• The McIntyre final eight system was devised by Ken McIntyre in addition to the McIntyre Four, Five and Six systems. It is a playoff system of the top 8...
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  • second week. The AFL introduced the system in 2000 to address several perceived issues with the McIntyre final eight system that had been in use in that competition...
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  • final five system for the VFL for 1972, the McIntyre final six system for 1991 (which was revised for 1992) and the McIntyre final eight system for the 1994...
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  • playoff system (four teams) Top five play-offs Top six play-offs McIntyre final eight system Super League play-offs, which formerly used a McIntyre final eight...
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  • variations of the McIntyre system from 1931 until 1999, beginning with four teams and expanding gradually to eight. Since 2000, the finals have been conducted...
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  • in the 2012 NRL grand final. The 2012 Toyota Cup season also took place alongside the Premiership. The McIntyre final eight system, in use since 1999, was...
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  • Playoff format (category Tournament systems)
    "second chance" after the first week of the playoffs. The original McIntyre final eight system is notable in that it uses the regular-season league table to...
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  • becoming the first minor premiers since the McIntyre final eight system was introduced to lose their opening finals game (15–18 to the New Zealand Warriors)...
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  • five-teams finals tournaments; the McIntyre Final Six system was first used in 1991; and the McIntyre Final Eight system was first used in 1994, and by the...
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    first Sunday of October. From 1998 to 2011, the NRL used the McIntyre final eight system but with the introduction of the ARLC, it was decided to change...
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  • 1993 to be eliminated from the final series in consecutive losses. For the first time since the McIntyre final eight system was introduced, a game was played...
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  • Zealand since 2012. The NRL finals system replaced the McIntyre system which was used from 1999 to 2011. A similar system was previously used by the Australian...
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  • (with 11 wins) rounded out the Eight. According to the McIntyre final eight system, this was how the first week of finals matches were arranged: Essendon...
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  • becoming the first minor premier side since the introduction of the McIntyre final eight system in 1999 to lose to the eighth-placed team. The loss against New...
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    with a total of 84. The finals series was contested using the McIntyre final eight system. Adelaide won their qualifying final encounter against West Coast...
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  • second McIntyre "final six" system, which had operated in 1992 and 1993, was replaced by the McIntyre "final eight" system. The McIntyre "final eight" system...
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  • grand final on 30 September. The finals format for 2012 was also changed, with the new ARL Commission dispensing with the McIntyre final eight system and...
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  • system. The second McIntyre "final six" system lasted two seasons; it was replaced by the McIntyre "final eight" system in 1994. The Round 20 match between...
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  • the 2010 premiers. The system is a final eight system. This system is different from the McIntyre final eight system, which was previously used by the...
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  • September 1999. The top eight clubs qualified for the finals series, which was conducted under the McIntyre final eight system. Essendon (the Bombers)...
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  • system is a final eight system. This system is different from the McIntyre final eight system, which was previously used by the AFL, and was used by the National...
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  • system used for the NRL is the McIntyre final eight system, which is designed by Ken McIntyre in addition to the McIntyre Four, Five and Six systems to...
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  • the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams, the NRL adopts the McIntyre final eight system. The finals series was contested over a period...
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  • the home and away season. The system is a final eight system. This system is different from the McIntyre final eight system, which was previously used by...
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  • fixture since. The finals series was expanded from five teams to six in 1991, and then to eight teams in 1994. The McIntyre final eight system was used by the...
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  • National Rugby League employs the McIntyre final eight system and, for the second year running, preliminary finals were allowed to be played outside of...
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  • finalists from the top eight finishing teams, the NRL adopts the McIntyre final eight system. Only three teams from 2009's finals series made an appearance...
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  • Eight of the league's sixteen teams qualified for the finals based on the home-and-away season, and the finals were played under the McIntyre final eight...
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  • decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams, the NRL adopts the McIntyre final eight system. Coincidentally, the finalists for 2002...
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  • different from the McIntyre final eight system, which was previously used by both the AFL and the NRL. The top four teams in the eight receive what is popularly...
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