NRL 2020: Expert NRL tips & predictions for season restart

It’s NRL eve 2.0, so what better way to celebrate the season restart than having The Daily Telegraph and Fox League’s NRL experts reveal their updated tips for 2020?

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Back in March we asked our experts to peer into the crystal ball and make their predictions ahead of the 2020 NRL season. But then the coronavirus happened and the game was forced to shutdown.

But now with footy back and a new look schedule in play some of our experts have been sent back to the drawing board, while others have stuck to their guns.

Which NRL clubs will finish in the top eight? Who will be crowned premiers? And who picks up the dreaded wooden spoon?

See who our experts picked below. Do you think they got it right?

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The Daily Telegraph’s NRL Experts give their updated 2020 tips and predictions.

PHIL ROTHFIELD

Sports Editor-at-large

1. Roosters

2. Storm

3. Raiders

4. Sea Eagles

5. Broncos

6. Eels

7. Sharks

8. Knights

Premiers: Raiders

Wooden Spoon: Titans

BEN ENGLISH

Editor, Daily Telegraph

1. Storm

2. Roosters

3. Eels

4. Manly

5. Raiders

6. Souths

7. Sharks

8. Knights

Premiers: Raiders

Wooden Spoon: Titans

DAVID RICCIO

Sunday Telegraph

1. Eels (was 2)

2. Sea Eagles (was 5)

3. Raiders

4. Storm (new)

5. Roosters (was 1)

6. Cowboys

7. Panthers

8. Sharks

Premiers: Raiders

Wooden Spoon: Titans

The NRL experts are mostly backing the Canberra Raiders to go one better in 2020 and win the Grand Final. Picture: Phil Hillyard

FATIMA KDOUH

Daily Telegraph

1. Storm (was 2)

2. Raiders (was 4)

3. Roosters (was 1)

4. Eels (was 5)

5. Rabbitohs (was 3)

6. Sea Eagles

7. Panthers (new)

8. Broncos

Premiers: Raiders

Wooden Spoon: Titans

MICHAEL CARAYANNIS

Sunday Telegraph

1. Eels (was 2)

2. Raiders (was 4)

3. Storm (was 5)

4. Roosters (was 1)

5. Rabbitohs (was 3)

6. Broncos

7. Knights

8. Sea Eagles

Premiers: Eels

Wooden Spoon: Warriors (was Titans)

NICK WALSHAW

Daily Telegraph

1. Roosters

2. Storm

3. Sea Eagles

4. Raiders

5. Rabbitohs

6. Broncos

7. Eels

8. Cowboys

Premiers: Roosters

Wooden Spoon: Titans

PAUL CRAWLEY

Daily Telegraph

1. Raiders

2. Eels (was 5)

3. Roosters

4. Sea Eagles

5. Panthers (new)

6. Storm

7. Broncos (was 8)

8. Rabbitohs (was 2)

Premiers: Raiders

Wooden Spoon: Warriors (was Titans)

While heavily backed at the start of the season, some of the NRL experts are now fading on the Roosters after starting the season with two losses. Picture: Brett Costello.

MATT LOGUE

Sunday Telegraph

1. Rabbitohs

2. Roosters

3. Storm

4. Raiders

5. Eels

6. Knights

7. Broncos

8. Sea Eagles

Premiers: South Sydney.

Wooden Spoon: Titans

PAUL KENT

Daily Telegraph/Fox League

1. Roosters

2. Raiders

3. Eels

4. Storm

5. Sea Eagles

6. Rabbitohs

7. Cowboys

8. Sharks

Premiers: Roosters

Wooden Spoon: Titans

NICK CAMPTON

Daily Telegraph

1. Storm (was 2)

2. Eels (was 1)

3. Raiders (was 4)

4. Roosters (was 3)

5. Sea Eagles

6. Broncos (new)

7. Rabbitohs (was 6)

8. Knights

Premiers: Sea Eagles

Wooden Spoon: Warriors

DEAN RITCHIE

Daily Telegraph

1. Rabbitohs

2. Raiders

3. Roosters

4. Eels

5. Sea Eagles

6. Storm

7. Knights

8. Tigers

Premiers: Souths

Wooden spoon: Titans

Our NRL experts are still heavily backing the Titans to cop the wooden spoon in 2020. Picture: AAP.

MICK ENNIS

Fox League

1. Raiders

2. Roosters

3. Storm

4. Eels

5. Panthers

6. Sharks

7. Souths

8. Manly

Premiers: Raiders

Wooden Spoon: Warriors

YVONNE SAMPSON

Fox League

1. Raiders (was 2) Roosters

2. Broncos (was 5) Raiders

3. Eels

4. Storm

5. Roosters (was 1)

6. Manly (new)

7. Rabbitohs (new)

8. Knights

Premiers: Raiders (was Roosters)

Wooden Spoon: Titans (was Warriors)

GREG ALEXANDER

Fox League

1. Roosters

2. Storm

3. Panthers

4. Raiders

5. Eels

6. Broncos

7. Rabbitohs

8. Manly

Premiers: Panthers (was Roosters)

Wooden Spoon: Titans

LARA PITT

Fox League

1. Storm

2. Eels (was 3)

3. Roosters (was 2)

4. Raiders (was 5)

5. Broncos (was 6)

6. Knights (was 7)

7. Rabbitohs (was 4)

8. Panthers (was Manly)

Premiers: Storm

Wooden Spoon: Titans

The New Zealand Warriors are the other popular pick for the wooden spoon. Picture: Getty Images.

SAM BURGESS

Fox League

1. Rabbitohs

2. Storm

3. Roosters

4. Eels

5. Raiders

6. Panthers

7. Cowboys

8. Tigers

Premiers: Rabbitohs

Wooden Spoon: Titans

GORDEN TALLIS

Fox League

1. Roosters

2. Raiders

3. Storm

4. Eels

5. Cowboys

6. Manly

7. Rabbitohs

8. Titans

Premiers: Raiders

Wooden Spoon: Warriors

TOM SANGSTER

KFC SuperCoach NRL

1. Storm

2. Roosters

3. Rabbitohs

4. Eels

5. Sea Eagles

6. Sharks

7. Raiders

8. Broncos

Premiers: Storm

Wooden Spoon: Warriors

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