For me it's a joke that it became 8 in the first place. POTENTIALLY a team that finishes below mid-table, and loses more games than it wins could called champions. The play-offs should be for the best teams. Ateam that loses more than it wins does not deserve to be in that catergory. Top 6 was fine, but the RFL had to tinker with it. As Phil Clarke as also said many times, in two weeks time we could get the embarrssing situation of Saints v.s Wigan & Hudds v.s Warrington.

Makes sense but on a practical implementation level I can't see why ANY individual club would vote for it - those that can't afford it wouldn't, and those that can afford it would probably rather the porpers remained uncompetitive





The democracy of Super League needs a new dictator to come in and sort it out - all those fans bemoaning Lewis and Wood about licencing etc are clueless, they're just implementing what the SL clubs have voted on - some power needs to be wrenched from their grasp.

Yeah, i agree MjM super leagtue needs some form of evil dictator, which culls all the rubbish clubs.



Maybe send them into their own 'concentration' league or just kill them off altogether.

There needs to be a playoff format that rewards where you finish and also its knockout every game.



Just lose one team go to 7 so you qualify with a top half finish.



1st Straight to week 2



Week 1



2nd v 7th

3rd v 6th

4th v 5th



Week 2



1st at home v clubcall

Highest placed winner plays other qualifier



Winners to Grand final



Week 3 final



No dead rubbers No repeat games One week less for the season and finishing hiher gets you an advantage.



I would also make the bottom 2 play a wooden spoon fixture and make that part of the SL franchise process.

Like that play-off structure, wouldn't say the wooden spoon match is a great a idea- would fans go to watch their dissappointments? should finishing bottom and next bottom have a financial benefit? How could it be woven into the franchise system?

There def needs to be a change. 8 teams is too many.



The Salary cap is pointless if there isnt a minimum spend required. Too many clubs clearly dont get anywhere near the cap.

Their greatest ability is getting away with salary cap jiggery-pokery.



Throw money at a club and pack the team with marquee signings and, if it's competing against teams who are handicapped by actually working inside the cap, then they're bound to do well.

I watched a recording of Brisbane - St George this evening. What a fantastic game of rugby league. As for some of the super league offerings, well they were far from super.



Hull were terrible this afternoon. Some of their play was void of the basic rugby skills. The lack of quality passing from a couple of their players was an embarrassment.

Hmm, and yet no one has actually offered substantial, concrete evidence to suggest such a thing rather than making comments on here.



If they can get players to sign for them on lower wages to build a strong squad capable of winning silverware then I say they have to be praised.

That was a great game. The Dragons defence was unbelievable.

Yeeeees, that sounds feasible......

The play-offs as they stand are baffling. What do in all honesty the winners from the Top 4 gain from winning this weekend, apart from a week off? In theory, Huddersfield and Wigan could win next week, and we'll end up with EXACTLY THE SAME FIXTURES - and we're essentially as we were from the beginning!



Compare this to the Top 5/6 play off of recent years, and the reward for the Top 2 in the first week - a place in the grand final. No wonder intensity has dropped.



nb: the club call is hardly a reward, is it?