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Quote: meast "I think obviously, the idea of the 8's was that all or most teams by the split would have something to play for and realistically be able to make the top 4 at the end.
This year and last year have shown that this isn't the case, whilst it is good for the game to see different teams challenging for the top 4, i don't think the idea of playing 7 dead rubbers for a lot of the teams not increase interest.
This year, my team were challenging for the top 8's and ultimately the top 4, this year we are likely to be in the middle 8's, so at least there, there is something to look forward to, for the teams 4-8 there will be little to attract interest in those games which are perceived as dead rubbers.'"


I don't think it will always be the case, it's just coincidence that 4 teams have pulled away two years running.

Also, i still think there is lots to play for as far as the top 4 are concerned as home advantage for the semi final is huge imo.

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Yeah, the top 4 have a lot to play for, as do the bottom 4 and the top 4 in the championship, but for teams 5-8, very little, if anything to play for, unless us ad you hit some form and others lose some.

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I love how everyone blames the RFL for the performances of the teams, just because 4 teams have broken away. As someone pointed out it won't always work out like this. If you change it to top 4 or top 5 or top 6, you will still have 'dead rubbers'. The only way you might do it is make the difference in financial reward based on finshing position a lot bigger from one position to the next. Sadly that isn't possible either as there isn't that much money in our game to be able to do that without probably tipping some clubs into administration.

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Quote: pie.warrior "re-setting points after 23 rounds for the top 8 just rewards teams who have under achieved, you want the semis and the grand final to be contested by the best 4 teams who have performed well over the entire season. If this means we get dead games by teams in the 8 who can't make the top 4 then so be it, they know at the start of the season that they have to perform so only have themselves to blame. We want to raise standards in the game not reduce them by giving no-hopers a 2nd or 3rd bite at the cherry where they may get lucky in one game knockout and make the final.'"


Resetting the points would also mean that as it stands Hull wouldn't need to turn up again this season til the 8's and the next 3 would need 1 more win til they also might as well field the reserves for the next 5 games. This would then tilt the rest of the league as a team playing the top 4 would have a lot more chance then if they were still playing for position.

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Quote: meast ", but for teams 5-8, very little, if anything to play for, nd the top 4 in the unless us ad you hit some form and others lose some.'"


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