30 Sept: Qualifiers: Hull Kingston Rovers v Widnes Vikings KO 3pm

[John Drake]

Discuss Hull Kingston Rovers v Widnes Vikings here.

[Kayakman]

Hull KR by 18.

[westlondonfan]

I would love Widnes to win for London’s sake but Hull KR by 20 I think.

[Jacko45]

H kr by 16.

[Jblake]

Worth noting that if Widnes were to beat HKR and other results go against HKR, both would go down as a consequence, the parachute payment would be shared won't it? £250K rather than 500K? Its in Widnes' interest to lose this one.

[Liverpool Rover]

Rovers to win by 16. Widnes have just been awful and aren't going to change that now.

[Krzzystuff]

viking to win to make up for having a good time in Toronto.

[TBone]

HKR have to fill their defensive gaps so that they stop leaking worse than my colander!

[chuffer]

4 hours ago, Jblake said:

Worth noting that if Widnes were to beat HKR and other results go against HKR, both would go down as a consequence, the parachute payment would be shared won't it? £250K rather than 500K? Its in Widnes' interest to lose this one.

Is that a factoid?

[Quinskolar]

38 minutes ago, chuffer said:

Is that a factoid

Wow, that is some factoid. Interesting to see if this is true. Come on Widnes.

[Krzzystuff]

has there been any official discussion on the parachute payment? I very highly doubt that there will be one again. 

[Spidey]

6 hours ago, Jblake said:

Worth noting that if Widnes were to beat HKR and other results go against HKR, both would go down as a consequence, the parachute payment would be shared won't it? £250K rather than 500K? Its in Widnes' interest to lose this one.

Think in the press release it stated each SL team would receive the full £500k

[Spidey]

1 hour ago, Krzzystuff said:

has there been any official discussion on the parachute payment? I very highly doubt that there will be one again. 

There was an article or at least a journo said something on twitter following the vote meeting the other week

[Krzzystuff]

10 minutes ago, Spidey said:

Think in the press release it stated each SL team would receive the full £500k

must be banking on Toronto coming up and using our share of the pie to pay these out.

[TboneFromTO]

Widness by 8. Going out with a bang

[Rupert Prince]

7 hours ago, Jblake said:

Worth noting that if Widnes were to beat HKR and other results go against HKR, both would go down as a consequence, the parachute payment would be shared won't it? £250K rather than 500K? Its in Widnes' interest to lose this one.

Is the parachute payment a contractual item?

PS... as opposed to some journo twitterthing

[Krzzystuff]

9 minutes ago, Rupert Prince said:

Is the parachute payment a contractual item?

PS... as opposed to some journo twitterthing

nope!

last year all the SL clubs decided to chip in for the 500K, not a rule anywhere unless it was part of the EGM vote which i doubt it was as we have all the other details of what was voted on.

[doc]

Hopefully Cummins last game in charge. Vikings to go out with a whimper , Rovers by 30. 

[Lobbygobbler]

Hull KR by just more than the teams playing on Thur, Fri and Sat

Could be 10,30 or 60 - they’ll get it

[RayCee]

I'm surprised the number expecting a Widnes win. That said, it's not impossible.

[Lobbygobbler]

Is this game not on TV? Its not listed. That is a disgrace if true. Rovers should have at least had to move their game to Sat eve (as London did) in parallel with London.

basically the last day excitement with positions sorted has been removed

[Scarey71]

All pressure on Widnes gone, pressure on HKR... Widnes by 10

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

My outlier of the week - Widnes by 6.

[Gray1967]

Could look at this both ways as people have said. Widnes have nothing to play for, but players playing for there careers, in the shop window, pride etc? Seen it happen a lot of times, where the pressure is off with teams, they put in a performance, so you never know!

[Eleftherios]

KR comfortably