It did yes, beating the likes of Saints/Wigan meant a lot more as were effectively gettin a scalp. We almost expect to win now, do I love it yes of course we do, but having been a season ticket holder for 18 years the excitement seems to have disappeared almost completely in the 'non-big' games.

Don't get me wrong, I love RL I think it's the most entertaining sport in the world, I just think the sport would benefit from the Playoff system (and more importantly Promotion/Releation) being changed to something more fair & meaningful (and understandable!)

Where were all these big crowds when there was promotion and relegation?

From what I remember it was always the likes of Salford, Wakefield, Cas, London, Hudds, Widnes, us one year fighting the drop. They never had much in terms of crowds...?

I could be wrong, but I think they have lost it to BT Vision next year?

Yep, BT now have exclusive live coverage of the competition and apparently they are planning to overhaul the presentation, adding new things to it.

Sky Sports seem to have little to no interest in RL outside of Super League and are refusing to match BT's offers for the RU. It's odd given that rugby is their second most popular spectator sport.

They've had to pay a silly amount for soccer recently, the F1 won't have come cheap and advertising revenue is down. They will always stick with RL as it is their summer sport.