Round 3 NRL Conference Summary
The Sea Eagles soar and the Bulldogs bite to overcome their conference rivals.
The Sea Eagles soar and the Bulldogs bite to overcome their conference rivals.
Could the NRL West become the most fearsome conference in the league?
The most disappointing conference in 2015 looks to improve its fortunes. If there is one conference in the NRL that never fails to deliver on rivalries, it’s the NRL West. Unfortunately, that does not always equate to excellence.
After two years of dominance from the NRL East conference, a new champion has risen in 2015. The NRL North has been crowned the champion conference in the National Rugby League for the second time this decade.
It may have taken them some time to assert their dominance, but the Bulldogs’ consistency in an underperforming NRL West saw them reclaim the conference title for the first time since 2013. For the first half of the 2015 season the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs looked to be the best of a badly-performing bunch. Narrow victories coincided […]
The Future League examines the greatest rivalry in the NRL West conference: the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Parramatta Eels.
Round seven may not have an intra-conference clash to salivate over, but it has something else for NRL fans to get excited about. Over two matches on Friday night, four teams – representing all four conferences and all with contrasting form – strive to make a statement as the season enters its next phase.
Of the four conference systems in the league, the NRL West shapes up to be the most fiercely contested of them all.