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1 MELBOURNE (1)

Win-loss record: 12-5

It was wet, the game was stop-start and there were fights, but there was still some football in there and the Storm extinguished the fire of a Dragons outfit that raised a big effort after being reduced to 12 men.

2 MANLY (2)

Win-loss record: 13-4

Lost their halfback before the game and then lost their five-eighth during it, but despite being down on playmakers they were still way too good for the Eels. They did it on huge doses of commitment and determination.

3 CRONULLA (4)

Win-loss record:12-5

It was always going to be interesting to see how they came out of that beating they got from Manly. They emerged fairly well to narrowly win what was always going to be a tight game against the desperate Knights.

4 SYDNEY ROOSTERS (3)

Win-loss record: 11-6

They were very disappointing against the Raiders, but they only drop one spot after their second straight loss because the teams that were ranked fifth, sixth and seventh last week all lost as well.

5 BRISBANE (8)

Win-loss record: 9-1-7

The Broncos may have only beaten the Cowboys, but at least they beat them. The three teams that were above them in the rankings last week all lost to teams that were below them on the competition table.

6 CANBERRA (10)

Win-loss record: 8-9

The win over the Roosters was their second straight against a top-eight team. Pity they now have problems with player behaviour off the field that they have to deal with at a time when the team is making a run.

7 ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA (6)

Win-loss record: 9-8

The send-off of Jason Ryles didn't cost them the game against the Storm, but they obviously would have finished closer than 26-0 had he stayed on. Need to steady the ship against the Bulldogs on Monday.

8 GOLD COAST (5)

Win-loss record: 9-8

Without Scott Prince, they just didn't have the creative ability to go all the way with a Panthers outfit that has so much scoring potential. They are going to have dig very deep to make the finals without him.

9 PENRITH (11)

Win-loss record: 8-1-8

They showed what they can do when they controlled the ball better against the Titans. Now they must back it up on Saturday against the Tigers at home, where they have a strangely poor record this season.

10 SOUTH SYDNEY (7)

Win-loss record: 6-11

They had to lose sooner or later and the Tigers got them good and proper. The big test now for them is to prove they can bounce back. It will be very hard on the road against a Knights side desperate to win.

11 WARRIORS (12)

Win-loss record: 8-9

Their three straight wins have all come against teams which - like them - are outside of the top eight, but there was a style about them that suggests their challenge for a finals spot will be hard to stop.

12 NEWCASTLE (9)

Win-loss record: 7-10

The Knights reckon they get penalised too much and don't deserve it, but they have got to shut thoughts of being hard done by out of their minds and just get the job done home against the Rabbitohs on Sunday.

13 WESTS TIGERS (15)

Win-loss record: 8-9

Will their win over the Rabbitohs start a run that takes them to the finals or will they continue to have more downs than ups and miss out again? Their game on the road against the Panthers will tell us a lot.

14 BULLDOGS (13)

Win-loss record: 5-12

As soon as word got out that Sonny Bill Williams wasn't playing because of injury, the betting for their game against the Warriors turned around. The market was right. Without SBW, they are up the creek.

15 PARRAMATTA (14)

Win-loss record: 7-10

That creek I mentioned is the one Eels star Nathan Hindmarsh recently said his team was up. It's getting crowded there. Trounced by a Sea Eagles team that knows how to win. The Eels have forgotten how.

16 NORTH QUEENSLAND (16)

Win-loss record: 3-14
The Cowboys have been shooting blanks for so long now that whenever they pull a gun these days not even the most nervous person flinches. The season can't end quickly enough for them.