Re: Are we there yet ? : Fri Jun 03, 2016 9:37 am  

IF it is the same as last year the fixtures will be as follow
Team that finishes top in Championship will play 4 home games against SL teams that finished 10/12 and will play Champ teams that finished 2nd and 3rd. Away they play SL teams that finish 9/11 and 4th placed champ team
The second placed champ team hopefully us, will play at home SL team that finished 9/11 Champ team that finished 3/4 Away its Sl10/6 and champ 1

so finishing second you get the highest finishing SL team at home where if you finish 1st you play the highest finishing SL team away

or as per the table above

Re: Are we there yet ? : Fri Jun 03, 2016 9:39 am  

So we know who will play who in regards to end of regular season standings, we just dont know who will be in those places.

Re: Are we there yet ? : Fri Jun 03, 2016 10:37 am  

... or what order the games are played in.

Re: Are we there yet ? : Fri Jun 03, 2016 11:00 am  

Atomic where did you find that "as it stands" table?
I'd be reasonably happy with them fixtures, would try to go to Salford and Leeds.

I think the break between regular season and 8s happens at he Challenge Cup semi weekend so that's a two week period to sort fixtures out, which also means million pound game probably gets announced quite late as until the team that hosts it is known the fixture can't be organised.

Re: Are we there yet ? : Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:06 pm  

Million pound game is only decided after completion of the middle 8s and 4/5 places decided then it's a home game for 4th place, it's not difficult.
As for what games will be played when, then pretty sure the rfl will already have the plan, I can tell you one weekend definite Leeds will be at home and Salford irrelevant of which comp they are in

Re: Are we there yet ? : Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:11 pm  

Doh no belay that it's hull kr not Leeds that can probably tell you will be a home fixture

Re: Are we there yet ? : Sat Jun 04, 2016 9:04 am  

Might be worth bearing in mind the minimum standards of the qualifying 8s. A championship club whose facilities do not meet the SL minimum standards needs to apply for a dispensation from the RFL Board. Hopefully the club have or are meeting all the relevant dates to ensure the option exists. http://media.therfl.co.uk/docs/Section% ... %20PDF.pdf If we don't then any Championship club that does not meet the standards (or have the dispensation), even if they finish first to fifth in the qualifiers table they will be deemed to have finished sixth or lower, therefore would also not be able to be involved in the million pound game.

Might be worth bearing in mind the minimum standards of the qualifying 8s. A championship club whose facilities do not meet the SL minimum standards needs to apply for a dispensation from the RFL Board. Hopefully the club have or are meeting all the relevant dates to ensure the option exists. http://media.therfl.co.uk/docs/Section% ... %20PDF.pdf If we don't then any Championship club that does not meet the standards (or have the dispensation), even if they finish first to fifth in the qualifiers table they will be deemed to have finished sixth or lower, therefore would also not be able to be involved in the million pound game.

Re: Are we there yet ? : Mon Jun 13, 2016 4:19 pm  

So we have games left 4 away 3 home.. We have 5 points on third and 6 points on 4th (assuming Bradford beat Oldham). Also with Bradford v Batley next week, I think we only need to win 2 or 3 of the 7 remaining games to be sure of top 2 let alone top 4.

Which leads to the question if we beat Oldham and Lose to Leigh (which will be very close game either way), what would be best policy for Hendo. Do you rest big guns for mid 8's (as we have a smallish squad so can't afford key injuries), or do you try and play best team each week to get roll on and hope we don't lose folks.

32 points should have us top 4 and 34 points top 2. So having almost got Job done, not sure best option for Hendo onwards

Re: Are we there yet ? : Mon Jun 13, 2016 8:31 pm  

Is it not six games left? The chasing pack are not slowing down. Feel we need to keep the structure and form going to retain momentum into the qualifying eight. If we start to slacken off, we might find ourselves the wrong side of the line. Leigh, Batley, Dewsbury, Halifax are all looking to the top four. Three of those games are away from home. While Oldham and Sheffield are looking to avoid the drop.

Re: Are we there yet ? : Mon Jun 13, 2016 8:39 pm  

Southern Reiver wrote:

Is it not six games left? The chasing pack are not slowing down. Feel we need to keep the structure and form going to retain momentum into the qualifying eight. If we start to slacken off, we might find ourselves the wrong side of the line. Leigh, Batley, Dewsbury, Halifax are all looking to the top four. Three of those games are away from home. While Oldham and Sheffield are looking to avoid the drop.

Id like to see us continuing our winning run and hopefully claim our spot in the 8's before those final two way games. Any games against top 6 sides are effectively 4 pointers now.