With 27 rounds of the regular season completed, attention turns to the finals, where the eight remaining clubs will fight for the premiership. Here's how the finals layout works.

That includes 2021, when there was no pre-finals bye and the week off was instead shifted to the week before the Grand Final. The prelim results were split that year anyway, as Melbourne (qualifying ...

The contest's two semi-finals will take place on May 13 and May 15. The Grand Final will take place on May 17. As a 'Big 5' country, the UK has automatic entry into the Grand Final.

The top two teams get a second chance to book their spot in the Grand Final, as they could lose in the major semi-final but still progress to the Grand Final with a win in the preliminary final.