Still think it would be fairer if it was like this:

4pts for a win
2pts for a draw
1pt for a loss by 6 or less

The table wouldn't rely on the bp quite the same but would still reward the losing team in a close match.

is a team losing against team "X" by less than 12pts more deserving of something than another team getting beat by team "X" by 50pts? Seems harsh to give those 2 teams equal reward of nowt.
Also the most important bit is supporters. Bringing in new rules to make the game more engrossing is welcome in my book, just like the dozens of new rules that have been brought in since 1895 to make the game more entertaining

Me too!

I think teams that battle to the end and stay within touching distance of the top sides deserve some credit.

An extra competition point is far more of an incentive than +6 in the Points Difference column.

Bonus Point = REWARDING FAILURE!

Ironically you have more chance of getting a bonus point if your losing by 20-30 points in the last 15 mins or so. As the winning team genuinely switch off and you may get a chance to run in 2 or 3 late tries. Alternatively you can be in the game (losing by 4-8 points) with 15 mins left concede 2 late tries and not get anything.

ABSOLUTE NONSENCE!

They are the rules we play to

Good teams exploit the rules to their best advantage

Bad teams dont

Simple as

Agreed,

but it doesnt make the rules correct. Without it we would have an ever closer league this year!

Lots of things are not correct in RL , but the clubs voted for it , it's called democracy

if we dont win on saturday hope we get a bonus point

Yep, although Featherstone are three points from the top of the Championship, without gaining a single bonus point. Mind you, if they had got four, in their five defeats, they would have been top!

Luckily, Gateshead have only picked up three, in their nine defeats!

As I said , you play to the rules to your best advantage

Just think last game of season with 3 or 4 teams involved in relegation, and we are all there with the calculators
Even better 2 teams playing each other, and one needs just a bonus point to stay up, and the other needs a win and clear of 12pts.

I'd suggest 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, or with in 6, and 0 for a loss.

12 is too many, having to score twice is wrong, but with RL being a game where posession is all, the one turn over difference would be enough.

I thought that was voting for what you wanted without threat of reprisals. It was enforced with threats as was the franchising system. Not difficult if you have a small pool of voters with one who tells the rest if they don,t that they,ll pull the plug.

Does anyone seriously think the chairmen of professional rl voted for non promotion to the top league without coercion ? Democracy is one man one vote.