Quote: Lord Tony Smith "If we fail to make the top 4 after round 23 do we still have a chance of making the Grand Final? (albeit a very small chance)'"
Yes. After the 23 rounds, the top 8 teams start the middle part of the season on their "earned points to-date". Seven more games to add to them. Win enough of those 7 games to make the top 4 and then its knock-out football. IIRC finish in the top 4, 4 of those 7 games will be at home and you can arguably afford to drop a couple of points and not drop any places BUT the way SL is this year everything and anything is possible.