The NRL has proposed to introduce a wildcard weekend as part of the new finals system that could be brought in in 2020.
Under the proposed concept, the teams finishing 9th and 10th at the end of the regular season would be given a chance to qualify for the finals by beating the 7th and 8th ranked teams.
This is how it would work in the NRL:
* The top six teams would have the weekend off while the team finishing 7th plays the team finishing 10th, that would be at home of the 7th-ranked team, of course.
* The team that finished 8th would play the team that finished 9th at home.
* The finals series would then kick off in the normal format the week after with the Qualifying Finals and Elimination Finals.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2019/03/04/afl-asleep-at-the-wheel-to-nrls-wildcard-weekend/
