The Canberra Raiders will follow a green brick road towards the NRL finals while the Brisbane Broncos face an uphill climb to end their September exile.
Ricky Stuart’s Raiders will play just eight games against members of this year’s top eight, emerging as the big winners after the NRL’s 2023 fixture was published on Thursday morning.
But the Broncos find themselves at the other end of the spectrum, with 14 games against clubs who featured in the most recent finals series.
The Herald has assigned each team a ranking based on when they finished in 2022. The minor premiership-winning...