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The Month In Review: July ’17

August 4, 2017, 4:35 pm By Joel Leave a Comment

(NOTE: If this is your first visit to the site, be sure to click here for an explanation of what we’re all about.

The Obstruction Rule‘s True Ladder™

The Obstruction Rule’s True Ladder™ is our take on the popular “Power Rankings” found on other sites. Unlike the arbitrary rankings of those however, our True Ladder™ ranks the teams by their expected performance against a league average opponent. It’s calculated by deducting the projected tries conceded against a league average opponent from the projected tries scored. So yes, the selection of the ranking system is equally as arbitrary. But ours uses maths!

1) Melbourne Storm (15-4)

2) St George Illawarra Dragons (10-9)

3) Manly Sea Eagles (11-8)

4) Canberra Raiders (8-11)

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The Month In Review: June ’17

July 5, 2017, 5:32 pm By Joel Leave a Comment

(NOTE: If this is your first visit to the site, be sure to click here for an explanation of what we’re all about.

The Obstruction Rule‘s True Ladder™

The Obstruction Rule’s True Ladder™ is our take on the popular “Power Rankings” found on other sites. Unlike the arbitrary rankings of those however, our True Ladder™ ranks the teams by their expected performance against a league average opponent. It’s calculated by deducting the projected tries conceded against a league average opponent from the projected tries scored. So yes, the selection of the ranking system is equally as arbitrary. But ours uses maths!

1) Melbourne Storm (13-3)

2) Manly Sea Eagles (10-5)

3) Cronulla Sharks (11-5)

4) St George Illawarra Dragons (9-7)

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The Month In Review: May ’17

June 2, 2017, 5:09 pm By Joel Leave a Comment

(NOTE: If this is your first visit to the site, be sure to click here for an explanation of what we’re all about.

The Obstruction Rule‘s True Ladder™

The Obstruction Rule’s True Ladder™ is our take on the popular “Power Rankings” found on other sites. Unlike the arbitrary rankings of those however, our True Ladder™ ranks the teams by their expected performance against a league average opponent. It’s calculated by deducting the projected tries conceded against a league average opponent from the projected tries scored. So yes, the selection of the ranking system is equally as arbitrary. But ours uses maths!

1) Melbourne Storm (9-2)

2) St George-Illawarra Dragons (7-4)

3) Manly Sea Eagles (6-5)

4) Cronulla Sharks (9-3)

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The Month In Review: April ’17

May 4, 2017, 6:30 pm By Joel Leave a Comment

(NOTE: If this is your first visit to the site, be sure to click here for an explanation of what we’re all about.

The Obstruction Rule‘s True Ladder™

The Obstruction Rule’s True Ladder™ is our take on the popular “Power Rankings” found on other sites. Unlike the arbitrary rankings of those however, our True Ladder™ ranks the teams by their expected performance against a league average opponent. It’s calculated by deducting the projected tries conceded against a league average opponent from the projected tries scored. So yes, the selection of the ranking system is equally as arbitrary. But ours uses maths!

1) Melbourne Storm (8-1)

2) Manly Sea Eagles (5-4)

3) St George-Illawarra Dragons (6-3)

4) Canberra Raiders (4-5)

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The Month In Review: March ’17

March 29, 2017, 2:35 pm By Joel Leave a Comment

(NOTE: If this is your first visit to the site, be sure to click here for an explanation of what we’re all about.)

The Obstruction Rule‘s True Ladder™

The Obstruction Rule’s True Ladder™ is our take on the popular “Power Rankings” found on other sites. Unlike the arbitrary rankings of those however, our True Ladder™ ranks the teams by their expected performance against a league average opponent. It’s calculated by deducting the projected tries conceded against a league average opponent from the projected tries scored. So yes, the selection of the ranking system is equally as arbitrary. But ours uses maths!

1) Brisbane Broncos (2-2)

2) Melbourne Storm (4-0)

3) Cronulla Sharks (2-2)

4) Canberra Raiders (1-3)

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