AS WE approach the final straight, we pull apart your team’s run home to figure out where every club will finish.

1. SEA EAGLES — 34 points

R24: Eels (Pirtek Stadium) W

R25: Panthers (Brookvale Oval) W

R26: Cowboys (1300 Smiles Stadium) L

Top of the table they may be, but Manly are bang out of form and will need to rediscover their edge to win the minor premiership. Clashes against two sides likely to need wins to stay in the finals race will test them.

2. RABBITOHS — 32 points

R24: Cowboys (ANZ Stadium) W

R25: Bulldogs (ANZ Stadium) W

R26: Roosters (Allianz Stadium) L

The form team of the competition have three games against top eight opposition to warm up for the finals. Their round 26 visit to arch rivals the Roosters could still deliver them the minor premiership.

3. PANTHERS — 32 points

R24: Storm (Sportingbet Stadium) L

R25: Sea Eagles (Brookvale Oval) L

R26: Warriors (Sportingbet Stadium) W

A gritty win over the Cowboys from the NRL’s most resilient side has the Panthers in good shape for a top four finish, and the reward of a double chance in September. The injuries keep piling up so a tough run home will provide a test.

4. ROOSTERS — 30 points

R24: Warriors (Mt Smart Stadium) L

R25: Storm (Allianz Stadium) W

R26: Rabbitohs (Allianz Stadium) W

The Chooks have hit their straps at just the right time, and along with the Rabbitohs, look in the best shape for finals football. Two wins from their last three games would cement their spot in the top four.

5. STORM — 28 points

R24: Panthers (Sportingbet Stadium) W

R25: Roosters (Allianz Stadium) L

R26: Broncos (AAMI Park) W

The Storm have done most of their best work this season against the better teams, so playing two of their last three games against top four opponents will suit them just fine. Need to beat the Panthers on Monday night to be any chance of a double chance come finals.

6. BULLDOGS — 28 points

R24: Tigers (ANZ Stadium) W

R25: Rabbitohs (ANZ Stadium) L

R26: Titans (Cbus Super Stadium) W

After a difficult month, Des Hasler’s men finally stopped the rot with a tense and controversial win against the Eels. They still need at least one win to assure their finals berth, and should get that this weekend against the broken Tigers.

7. COWBOYS — 26 points

R24: Rabbitohs (ANZ Stadium) L

R25: Sharks (1300 smiles Stadium) W

R26: Sea Eagles (1300 smiles Stadium) W

A loss to the Panthers was a minor blip for a side that has rocketed into title contention in the last six weeks. Still, it leaves them needing to find a win against one of the top two sides in the competition, as well as accounting for the Sharks, to guarantee a spot in the eight.

8. WARRIORS — 26 points

R24: Roosters (Mt Smart Stadium) W

R25: Titans (Mt Smart Stadium) W

R26: Panthers (Sportingbet Stadium) L

Last week Andrew McFadden’s side was cruising towards finals, and looked an outside chance of a top four spot. What a difference a week can make in such an even competition. A loss to lowly Newcastle sees them with the nasty prospect of needing to beat one of the form sides in the competition to keep their head above water.

9. EELS — 26 points

R24: Sea Eagles (Pirtek Stadium) L

R25: Knights (Hunter Stadium) L

R26: Raiders (GIO Stadium) W

Parramatta’s relatively easy run home has just become harder. Newcastle’s impressive win over the Warriors gives them a dangerous look at home, and Manly are desperately searching for top form before the finals get under way. Given their negative points difference, even two wins from three might not be enough.

10. BRONCOS — 24 points

R24: Knights (Suncorp Stadium) W

R25: Dragons (Suncorp Stadium) W

R26: Storm (AAMI Park) L

It’s all looking too hard for the Broncos now. After their thumping from Souths every game has become a final, and the loss of Josh Hoffman for at least two weeks could be the killer blow.

11. DRAGONS — 24 points

R24: Titans (WIN Jubilee Oval) W

R25: Broncos (Suncorp Stadium) L

R26: Knights (Hunter Stadium) L

The Dragons have got a reasonable run home but the best they can hope for now is three from three to finish off, which should be enough to secure coach Paul McGregor’s future.

12. TIGERS — 22 points

R24: Bulldogs (ANZ Stadium) L

R25: Raiders (GIO Stadium) L

R26: Sharks (Leichhardt Oval) W

The Tigers have given two embarrassing performances in a row and have become a basket case on and off the field in the last month or so. Even games against two teams vying for the wooden spoon are anything but guaranteed competition points for the Tigers of right now.

13. TITANS — 20 points

R24: Dragons (WIN Jubilee Oval) L

R25: Warriors (Mt Smart Stadium) L

R26: Bulldogs (Cbus Super Stadium) L

Trips to Wollongong and Auckland in the next two weeks don’t make things any easier for interim coach Neil Henry as he auditions for the job long-term. And with the Bulldogs possibly needing to beat them to guarantee a finals place, the Titans face a whitewash to finish off.

14. KNIGHTS — 20 points

R24: Broncos (Suncorp Stadium) L

R25: Eels (Hunter Stadium) W

R26: Dragons (Hunter Stadium) W

If only last season’s preliminary finalists had found this kind of form earlier in the season. They have now won six of their last eight games, knocking over the Warriors, Storm, Roosters, and Cowboys in that run. They can’t make finals, but they can ensure the Broncos and/or Eels don’t.

15. RAIDERS — 14 points

R24: Sharks (Remondis Stadium) L

R25: Tigers (GIO Stadium) W

R26: Eels (GIO Stadium) L

This Sunday’s Remondis Stadium clash against the Sharks shapes as the possible wooden spoon decider, although both sides will get a second bite of the cherry with each playing the Tigers, who are in wooden spoon form. Ricky Stuart will be desperate for his side to win at least one if not both of those games to stave off another spoon for the cutlery draw.

16. SHARKS — 14 points

R24: Raiders (Remondis Stadium) W

R25: Cowboys (1300 smiles Stadium) L

R26: Tigers (Leichhardt Oval) L

The Sharks have got two winnable games to finish the season but ASADA could complicate things further this week for a club that already has an alarming injury list, to go with poor form, and a further distraction after injured star Andrew Fifita was questioned by police over a road rage incident.

PREDICTED LADDER

1. SEA EAGLES — 38 points

2. RABBITOHS — 36 points

3. ROOSTERS — 34 points

4. PANTHERS — 34 points

5. STORM — 32 points

6. BULLDOGS — 32 points

7. COWBOYS — 30 points

8. WARRIORS — 30 points

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9. BRONCOS — 28 points

10. EELS — 28 points

11. DRAGONS — 26 points

12. KNIGHTS — 24 points

13. TIGERS — 24 points

14. TITANS — 20 points

15. RAIDERS — 16 points

16. SHARKS — 16 points

WHICH WOULD MEAN...

Finals week one:

Sea Eagles v Panthers — Allianz Stadium

Rabbitohs v Roosters — ANZ Stadium

Storm v Warriors — AAMI Park

Bulldogs v Cowboys — ANZ Stadium