Home finals

[Baby Blues]

THE Swans have the inside running on Friday night finals at ANZ Stadium because venue officials would face a Herculean task to reconfigure the 85,000-seater twice in 48 hours.

The finals schedule for both codes remains a mystery on the eve of September and will become extremely complex should Canterbury, South Sydney and the Swans all host home finals on the same weekend.

The Bulldogs are already guaranteed to play at Homebush Bay in week one, while the second-placed Swans will join them should they defeat Geelong at Simonds Stadium on Saturday.

Canterbury boss Todd Greenberg yesterday said he'd made plenty of inquiries about what day his club would be scheduled, but is still to receive an answer.

The NRL yesterday confirmed no matches would be locked-in until the top eight order is settled in the wake of Sunday afternoon's Sharks-Cowboys clash. The short turnaround means it's highly unlikely either of those teams would be given the Friday night fixture.

Should Souths leapfrog Melbourne into second-place and earn a first weekend final, there would be a three-way logjam at Homebush Bay.

While the NRL would prefer the marquee Friday night, ANZ Stadium officials would prefer to host the Swans first-up to avoid having to change from oval to rectangular configuration.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-news

 

[mearsey]

As a Swans and Bulldogs fan Im stoked that we are going so well , cant see the Swans knocking off Geelong in Geelong but they have done it before , I dont really care what day or night the dogs play their semi as long as its at home . Should we play Manly , surely we would have more fans in the stadium ??

 

[Dogzkill4eva]

who agrees with me our finals home game should be a saturday rather than a friday? so we can get more people at the stadium

 

[Mr Invisible]

If you post got removed in the crossfire, sorry!

Cherry Poppins is no longer. Now back on topic.

It's simple really:

Swans - can play at SCG.
Souths - can play at SFS.
Bulldogs can play at ANZ.

 

[Özil]

If you post got removed in the crossfire, sorry!

Cherry Poppins is no longer. Now back on topic.

It's simple really:

Swans - can play at SCG.
Souths - can play at SFS.
Bulldogs can play at ANZ.

Didnt mind Manly trolls like him... you shouldve kept him for our enjoyment

 

[Big_Dawg]

Afl r u serious

 

[MrDogzOfWar]

ANZ stadium is going to be Chock-A-Block in Finals Time!!op2:

 

[Big_Dawg]

I'm sure storm wouldn't get into mcg or aami stadium before watever gay f l team is down there

 

[Dognacious]

If the last match at ANZ was AFL, then it makes sense to have the next match AFL then reconfig the ground layout the 1 or 2 NRL games. Silly if they made AFL go say second, then they have to change it a bunch of times.

 

[finchie]

Swans record at anz is diabolical "word of the week" and it would much suit them to play at the scg where their record is alot better.
Souths can have fri nyt because their supporters are from redfern and none of them work so fri nyt traffic wont be a problem. Which leaves the doggies our prefered sat nyt game.

 

[Herp-McDerp]

ANZ looks half empty at the best of times,horrible home ground

 

[Big Nick]

ANZ looks half empty at the best of times,horrible home ground

Here fishy, fishy........

 

[CroydonDog]

ANZ looks half empty at the best of times,horrible home ground

There's always one.

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

Swans record at anz is diabolical "word of the week" and it would much suit them to play at the scg where their record is alot better.
Souths can have fri nyt because their supporters are from redfern and none of them work so fri nyt traffic wont be a problem. Which leaves the doggies our prefered sat nyt game.

With the Swans guaranteed a top 4 finish and the SCG under reconfiguration, it's more logic for them to play at ANZ where they can fit more fans.