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There has been a lot of interest in the new format; I've seen it quoted many times "a championship team may beat a lower super league team in a one off match, but not in a league format". Whilst I'm excited about the new system, I tended to agree.
But, for some reason I've only just spotted the one million pound game. Who will benefit most from it?
For championships teams, it means that even if none of them beat a super league team in the league format, the top championship side still takes on the bottom super league side for the super league place, in what would be a cup final type match. Still a mammoth ask, but not totally impossible.
On the other hand, I guess the game could be a get out jail free card for any super league team that slips up and finishes 5th in the league.
It's going to be really interesting, at least for the first few seasons!
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Of course it is not impossible that the million pound game is between two Championship teams.
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| Quote: Pumpetypump "Of course it is not impossible that the million pound game is between two Championship teams.'"
Or two super league teams |
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The main benefactor is obviously the Championship teams as worst comes to worst at least one of them has a one off game to get in to SL. We are still talking teams playing with nearly twice the salary cap of the Champ teams and while in a one off game a lower SL team could on occasion get beat by a top Champ team when it is week after week the chmapionship teams will have to pull out something special to get a victory over a SL team. You only have to look in history how teams in our league have done the week after doing well in a one off game against SL opposition, more often than not it has been a bit of a hiding where as this year they will have to back up against the best the championship has to offer or another SL team.
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Agreed that often they struggle to back up the week after but they will be playing a number of games which should help them build towards this last game knowing they do not need to worry about the week after. It would be great if it was between two SL teams or two Champ teams as then at least one team will have been promoted.
I think!
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| Quote: Norman Bates "Agreed that often they struggle to back up the week after but they will be playing a number of games which should help them build towards this last game knowing they do not need to worry about the week after. It would be great if it was between two SL teams or two Champ teams as then at least one team will have been promoted.
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Two champ teams in 4th and 5th means at least one SL team in 6th or below. Hence, at least one team "promoted".
Two SL teams in 4th and 5th means at least one Champ team in 1st to 3rd. Hence, at least one team "promoted".
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| Quote: HXSparky "Two champ teams in 4th and 5th means at least one SL team in 6th or below. Hence, at least one team "promoted".
Two SL teams in 4th and 5th means at least one Champ team in 1st to 3rd. Hence, at least one team "promoted".'"
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