We name the biggest winners and losers with today's release of the 2014 NRL draw Corey Parker of the the Brisbane Broncos will be enjoying plenty of Friday night footy in the 2014 season. THE NRL draw is in - some clubs scored, some got slammed. We check out the biggest winners and losers in the 2014 fixture. Who else? Channel 9 boss David Gyngell was unapologetic about having Brisbane as a near permanent fixture on Friday nights after signing the NRL's $1 billion broadcast deal. The Broncos again dominate the timeslot by playing their first 10 games on Friday, including five at home, a huge advantage over rivals that have to deal with irregular turnarounds between matches. Brisbane has a reasonably testing start, playing finalists the Bulldogs, Cowboys and the champion Roosters in the first three rounds, but certainly can't complain it has been hard down by. The Friday night scheduling has actually gotten to the point where Broncos fans are sick of the repetition and the club is promoting rare Saturday and Sunday games as a selling point. New Broncos recruit Ben Barba. South Sydney has jagged six Friday night games in the opening 10 rounds, plus its Thursday night opener against the Roosters. After facing the premiers and Manly, things ease off with clashes against the Tigers, Raiders and Dragons, before games against the Panthers, Bulldogs, Broncos and Titans. Melbourne looms in Round 10, but it's a home game at ANZ Stadium and Michael Maguire's side only has to face the Storm once. They have also avoided a trip to New Zealand. They will again play the Roosters in Round 26 for a testing end to the home and away season. South Sydney's Greg Inglis. Being the premiers (and David Gyngell's favourite team) has helped the Sonny Bill Williams-led Chooks to six Friday night games in the opening 11 rounds, plus an opening Thursday blockbuster against South Sydney. The Roosters also won't play a single Monday night game in the opening 20 rounds. Playing the struggling Eels twice in the opening six rounds is a gift, although the champs will play Manly, Melbourne and the Rabbitohs twice over the course of the season. Finishing with home games against Melbourne and South Sydney, following a trip to New Zealand, is a tough ask - or perfect preparation for the finals, with the Chooks expected to make a decent fist of their title defence. Roosters stars James Maloney and Sonny Bill Williams. Canterbury has jagged a healthy share of Friday night games, with seven confirmed for the opening 20 rounds, but it's towards the end of the season that the Bulldogs' draw starts to look juicy. Six of their last eight games are at ANZ Stadium, two of them "away" games against the Tigers and Eels, and the only fearsome side the Dogs will face in that patch is the Rabbitohs in Round 25. After travelling to Melbourne in Round 18, the Cowboys and Bunnies are the only 2013 top-eight side the Bulldogs will play - both at ANZ. Bulldogs centre Josh Morris. The reigning wooden spooners have been handed a horror start that will see them face the champion Roosters twice in the first six rounds, and also make a visit to Brookvale Oval to face 2013 grand finalist Manly. The upside is that Parramatta only plays heavyweights the Storm and Rabbitohs once, but those matches come in a mid-season run that also pits them against finalists the Cowboys, Bulldogs and Knights, with a trip to Auckland thrown in for good measure. Come Round 22, when the Eels finally face the Canberra side of old coach Ricky Stuart, the club has bizarrely missed a big opportunity for a bumper crowd at Parramatta with the clash scheduled in Darwin, far away from fans desperate for the chance to spray Sticky. Just nine home games will be played at Parramatta, a sore point with fans. Former Parramatta Eels coach Ricky Stuart will face the wrath of few Eels fans in Darwin. Canberra fans and officials won't be at all shocked by this: They've again been dudded for high exposure Friday night games, with just one confirmed for Round 15 against the Bulldogs at home. But it's not all bad. There's no horror turnarounds given the lack of Friday action and five of their last seven games are at home, with the last two against battlers the Tigers and Eels. Newcastle has also fared well in this respect, with six of its last eight games at home. Jarrod Croker of the Raiders. With four confirmed Monday night games and just two Friday night games in the opening 20 rounds, Cronulla has again been made a poor cousin of NRL scheduling. However, there's a significant upside: the Sharks start at home and have a fairly friendly start against the Titans, Bulldogs, Dragons, Knights and Warriors. They only play Melbourne once, which doesn't come until Round 23, and they play battlers Parramatta and Wests Tigers twice, with the second Tigers clash coming in Round 26. The downside: At a crunch time in the season, starting at Round 22, they travel to Auckland, Melbourne and Townsville within four weeks. Sharks captain Paul Gallen.