So you don't really want to be an NRL player or a member of the media? A supporter sounds like a good way to be involved.
To be able to support your favourite team and your favourite club, you're going to need to develop good literacy and numeracy skills.
How else are you going to be able to:
How else are you going to be able to:
- understand your favourite team's results
- find out when their matches are being played
- check out who's in and out of your team this week; and
- be able to explain to your friends at school what happened in the footy on the weekend.
Team results are simple, right?
Remembering that a try is worth four (4) points, a goal is worth two (2) points and a field goal is worth one (1) point, let's do a little activity.
The following is the tryscorers and goal kickers at full-time of a match between the Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm
What was the final result of the match?
So I understand how the scores work, but when is my team playing?
Here's part of the 2014 NRL draw. Let's use those literacy and numeracy skills we've developed to understand it.