Didn't Hudds get offered it last year and knocked it back? If the SL club has to foot the bill like last time surely that would just happen again. I'd be very surprised if it isn't Leeds, Wigan and Saints tbh.

Give it to Huddersfield....they have the better big game temperament

Going off how it was worked out last year it should be Hudders?

Surely it should be Wakefield after clinching a further year of misery & dread.

The Aussies chucked Brisbane in this year & look how that's worked out.

Sorry, in my alcoholic haze I was comparing the two comps, silly me.

it should be us anyway cos we've got the biggest bestest ground with loads of spare seats

No chance for Wire they struggled to get in the top 8 never mind the play offs. Don't think the wire would want it, too much of a risk, its going to be there year next season is the annual fan call.

If Giants ever want to make the next step in being seen as serious contenders for Finals then they need to play in as many big games as possible. The spot should be offered to us and to turn it down in anyway would be such a negative move. Marketed well and the people of Huddersfield will turn up.

not forgetting the neutrals. sure there'd be a few from the local area that'd jump at the chance to see NRL teams right on our doorstep

There was a system in place. It was only after it was published that people pointed out the possibility of only 2 teams qualifying under the stated criteria that they added the "RFL choice". To be honest, if they said at the time that the third place would go to the highest placed league table team that had not qualified by another route I think many would have accepted it.

No, they didn't

Huddersfield need to play in more big games and get to some finals to boost awareness and become more popular. While they may make a loss playing the game, as I believe they have to pay for opposition coming over, I think in the long run it would be worth it.

We shouldn't have to ask the question as to who the RFL will select.

This "we'll make it up as we go along" approach by the top brass at RFL HQ has to stop. There are at least 2 of them not fit to remain and I guess they were probably involved in setting the criteria for who is involved in the World Club Series.

They should have included a further criterion. I.e. "If the above criteria do not lead to 3 teams being identified, the third team to be involved in the World Club Series shall be the team finishing the season the next highest in the Super League table."

Everyone would then have known where they stood. The criteria they did manage to set leads to Leeds and Wigan being in the WCS. The criterion they should have set leads to the third team being Huddersfield. No debate needed.