I always though the pick a team thing was a poisoned chalice! There is a good guide to the play offs on Wigan rlfans home page. It tells you what would happen re current league positions.(if anyone is a little confused)

I think you have to pick the highest ranked team left! To pick a perseved lesser team would be like poking an angry bear with a pointy stick!! It's basically gonna try and rip ya head off!!

Odd system then given that the top side through would ordinarily be paired with the lowest qualifier.

I would have thought that the SL clubs chief executives may have the final say in who chooses their semi-final opponents

Hypothetically speaking, if Saints finish top and are into the final 4 in the GF play-offs, would they choose to play the Rhinos at home in the semi-final?

I can see the advantages of playing a side that has convincingly beat your club side for the past 2 seasons at Old Trafford in the GF at your place in the semi, but from a chief executives perspective, what would that club lose out on in monetary terms if they subsequently got knocked out at home in the semi's?

GF day brings in a vast ammount of money to the competing teams, not only from the RFL but from the merchandise sold to spectators in the run up to the game

The choice of the highest qualifying side in the semi-final will be very interesting thats for sure

2 of our replacements hardly covered themselves in glory on that 4 pointer then.

Would the powers that be have any say in exactly HOW the decision is made? Would the team that gets to pick be able to, say, get the cameras in and do a draw live on tv? Get either Eddie or Stevo to pick out the team they get to play maybe? Granted, it'd make abit of a mockery of the new system, and it'd be taking a risk that they'd get the one team they didn't really want to face, but it would neatly sidestep the chosen team being able to use the "they reckon we're an easier bet than the rest" motivation. How much power would the powers that be have to stop this?

sky flashed his up as coming on in the 74 minute iirc. don't remember seeing him before then either.

Chad Randall scored for the Quins on 67 minutes and as pointed out earlier Simon Worrall did not control the previous tackle well enough to prevent a quick play the ball by Tony Clubb.

Officials......

Ref: Phil Bentham
TJ: Dave Griffiths, James Child
IG: Greg Dolan, Paul Stockman
RR: Matthew Kidd
MC: Gerry Kershaw.

Not looking for early excuses, dont think it will make a difference. But thats another penalty count lost then. That you can guarantee before kick off.

Im more interested in his interpretations of lying on and offsides.


Hopefully we can take the ref out of the equation by performing well.

Anyone want some free tickets? i may have upto 6 available inc long bar passes

Aye, would love a couple if ya dont mind.

Rhinos squad...

The squad in full is:
1 Brent Webb
2 Scott Donald
3 Lee Smith
4 Keith Senior
5 Ryan Hall
6 Danny McGuire
7 Rob Burrow
8 Kylie Leuluai
9 Danny Buderus
10 Jamie Peacock
11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan
12 Ali Lauitiiti
13 Kevin Sinfield
14 Matt Diskin
16 Ryan Bailey
18 Carl Ablett
19 Luke Burgess
21 Simon Worrall
23 Kallum Watkins