I don't know about you, but my footy tipping's bad enough without the NRL form chart getting tossed out the window.
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Five outsiders, including the Canberra Raiders, have been on the winning side of the ledger in one of the more bizarre rounds in recent history.
There's every chance that could become six if the Wests Tigers can take down the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville tonight.
No wonder the impending television rights deal is going to deliver the code a billion-dollar windfall.
With six weeks to go before the finals, we should have a decent idea of the premiership contenders and which sides are simply more concerned with sunbaking on a Bali beach in September.
Not this year.
Apart from the red-hot Canterbury Bulldogs and the rampaging South Sydney Rabbitohs, the rest of the competition has been up and down like a yo-yo.
Take the Raiders for example.
Having clinically disposed of the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Melbourne Storm in the space of five days, the Raiders thudded back to earth with a woeful display against the Gold Coast Titans.
So it would have taken a brave punter to put their hard earned on the Green Machine for yesterday's trip to Toyota Stadium.
Sure, the Sharks were missing two of the key cogs of their forward pack, but even without NSW skipper Paul Gallen and veteran back-rower Jeremy Smith, the form guide suggested they'd get the job done.
Not so.
The Raiders were at their brilliant best, the Sharks crumbled and the rest is history.
A string of upsets suggests this is the most level competition in years.
The Bulldogs extended their hot streak to eight games by beating the reigning premiers, the Titans stunned the Broncos in the south-east Queensland derby and the Knights accounted for the Warriors in New Zealand to keep their hopes alive.
Then there's Parramatta, which followed the time-honoured tradition of winning after sacking a coach.
Steve Kearney's axing, or him standing down, whichever version of events you believe, came a day before the lowly Eels heaped more misery on the Storm.
Compare this to the lopsided world of the AFL and it's easy to see why the NRL is winning the TV war.
Expansion clubs Gold Coast Suns and GWS Giants are cannon fodder for everyone else, leaving seven games a week that at least promise a contest.
While the AFL is openly sacrificing short-term pain for long-term gain, you'd be hard pressed to find a sports fan who is prepared to sit through one-sided demolitions like the one the Giants suffered a the hands of the Fremantle Dockers yesterday.
The Giants kicked three points up until half-time. Three.
Five goals after the break only lessened the damage of an embarrassing 95-point defeat - which only marginally covered the line bookmakers gave the Dockers, such are the low expectations of the Giants.
To the AFL's credit, this is probably the most open premiership in some time.
The Sydney Swans, Collingwood, Adelaide and Hawthorn all have genuine claims to the silverware, while West Coast, Essendon and Geelong are capable of causing a boilover in the finals.
All in all, it's a bookmaker's delight and a nightmare for frustrated tipsters around the country.
Including this one.