It is typical isn't it, however it is a big thing finishing top after the regular rounds, it is just bigger to win the Grand Final....

I was their for that match and more great time what was that song at the end always look on the bright side of life while ever brit was trying to do the conga Happy Days

I remember you. You owe me a parnt.

Personally I think they should be the same thing. Players read/hear/see these articles/statements regardless of whether they're meant for them or not.

The bilge came from fans outside the "top 4" whose teams could not break the monopoly. My club won it 4 years on the trot and it was rammed down our throats that it was a Micky mouse trophy or the hub cap as it was later called.
Suddenly Warrington, Huddersfield and now Castleford have upgraded the value of this achievement, when in reality it has always been a measure of consistency, more so now because of its 30 game format.

Did Powell actually say he'd rather win the LLS than the GF though or just state that he thinks it's a greater achievement?

Complete billox, the harder the achievement the more prestigious the prize. Cas have been so good, the league doesn't lie, only the best team can win the league leaders shield. ANYONE can win a one off game. Whoever wins the grand final, cas is the best team in the league this season.

Ha ha! Thanks for that vasty. I'll be sure to let DP know.

If they don't win the accepted format to be champions (accepted by all teams) then they clearly aren't the best team over the WHOLE season. Sure Cas have played some oustanding rugby and played some of the very best we've seen for a while and consistantly so, however if you fall at the final hurdle just like many clubs have you simply aren't the best team as you aren't the champions as set by the rules.
Maybe you should tell all the teams and fans of championship winning sides in the past that won from a play-off system, you know the system that has more relevancy in RL from a numerical POV than does a simple league system to determine the champions.
iF Cas win, fair play to them, they'll be deserving, if they don't win, commiserations but you won't be champions, just a team that did fantastically well for much of the season but fell away at the crucial/important point.

Talking about a one off game is just patently silly, as per a league system one has to measure your effort and championships from such systems often come down to one off games to win it in any case, just ask any fans from any sport around the world from any era.
I could run off a dozen 'one -off' games to win championships in short fashion just from RL and soccer alone in the UK.

Powell is a fruit-loop to be talking like this and it undermines the mindset IMHO, it's a stupid mistake to come out and say it not least totally naive from his point of view.

When is parkside freddy gonna take off his mask?
You obviosly still feel far too insecure to come out of your lengthy hibernation due to the ridicule that you will receive should one of the regulars win the GF yet again and especially during SL's worst ever season of "Whipping Boy Garbage" ever seen outside of the only side showing any credibility in the Tigers

We've swept these sea's with you before Parkside Freddy,but you're only too aware of that hence your continued absence from these forums

Can we celebrate? Or do we need permission? We've been told all season that we ain't won anything yet - well we've one one of 'em and one left to go for. Job half done, bring on the semis.

It's entirely possible for the team who come top of the league to have lost every game against the other 3 top 4 clubs as long as they won all of the other games - that doesn't make them the best, it just means they were fairly consistent against the lower teams

It's also possible for the team who wins the grand final to have won more league games than the team who finish the top of the league.

In 2016 Hull had won the most games after 23 rounds, Warrington had won the most after 30 rounds and won the LLS, but Wigan won the most over 32 rounds and were crowned champions