WANDERERS

Position: Win/Loss:

2nd

9-1 (36pts) After crashing out in the last two preliminary finals, the Eagles seem to have found their killer instinct this year. Instead of leaving their run until after Christmas, Wanderers have set themselves up for a serious premiership challenge in the early rounds with their only loss coming to St Marys in Round 3. Shane Thorne, who leads the NT News-Darwin Sportingbet Player of the Year award, has been in outstanding form in a side which has plenty of depth, experience, pace and determination to knock St Marys off their perch. The two heavyweights clash in the first week of January.