It is a herculean task when all the teams know that finishing top means being 'champions'.

as it stands that is not the case, and teams who really have a chance of winnig the comp will aim to peak during the play-offs.

Exactly.

The only way that winning the league has been devalued is not by what the league leaders are awarded, but in that it's less of a competition that it would be if that was the ultimate prize.

Hey, whatever. But I believe my assesment of the situation will be backed up by the results in october.

Looks like more easy pickings for huddersfield. I could quite easily see them finishing top and then failing to make the grand final.

I don't get this continued idea that non RL fans won't get that the league leaders are not recognised as the main champions. Why? You only have to look at England biggest sport of football, in the leagues below the premiership they have playoffs, and on quite a few occasions a team who finished 5th/6th and up to 10 points lower than 3rd have won promotion. In the Premiership teams finish 3rd and 4th and enter a 'Champions' League.

Playoffs are used in globally massive American sports......why is it SL Playoffs apparently confuse the rest of the world and embarrass the sport if a lower ranked team actually win it?

Well apparently no one can understand why we don't have automatic P&R so I was following the same logic...

Whatever else happens ill be ecstatic if the Giants lift the League Leaders shield!

It's looking promising for you this year, and to be fair you're playing some quality Rugby. If you can get through the season and avoid the dreaded 'slump' it will be a massive step forward for you as a club, and should get the public of Huddersfield coming back in droves. Good luck with that, though I hope we cause a mini-slump when we visit!

Well that's one trophy gone for huddersfield, just another to go.

BANG!!!!!





Yep, that's the sound of Huddersfields bubble bursting

Well, you cant rock up at Warrington in the quarters of the cup and put in such an inept performance for the first twenty minutes against a side you know will try and blow you a way in that period.

Hudds. got exactly what they deserved.Will be very interesting to see the response now on the back of this.

I think it was a stat on Sky that said Wire are the most dangerous team in the first 20 minutes of the game, that was definitely the case today.

Average home attendance down to less than 4K?

Wigan and Wire and two teams who like to blow the opposition off the park in the first twenty, its been the way the last few years and as a side wanting to take these teams out you have to expect this and get the basics right, complete sets and make tackles during this period as an absolute must.The Giants failed on all three fronts,and got spanked.

Warrington were very good though, best i have seen them for a while.

And boooooom goes the dynamite...

Shocking performance today, Wire where good I'll give them that. But some very poor play and silly unforced errors from Hudds today.

Classic Huddersfield in meaningful game performance.
I expect the same in the playoffs.
Hope we play them tbh.