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To stay in the top 12.

Well technically they don’t actually have to change anything. Once you get 12 A grades it then becomes about carrying on improving so you stay in the top 12. It isn’t a massive stretch to then think they may tweak or add a grading here or there.

They have already.

Top 5 has always been the best system for me each place in the 5 got a genuine benefit over the team below them.

I haven’t seen anything but then I didn’t say I had.

I’m not sure why everyone thinks grade A is going to stay the same forever. This one was achievable and we now have potentially 10-12 clubs reaching it. For me grade A should now be ramped up each time it is reached by 12 clubs. There is no point starting it off at an unachievable level.

That doesn’t make any sense only a few clubs were grade A initially. If 12 clubs are grade A now surely that’s IMGs process working.

Yes nobody mentioned it when Saints did it.

Catalan have to win 181-0 to draw level.

Fair enough forgot that was when the 8s were about.

Equal worse finish didn’t they finish the regular season in 6th in 2017.

Safe in 6th at least. If Saints win though that would open up the door for Leeds and Catalan.

Leigh may win I’d have them as slight favourites but that shouldn’t knock Saints out of the play offs as that would need Leeds or Catalan to win by a massive score.

Leigh won’t be replacing Saints in the play offs.

He should’ve started that with “just one more thing”.

Saints are pretty much already in the play offs even if technically it’s not mathematically done yet. Leeds would have to turnover a 162 pd to get in. Even if Saints lost by 40pts to Leigh they’d have to beat KR by 120+. Catalan are even further behind.

The best thing is to play all games at once but I don’t think it’s a massive issue at least this year anyway. If KR rested players and lost there’s a good chance Wire would take 3rd place off them.

But he so wants it to be true isn’t that enough.

Beat me to it.

Hull fc have beaten Wigan this season so on that basis SL has been a massive success.

I don’t think this is happening but the NRL are commited to developing NRL internationals. It just isn’t bothered about ones it doesn’t control.

The RFL is effectively the clubs anyway so they would have to convince the vast majority to go with it.

Without agreement from the RFL this wouldn’t be possible.

They have some control like rugby league has. Like how many games are to be televised what day and time but unfortunately for rugby league we are trying to show our value to the broadcaster so are probably a bit more flexible.

Is there a sport in the UK where the governing body pick the TV games and not the broadcaster.