Quote ="The Angry Pirate"And both sides also have a second bite at the cherry, which some may argue you don't deserve in knock out rugby.
Where would be the justice if Wire were to beat the Giants, then Saints at Knowsley Road??.....Saints would be eliminated after losing just 1 game, Wire would be in the final after losing the same amount??...
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Exactly the same argument applies with any play off system. A team finishing other than top is likely to have lost less than the rest of the team in the mix.
The play offs aren't knock out rugby. Everyone knows this before a ball is kicked.
However, had Saints lost on Friday we'd not have made the Grand Final. Confidence would be shot, players clearly needing a rest, another 80 mins of bruising play off rugby to play and an away game for the elimination game if we made it there.
Now we have every chance, just a home game to win with a rested squad and hopefully an injured player or two will have recovered enough to throw them into the mix.
Friday was HUGE for us. And I'd wager that, to most connected to the Warrington club, it was pretty big for you too.