions heading into the new season, and the results are in!<\/p>\n
With the competition never closer, all 17 teams are vying for a coveted finals spot.<\/p>\n
But while competition is tight, the answer to our question has never been clearer according to the fans.<\/p>\n
100% of fans believe the Brisbane Broncos will return to finals as they hunt for back-to-back premierships, having broken a 19-year drought in 2025.<\/p>\n
Fans expect to see the two most dominant teams of this decade in finals again, with the Panthers (97%) and Storm (94.7%) overwhelming favourites to make it.<\/p>\n
The Roosters (89.4%), Bulldogs (81.1%), Raiders (77.3%) and Sharks (62.1%) are all expected to feature in September again, but the Warriors are the team expected to slide with only 37.9% of fans predicting they will play finals.<\/p>\n
In their place, NRL fans expect to see The Dolphins (62.1%) qualify for their maiden finals appearance.<\/p>\n
See the full breakdown below:<\/p>\n
Brisbane Broncos (100%)<\/p>\n
Penrith Panthers (97%)<\/p>\n
Melbourne Storm (94.7%)<\/p>\n
Sydney Roosters (89.4%)<\/p>\n
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (81.1%)<\/p>\n
Canberra Raiders (77.3%)<\/p>\n
Cronulla Sharks (62.1%)<\/p>\n
Dolphins (62.1%)<\/p>\n
Parramatta Eels (40.9%)<\/p>\n
New Zealand Warriors (37.9%)<\/p>\n
South Sydney Rabbitohs (25%)<\/p>\n
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (8.3%)<\/p>\n
Newcastle Knights (5.3%)<\/p>\n
North Queensland Cowboys (5.3%)<\/p>\n
Wests Tigers (5.3%)<\/p>\n
Gold Coast Titans (3%)<\/p>\n
St George Illawarra Dragons (2.3%)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Which NRL teams will make the top eight in 2026? SEN asked NRL fans for their 2026 predictions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-401313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401313","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=401313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}