The Daily Telegraph’s Expert NRL tips for season 2020: Premiers, top eight, Dally M, Origin

It’s NRL eve, so what better way to celebrate the start of the upcoming season than The Daily Telegraph’s NRL experts revealing their tips for 2020?

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The results are in.

We asked our experts to peer into the crystal ball and make their predictions ahead of the 2020 NRL season.

Which NRL clubs will finish in the top eight? Who will be crowned premiers? Who picks up the dreaded wooden spoon? Who will claim Dally M honours? Which state will claim the Origin series?

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

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

Dally M: Mitch Pearce

Origin: Blues 3-0

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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

Dally M: Tom Trbojevic

Origin: Blues 2-1

Shock and Awe: Bennett and Souths fall out.

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Can Bennett take Souths all the way? Picture by Phil Hillyard.

DAVID RICCIO

Sunday Telegraph

1. Roosters

2. Eels

3. Raiders

4. Rabbitohs

5. Sea Eagles

6. Cowboys

7. Panthers

8. Sharks

Premiers: Raiders

Wooden Spoon: Titans

Dally M: Luke Keary

Origin prediction: NSW 2-1

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FATIMA KDOUH

Daily Telegraph

1. Roosters

2. Storm

3. Rabbitohs

4. Raiders

5. Eels

6. Sea Eagles

7. Cowboys

8. Broncos

Premiers: Raiders

Wooden Spoon: Titans

Dally M: Mitchell Moses

Origin prediction: NSW 2-1

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MICHAEL CARAYANNIS

Sunday Telegraph

1. Roosters

2. Eels

3. Rabbitohs

4. Raiders

5. Storm

6. Broncos

7. Knights

8. Sea Eagles

Premiers: Eels

Dally M: Mitchell Moses

Wooden Spoon: Titans

Origin: Blues 2-1

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Can the Blues make it three straight? AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts.

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

Dally M: Luke Keary

Origin: NSW, via blue rinse

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PAUL CRAWLEY

Daily Telegraph

1. Raiders

2. Rabbitohs

3. Roosters

4. Sea Eagles

5. Eels

6. Storm

7. Cowboys

8. Broncos

Premiers: Raiders

Wooden Spoon: Titans

Dally M: Daly Cherry-Evans

Origin: NSW 2-1

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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

Dally M: Cameron Murray

Origin: NSW 2-1

Shock and Awe: Sam Burgess comes out of retirement.

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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

Dally M: Josh Hodgson

Origin: NSW 2-1

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NICK CAMPTON

Daily Telegraph

1. Eels

2. Storm

3. Roosters

4. Raiders

5. Sea Eagles

6. Rabbitohs

7. Cowboys

8. Knights

Premiers: Sea Eagles

Wooden Spoon: Warriors

Dally M: Tom Trbojevic

Origin: NSW 2-1

Shock and Awe: Manly become just the third team in history to win a premiership from outside the top four.

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

Dally M: Cody Walker

Origin: NSW 2-1

Shock and Awe: Parramatta’s Mitch Moses enjoys sustained early-season success at an elite level and roars into a NSW side which defeats Queensland for a third successive season.

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

Dally M: Jake Trbojevic

Origin: NSW 2-1

Shock and Awe: Holmes loves his new home at the Cowboys and wins back Queensland Origin jersey.

Can Mitch Moses lead the Eels to glory? AAP Image/Joel Carrett.

YVONNE SAMPSON

Fox League

1. Roosters

2. Raiders

3. Eels

4. Storm

5. Broncos

6. Cowboys

7. Panthers

8. Knights

Premiers: Roosters

Wooden Spoon: Warriors

Dally M: Luke Keary

Origin: Queensland 2-1

Shock and Awe: Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow announces himself to the NRL with a double on debut.

Greg Alexander

Fox League

1. Roosters

2. Storm

3. Panthers

4. Raiders

5. Eels

6. Broncos

7. Rabbitohs

8. Manly

Premiers: Roosters

Wooden Spoon: Titans

Dally M: Tom Trbojevic

Origin: NSW 2-1

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Lara Pitt

Fox League

1. Storm

2. Roosters

3. Eels

4. Rabbitohs

5. Raiders

6. Broncos

7. Newcastle

8. Manly

Premiers: Storm

Wooden Spoon: Titans

Dally M: Tom Trbojevic

Origin: NSW 2-1

Shock and Awe: Cam Smith to feature in 2021.

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

Dally M: Damien Cook

Origin: NSW 2-1

Shock and Awe: Latrell Mitchell to shine for the Rabbitohs and win fullback of the year.

Could this be Cameron Smith’s final year in the NRL. Photo by Mike Owen/Getty Images.

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

Origin: QLD 3-0

Dally M: Jack Wighton

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