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.

Bonus point = failure with reward.
The only team collecting anything should be a winner, losers are called that for a reason.
If both teams slog it for a draw fair enough but collecting points for "only just losing" is a farce IMO.

I would have no problem with the promoted club into the top league having an exemption from relegation in their first season there.

There are several clubs who with the current system have zero chance of getting there and that is the problem.


Regarding stadia that, during the current economic situation, is a bit of a red herring imo.

I agree more giving the winning team 1pt is a joke widnes should be in 6th-7th not third with 8 games lost its a joke to teams who have won more games than widnes and are in 6th!!!!!