What does points for and points against mean in NRL?

Question

i was just looking at the ladder on nrl.com and i don't get what they mean by points for and points against. anyone understand>

Answer 1

Points For = The number of points your team has scored in all games this season.

Points Against = The number of points scored by all opponents against your team this season.

In the event of teams being on the same number of competition points at seasons end, the team with the better points for/against differential will be higher placed.

Answer 2

In days gone by, if two or more teams finished on the cutoff for a finals position, say three teams finished on 8th place, they would have a mid week round robin for those teams to play each other, the winner advancing to the finals the losers saying goodbye. This process was in use into the 90's.

It was considered that this took too much out of a team and would see a quick demise (and a poor crowd) to that team. Now it is essential that a team gets a good for and against differential as this can now be the difference between making the finals or missing out.

Answer 3

well explained pukebob its like the 18 points that the broncos scored against the lowdown dirty playing toothless sharks that would be 18 for points. a pleasure to watch....