Who ever wins the leauge should be champs.
And the play offs should be a seperate comp like the cc.

I like the playoff format and have no problem as such with the champions being the team that wins the grand final.

Even so, it does bother me that, however unlikely it is to happen, it is possible that a team could start the season and win 29 league/playoff games on the run, lose the 30th game and win nothing, but another team could limp into the playoffs losing more games than they win, then win their last four games and be crowned champions

Exactly what i posted earlier ....... and it's wrong ..... and 'SLIMply winning' -I'll say the same again on the 8th October whether we win the GF or not.

I never understand how the play offs can be compared to winning the regular league. The play offs can be won by winning 4 or so games whilst the regular season takes a massive effort over a couple of dozen games. No brainer.The play offs are fun but it aint no league shield.

Since the play-off system was introduced in professional RU (admittedly not a very long time ago), Wasps have been crowned "champions" on four occasions, despite not having finished top in any of those years. Gloucester have finished top three times, yet have never been "champions"- though they did win the play-offs in 02, when it was deemed that the team finishing top were the champions
If the RL play-offs are a joke, then so too are the RU ones.