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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2239256, member: 1764"] Would it be fair that the Broncos' reward for beating a team above them in week 1 is to travel to their next opponent's home venue? Doesn't matter that the game is in Sydney, that's home for St George-Illawarra. In reality playing in Brisbane is a DISADVANTAGE for the Broncos because we have the best stadium in the world and everyone loves playing there. Plus Dragons in particular have MASSIVE support in Brisbane. The system we have in the finals rewards winning. And that's how it should be! Heck, if the Titans beat us they would've had a preliminary final at Suncorp Stadium. I don't think the home venues thing is the problem to be honest. Teams are professional enough to travel and win on the road. There's no away trip that's impossible. However it is true that team 8 can often be a team that's hit form at the end of the season and snuck into the finals, but are red hot. And the minor premiers can be a bit stale having had their finals sport nailed down for weeks...that happened last year with Storm and Warriors, and again this year with Dragons and Eels. Only two real options I can see (given we will always have a top 8): 1. Modify McIntyre to allow the top team to pick their opponent from the bottom 4, then 2nd to pick one of the last 3, then 3rd to pick one of the last 2, and 4th gets what's left. In that example, Melbourne would've most likely been left playing Parramatta in Melbourne, Titans would probably still have been playing the Broncos at Skilled, St George would've picked Newcastle and the Bulldogs would've liked their chances against Manly I reckon. 2. Use the AFL method, which I don't necessarily like because the top 4 get 2 home finals regardless: 1 vs 4 at 1's venue 2 vs 3 at 2's venue 5 vs 8 at 5's venue 6 v 7 at 6's venue Loser of 1 v 4 plays winner of 5 v 8 at 1/4's venue Loser of 2 v 3 plays winner of 6 v 7 at 2/3's venue Winner 1 v 4 vs 2/3/6/7 at 1/4's venue Winner 2 v 3 vs 1/4/5/8 at 2/3's venue [/QUOTE]

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