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How does the top 8 play off work this year,my mate said it had been changed again but he does not know how.

I`ve just E mailed the RFL with the same question .

1v4, 2v3 with top 2 getting home tie, winners go through to eliminator and get week off where highest placed of the winners of this round will pick opponents. Same weekend 5v8, 6v7 losers out, winners progress to following week where highest placed loser from top 4 plays lowest place winner from bottom 4 and vice versa. Again team with highest league position gets home advantage. Winners of these games progress to final eliminator games where they will play away and highest placed winner from first two games picks opponents from these two. Winners progress to final, losers out. Think thats it, hope it makes sense

just use last year as an example

1.Leeds
2.St Helens
3.Huddersfield
4.Hull KR
5.Wakefield
6.Wigan
7.Castleford
8.Catalans

week 1

Leeds vs Hull KR - Winner went to week 3/looser to week 2
St Helens vs Huddersfield - WInner went to week 3/looser to week 2
Wigan vs Castleford - Winner goes to week 2/looser is out
Wakefield vs Catalans - Winner goes to week 2/looser is out

Week 2

Wigan vs Hull KR - Winner went to week 3/looser out
Catalanas vs Huddersfield - Winner went to week 3/looser out

Week3

Leeds as highest ranked team had a choice between us, St Helens and Catalans. they chose Catalans

Leeds vs Catalans - winner went to grand final
St Helens vs Wigan - winner went to grand final

gpartin wrote:1v4, 2v3 with top 2 getting home tie, winners go through to eliminator and get week off where highest placed of the winners of this round will pick opponents. Same weekend 5v8, 6v7 losers out, winners progress to following week where highest placed loser from top 4 plays lowest place winner from bottom 4 and vice versa. Again team with highest league position gets home advantage. Winners of these games progress to final eliminator games where they will play away and highest placed winner from first two games picks opponents from these two. Winners progress to final, losers out. Think thats it, hope it makes sense

clear as mud

tbh its alot easier to get your head round once the playoffs kick in.

all we need remember is that we play in the grand final 2nd October 2010 with our oppenents TBC

ste lord wrote:
clear as mud

tbh its alot easier to get your head round once the playoffs kick in.

all we need remember is that we play in the grand final 2nd October 2010 with our opponents TBC

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Basically, it's gonna go like this.....

1. Wigan
2. Warrington
3. St Helens
4. Leeds
5. Hull FC
6. Hull KR
7. Huddersfield
8. Crusaders (Just have a feeling)

Week 1

Wigan vs Leeds
Warrington vs St Helens
Hull FC vs Crusaders
Hull KR vs Huddersfield

Week 2

Warrington vs Hull KR
Leeds vs Hull FC

Week 3

Wigan vs Hull FC
Warrington vs St Helens

Grand Final

Wigan vs St Helens

Winner: Wigan Warriors

That is all

Yours faithfully

Mystic Idol

I thought that the team that has the choice of opponents can only choose between the 2 winners in week 2, so that last year Leeds' choice was between us and Catlans and they could not choose Saints.
It would be perfect if we could play Hull rather than Leeds in the first round of the play offs, and I think Saints will finish second if they win on Saturday. If I was a betting man I would go with Wigan Saints as the most likely final.

I knew my mate was wrong,but he would not have it,it is the same as last year nearly, only difference is that Wigan will be top of the pops.