Championship 2017

[East Coast Tiger]

They have to finish third or better. A one off game in the MPG could be disastrous, especially given the refs have f**ked them over regularly over the years. That means they need to beat the likes of Widnes and Leigh and not slip up against London, Fev or Fax. Their game against Hull KR is in Hull and they could easily drop it.

 

[adamkungl]

Final standings before Super 8s

P W L D PF PA DIFF PTS
1 Hull Kingston Rovers 23 19 3 1 850 385 465 39
2 London Broncos 23 18 5 0 832 410 422 36
3 Halifax RLFC 23 16 7 0 567 357 210 32
4 Featherstone Rovers 23 15 7 1 687 421 266 31
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5 Toulouse Olympique XIII 23 15 8 0 720 466 254 30
6 Batley Bulldogs 23 11 12 0 549 663 -114 22
7 Sheffield Eagles 23 10 13 0 568 785 -217 20
8 Dewsbury Rams 23 8 15 0 388 736 -348 16
9 Rochdale Hornets 23 7 15 1 457 680 -223 15
10 Swinton Lions 23 6 17 0 477 648 -171 12
11 Oldham RLFC 23 5 17 1 410 735 -325 11
12 Bradford Bulls 23 6 17 0 500 719 -219 0

 

[deluded pom?]

Hopefully HKR stay down

You're getting there adam. The Dobbins will step up now the 8s are on, hopefully they won't step up far enough.

 

[Leigh Howlett]

What happens to the bottom 8 sides, will Bradford get relegated to make way for Toronto?.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

The bottom sides are supposed to play each other once more and the bottom two go down. Bradford will be one. They could have been near the top of league one fighting for promotion but the rfl "saved" them.

 

[Tigers1986]

Hull KR obviously tanked but Halifax have been playing great recently. Toulouse have nobody to blame other than themselves for their plight, given they lost to minnows throughout the year, and lost to Halifax a month ago.

This middle 8's is the most open it's ever been for mine. Widnes playing like gash, London looking possessed, Halifax full of momentum, Catalans prone to a wobble, Hull KR desperate for the raise, Leigh desperate to not be dropped, and Warrington thinking it's their year.

Warrington will win it in a canter. I'd expect KR to go 2nd in front of Leigh and Catalans, leaving a Widnes/London million pound game.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Hull KR obviously tanked but Halifax have been playing great recently. Toulouse have nobody to blame other than themselves for their plight, given they lost to minnows throughout the year, and lost to Halifax a month ago.

This middle 8's is the most open it's ever been for mine. Widnes playing like gash, London looking possessed, Halifax full of momentum, Catalans prone to a wobble, Hull KR desperate for the raise, Leigh desperate to not be dropped, and Warrington thinking it's their year.

Warrington will win it in a canter. I'd expect KR to go 2nd in front of Leigh and Catalans, leaving a Widnes/London million pound game.

MPG is 4th v 5th.

 

[Tigers1986]

I know mate. Widnes to finish 4th, London 5th.

 

[adamkungl]

I know mate. Widnes to finish 4th, London 5th.

Your top 4 was Warrington, KR, Leigh, Catalans

 

[roughyedspud]

I'm half expecting the RFL to announce that no teams will be relegated from the championship and 2 promoted from league one..."too even out" the 2 divisions..14 teams in each league

 

[adamkungl]

I'm half expecting the RFL to announce that no teams will be relegated from the championship and 2 promoted from league one..."too even out" the 2 divisions..14 teams in each league

Wouldn't be entirely surprising, or even a bad move, if it wasn't for the Bradford situation making it seem dodgy.

If they were smart they'd leave it as is for 2018 and announce it for 2019..

 

[Tigers1986]

Hahaha oops, my bad. Catalans/London then, Widnes look shot. Then again 2 years ago Wakefield survived so who knows.

14-teams each in SL/Championship which would enable more 'expansion' into League One

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Catalans have London, Leigh, Fev and Widnes at home. Wire, Fax and Rovers away. Not bad. I reckon they'd swap the Fev and Rovers games if they could.

 

[RL The greatest game]

From the outside looking in it would be best for Super League if the Catalans remained in Super League and London got promoted.