--raelly? i dont watch any of those sports

so i will take your word for it,but im only really concered about rugby league and i stand by what i said

--really? i dont watch any of those sports

so i will take your word for it,but im only really concerned about rugby league and i stand by what i said

double post to correct spelling mistakes

I think the tiltle of champions should go to the league leaders. It is the most difficult to win and is a true indicator, given that each team plays each other home and away, plus Cardiff.

The Play-offs are more like the old premiership. Its format gives greater advantage to those who finish the highest, and we as top team had everything in our favour. But if you have a bad game against a team like Leeds who have found form, you will go out.

I have nothing but praise for the Rhinos, but I feel a more apt title would be Grand final winners rather than champions.

No other LEAGUE has a redundant and purely money making playoff system at the end.

Have you ever heard of the NRL?. Besides Wigan played 2 extra fixtures more than you and if you take into account you beat them the week after Wembley which had a very large bearing on who finished top. I wouldn't call that fair.

the History books also shows Dewsbury as champions in 1973 and they finished 8th Wire topped the League that year but you got nowt for that then....could it be worse than that.............. yes the following year 1974 Wire won the end of season play offs .....great Wire must be champions....??? No... they changed the format and the league leaders (Salford FFS!!!) were crowned Champions. So lets take this one on the chin and glad we werent on Tinternet in 1974...


We can leave the History Book to the Wigan Fans they love it, and Apparantly Wires arent in it anyway...

Ask yourself whose season you would have prefered to watch as money-paying spectator?

Wire, whose stylish and free flowing rugby and mainly consistant performances, saw them finish top of a 27 match league, with the highest points scored and lowest conceded, and even opposing fans proclaiming how good you are?

Or Leeds??.....Dismal for most of the season, fans wanting the coaching staff out, due to just how poor they truly were, and taking regular hammerings off your main rivals (and even some not-so-main rivals!!)??

Yes, they came good in the last month to take a trophy, but as somebody who pays good money to be entertained, I'm more happy to have followed Wire this season than any other side.....We Wire fans have been royally spoilt this year.... Yes, there was no trophy, but we got to see some of the best rugby league served up, by any side, in recent history.

they won the grand final, champions end of, rob burrow said it right in his interview, its not how ya start its how ya finish, all in all, grand final was an absalout corker to watch imo, good to see a lot of footballers on twitter praising the game.
hopefully wire will perform the same again next season and just go that little bit further.

Really?! Who has said what? I'm not on Twitter.

I was'nt going to comment on this subject,but here goes ,why wait till you look like a decent team before you complain about the play off system?I mean not so long ago when both Wire and wigan were aspiring to be mediocre and trying to get into the playoffs, sure you wont going into the play offs as sacrificial lambs..You wanted to get to GF and if you won you would have been called Champions.A couple of years someone wrote the salary cap is working now it wont be long before we have a team winning the title from....6TH well there you are.Leeds may have been in a false position this season,maybe not ,but I'll tell you one thing that is what the RFL are aiming for more than 2 teams having a chance of winning SL.

Absolutely spot on! Leeds were by far the best team over the playoff game period, again.

Interestingly, would this discussion be happening on this section of the forum if Wire hadn't won the league this year?

In my opinion, which I have held for several years, is that there are three major trophies to be played for each season. Each should hold equal importance for the reason that each competition has a unique quality about it and deserves recognition for that very fact.