The only problem with 1st v 2nd and so on is the problem with fixtures being split over two days.

Potentially you could be top six (which would mean a Saturday game on current format) for months prior to the event and drop to seventh and your game would be moved to Sunday morning a week before the Magic Weekend.

I like the derby format, enjoyed yesterday at the Etihad after watching Scorpions beat Oldham and think that most games have been competitive. All we need is Widnes to pull their socks up. Let's be fair they'd probably get battered by most of Super League as that's what has happened up to this point in the league anyway.

Pipe down son.... You don't know what you are talking about.

The idea is that fixtures would be based on the previous season's final placings. Swapping Crusaders for Widnes, this year's Magic fixtures could have been

Saturday:
Wakefield v Widnes
Leeds v Catalans
Hull v Rovers

Sunday:
Salford v London
Cas v Bradford
Saints v Huddersfield
Wigan v Warrington

which looks much fairer.

We've had some cracking, close games. Aside from this one, and Warrington vs Widnes they've all been close (the Leeds vs Bradford game only seeing the gap open late on)
Plus the derbies are far more attractive to both fans of the playing teams and the neutrals - if you're going to play one team three times, let it be one that means a bit of something extra.

Stay as we are.

Plus we saw Northampton Rugby League's first graduate into first team SL rugby

Well 4th v 10th turned out to be one of the most competitive games of the weekend.... yet a Wigan v Saints game turned out one of the most one sided of the weekend...

When the fixtures are decided... nobody really knows what position teams will be in by the time of magic weekend. Who would have though that by the time Leeds played Bradford it would be 8th v 9th.