With tonight's result, the 2025 NRL Circle of Parity is officially complete
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Longest cycle = Storm → Warriors → Manly → Cowboys → Raiders → Broncos → Roosters → Panthers → Sharks → Rabbitohs → Dolphins → Titans → Knights → Tigers → Eels → Dragons → Storm (16 steps)
Match network visualisation after Round 6, longest cycle highlighted
The longest path in the 2025 NRL now involves all 17 teams:
Bulldogs → Titans → Knights → Tigers → Eels → Dragons → Storm → Warriors → Manly → Raiders → Sharks → Cowboys → Souths → Roosters → Broncos → Dolphins → Panthers (16 steps)
Dogs having the bye this week means no Circle of Parity until Good Friday at the earliest
Longest cycle = Cowboys → Raiders → Warriors → Roosters → Panthers → Sharks → Rabbitohs → Dolphins → Titans → Knights → Tigers → Eels → Dragons → Storm → Sea Eagles → Cowboys (15 steps)
Longest path = Warriors → Roosters → Panthers → Sharks → Rabbitohs → Dolphins → Titans → Knights → Tigers → Eels → Dragons → Storm → Sea Eagles → Raiders → Broncos → Cowboys (15 steps)
NRL match network after Round 5
Longest path: 15 steps
Longest cycle: 15 steps (in red)
Tomorrow, I'll try to figure out the earliest we could expect one
📢 NRL Circle of Parity update:
If Knights win #NRLBulldogsKnights, all teams would have won and lost a match. However, a Circle of Parity will NOT be possible
Longest path = Warriors → Sea Eagles → Cowboys → Raiders → Broncos → Roosters → Panthers → Sharks → Rabbitohs → Dragons → Storm → Eels (11 steps)
Longest cycle = Cowboys → Raiders → Warriors → Roosters → Panthers → Sharks → Cowboys (6 steps, highlighted)
Match network after Round 4
🚨 NEW LONGEST NRL MATCH CYCLE (5 steps) 🚨
Transitive path from Rabbitohs to Panthers: Does not exist
Transitive path from Panthers to Rabbitohs:
Panthers → Sharks → Rabbitohs (2 steps)
#NRLSouthsPanthers
Longest Cycle = Raiders → Warriors → Sea Eagles → Raiders (3 steps)
Longest Path = Warriors → Sea Eagles → Raiders → Broncos → Roosters → Panthers → Sharks → Souths → Dragons/Dolphins (8 steps)
Match network after Round 3
the longest path begins from Raiders and flows to the Cowboys (5 steps)
2025 NRL match network (so far), arrows show wins