
Preview
First, let's look at how we did last year. Well, we couldn't have been more right, in a sense, because we said there were no clear favourites to win the title and there were no outright contenders. Instead, we dumped four teams into the Second Tier for high-flyers: the






Instead of looking at the tiers, which will look a lot like last year's as there isn't a lot of movement between teams and a lot of teams are fairly equal, let's look at each team's three additions this year. Every year, every team may add three players to their team who can play from day 1. Every addition after that may only play the second half of the season. All of these players come from the second divisions or the development league. Let's say this: there is a lot of talent and teams mostly addressed their needs, but barely any team was successful in signing three key additions. The







This time around, we're going to discuss the teams without putting them in tiers.












Standings
KRUL Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1Maynard Andromeda 22 12 3 7 337 261 +76 54 Grand Final
2Ansonville Comets 22 12 2 8 192 144 +48 52 Semifinals
3Penstead Bears 22 12 1 9 253 220 +33 50 Semifinals
4Mayara Wanderers-Cassiopeia 22 12 0 10 220 230 −10 48
5Greencaster Galaxy 22 11 2 9 241 174 +67 48
6Aubury Swans 22 11 2 9 190 162 +28 48
7Idyllwild Coronae 22 11 1 10 189 168 +21 46
8Eaglebury Aquila 22 10 2 10 244 264 −20 44
9Llandy Bulls 22 10 1 11 237 256 −19 42
10Tarrashall Travellers 22 9 1 12 156 193 −37 38
11Mawrystwyth Phoenix 22 8 0 14 160 265 −105 32
12Willowbourne Foxes 22 6 1 15 205 287 −82 26
Finals
Semifinal:


Drop goals: 5' Morimoto, 66' White / 23' 39' yDdofcaech
Penalty Goals: - / -
Tries: 71' 78' Finnerty / 30' yBhaddras
Conversions: 71' 78' Morimoto / 30' yDdofcaech
Grand Final:


Drop Goals: 48' Wilmer / -
Penalty Goals: 22' Wilmer / -
Tries: 18' Prater / 5' 55' Finnerty, 59' Morimoto
Conversions: - / 5' 59' Morimoto, 55' White
Analysis
As suggested by the close standings, the average score this year was 10-10. Or rather, 10-9.9, which surprisingly still realised a very decent home win percentage (53%). As close as the average score is, home teams were the favourites, and away teams struggled to get points (40% wins). The remaining 7% were draws.
It's been extremely close all season, so the final matchday results have had a big impact:












For every team between 4th and 8th, there are multiple moments where a different bounce could've seen different finals, in every single game.
Derbies




















State of Origin
Mawryshire 20 - 24 WSR
Surbourneshire 24 - 11 Gehrenna
Gehrenna 16 - 21 Mawryshire
WSR 17 - 18 Surbourneshire
WSR 22 - 33 Gehrenna
Surbourneshire 22 - 32 Mawryshire
MAW 2-1 +11
SRB 2-1 +4
GEH 1-2 -7
WSR 1-2 -8
Team of the Year
Props: Moore (


Hooker: yBhaddras (

Second row: Knight (


Locks: yDdwffrell (


Eight: Atkinson (

Halves: Wilmer (


Centres: Morimoto (


Wings: Finnerty (


Fullback: Ewell (

Dev Leagues
GWU: Seameet, WSU: Regenton, MU: Llandy