Was the Final Five the perfect system??

[Wb1234]

Any finals system where the greatest reward goes to the minor premiers is the fairest one. They should have to do the least work to get to the GF.

There is little advantage between one and two now

winning the minor premiership is an empty title

I loved the old top five system

 

[King hit]

That happened to us in 2008. Michael Witt basically held our season in his hands when he held the ball in the air taunting the 1st placed Storm before putting it down. We finished 6th and were gone after that.

Lol i can still hear Rabbies commentary "what are you doing put the ball down son"

One of the biggest upsets I can remember in my time

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Lol i can still hear Rabbies commentary "what are you doing put the ball down son"

One of the biggest upsets I can remember in my time

Yeah they play that footage quite a lot over here in NZ. Huge upset, but typical of the arsey Wahs of that era. First 8th placed team to ever beat 1st in the McIntyre system.

 

[Rod]

Yes but that was one of the complaints about the McIntyre system that you wouldn't know your possible opponent straight up until after all the matches were completed. Hence they went back to the model they'd used beforehand.

TBH I don't know why that matters, that's unavoidable to some degree in any competition format. The Roosters didn't know their opponent until the end of the weekend anyway.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

The old top five system is all good as long as you're comfortable with the game making 60c on every dollar as it stands today.

No doubt it's the best model, if you ignore revenue, but it's never going to go back to it as long as TV revenue exists. The better idea is to keep investing in our game at all levels, so the 8th side is always a competitive outfit.

This year the 7th placed team won 13 and lost 10, so it's not a bad thing at all. Contrast that with Super Rugby - the Rebels came 8th and made the quarters with a 5 win, 9 loss campaign.

 

[Last Week]

Any finals system where the greatest reward goes to the minor premiers is the fairest one. They should have to do the least work to get to the GF.

I would agree with you if the draw was completely fair and even. But it's not.

Some teams get softer draws, some get better placed byes, less travel, play stronger/weaker teams during origin, etc etc.

 

[Diesel]

5 team finals works for 14 teams but 8 is too many for a 16/17 team competition. Just to f**k with everyone, we get to 20 teams and it’ll be a 10 team finals competition, they’ll throw in a wild card match/competition to reward teams 11-18 or shit like that