Yeah. But you never know how the club will work out. If say, someone like catalans would make it through, no disrespect, but you'd happily pick them. Just like we did in 2009.

They've ground out more victories this year. They look dangerous, despite being ''scratchy'' they're second and only 2 silly defeats to widnes prevented them from top spot.

They are ready to step it up and have the benefit of last years experience.

Hudds can't face Saints can they if they lose? Hudds (IF they lose) would be the highest ranked of the 2 losers from week 1 and would therefore face the lowest ranked winner from the 5-8 games.

See 2010
1st placed Wigan lost and had to play 7th HKR
3rd place Wire lost and had to play 5th Hudds.

So IF Hudds lose tonight then the match between Wire & Leeds will see the loser most likely face Saints (providing they beat HKR)

Yeah it's impossible to have a good game at 3pm. What a crazy time.

Its only a poisoned chalice if you let it be one. Leeds & Saints got on with task with little fuss. Wire had Tony Smith whinging (no surprise) about not getting involved and Wigan had IL do his whole "Wigan vs Wire GF for the good of the game" speech.

Whoever get its should just turn up & say "we're picking them because they're the lowest ranked team, end of".

Interesting to see someone saying they can't see Leeds beating Warrington twice in three weeks.

Recent games between the two clubs have been pretty even, close affairs that could have gone either way. There's not a whole lot between them, Warrington are probably the better attacking side when it clicks but are equally capable of shooting themselves in the foot when it doesn't.

I'd be more confident of Leeds turning over Warrington twice in the playoff series than I would of them doing the same to Huddersfield, Wigan or Saints for example.

As a wire fan, i'd be more confident of beating the rhinos in the GF* than i would us playing you in the final eliminator, thats my idea of a nightmare that.

*Thats not saying i think we would, you're still my tip to win it.

I just don't see Wigan as a threat. Tomkins & Charnley (arguably) aside, which Wigan player is better than their Leeds (or Wire or Shudds) opposite? Taylor at sub is the only other Wigan player I rate, with O'L being injured.

LLS is a title matey. And actual champions if truth be known. The play offs are just an end of season trophy. One we would like to win, but don`t belittle what we have done this season.

Total Bollox you know it and so do the rest of SL.
Congrats on winning the hub-cap it was well deserved but all that means is you've been the most consistent team this year during the race for the top 8.

Nobody is trying to belittle your achievement, but the fact is that Huddersfield prioritised winning the LLS, and I suspect no other team did, however nice it might be to win it.

When every team is going flat out for the same goal in September and October, that's when you see the real champions. If that's Huddersfield, then you will most definitely get the credit you deserve.

+1

I'm perplexed, for the last 2 years now I've heard about how 4th is the worst possible position to finish in as you're guaranteed a massive beating from 1st that psychologically is impossible to recover from?

Yet Huddersfield vs Wigan tonight.........hmmm.

Total tosh pal , even the most commited RL fan struggles to remember the LLS winners from most years , but we all know who won the GF every single year .

Complete bollox - the top clubs try and peak AFTER the regular season. If the LLS decided the title you'd see a totally different approach to the season from many coaches.

Huddersfield look to have already peaked and from the look of the Giants tonight, they're on the wrong side of the form curve.