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With the NRL season on the not too distant horizon, I've finished the draft redesign of my NRL Power Rankings system. Based on a standard Elo ranking, the system has changed many times since I started in 2015. Elements have been added, subtracted and adjusted leading to some significant changes for 2010.
Scale I've converted the rating scale from the traditional 1,500 point median to a 50 point median. This allows for a more relatable 0-100 scale giving the reader a sense of not only the comparative ratings between teams and trends but also the theoretical maximum and minimum scores achievable. Presentation These rankings were originally hosted on the /r/NRL subreddit. This gave me an excellent and knowledgeable audience but has been limited by the presentation options of the Reddit platform. Moving to a web-based host allows me to use html and tools like Datawrapper. Audience The audience for the new NRL Power Rankings may change with the move to a stand-alone web-based platform. I'll continue to post in /r/NRL but will also be able to post to this site and Twitter more easily. Interaction from readers will continue to be very important. Feedback Feedback has been extremely important in development and bug-fixing. Without feedback, these Power Rankings may have fallen in a heap and certainly wouldn't be as refined as they are today. I welcome feedback, positive or negative. To tide you over until the new season kicks off, I've prepared a sample of the new Power Rankings below using last season's results and my favourite new toy, Datawrapper. There are still six weeks until the season starts so there could be plenty of changes before we go live. Enjoy! |
AuthorAll data is gathered from publicly available information - mostly from NRL.com, Rugby League Project and Wikipedia. No guarantees are made for the accuracy of data published. I do this purely for fun, as a sports and analytics fan. Archives
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