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Here are my predictions for which teams will finished 13th, 12th and 11th on the NRL ladder this season.
13. Brisbane Broncos (last year 16th)
If 2020 was represented through an NRL team, it would certainly be the Brisbane Broncos. The Broncos had their worst year in club history as they picked up their first ever wooden spoon.
Things looked promising for the Broncos before the league was postponed due to COVID-19 as they had two convincing wins on the board, coming against the Cowboys and the Rabbitohs. After the COVID-19 shutdown I was proved wrong when I thought they would be a team to beat.
Big winners from the new NRL Fantasy rules
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(Four points for turnover tackles, intercepts, steals)
This was the more eye-catching of the two major rule changes for NRL Fantasy this season, with a new scoring category that could swing individual match-ups during the year.
Don t expect it to make a dramatic difference to the scoring potential of players across the season however.
Under the new rule, the following players would have received the biggest increases in points per game last season:
Dunamis Lui +3.76 points per game (9 turnover tackles, 7 steals in 17 matches)
Jake Clifford +3.71 ppg (12 turnover tackles, one steal in 14 matches)
by Travis Meyn
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