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NRL finals: Raiders eye Eels ambush as Sharks host Souths on ‘home’ turf

NRL Sharks Eels Raiders Souths Latrell Mitchell Mitchell Moses Adam Elliott Brad Arthur Cody Walker
Damien Cook and Latrell Mitchell with their South Sydney teammates during a training session at Redfern Oval this week.
Damien Cook and Latrell Mitchell with their South Sydney teammates during a training session at Redfern Oval this week. Photograph: Jason McCawley/Getty Images

And then there were six. Goodbye Sydney Roosters, see you later Melbourne Storm. Buckle up, because week two of the finals series is here. For a reason escaping just about everybody except the NRL, there are three weeks still to go but we have already reached the “semi-finals” stage. But stranger things have happened in rugby league. And more curious turns could be taken yet. Penrith and North Queensland are now sitting pretty in the preliminary finals and will watch as Parramatta, Canberra, Cronulla and South Sydney play for the privilege of facing them with a grand-final berth on the line.

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