Quote: Rogues Gallery "That can only be out in place if all teams play each other on a home and away basis only and there are none of the extra fixtures.
In the 2008 season for instance Wigan played Saints four times, Leeds three times and Catalan three times (the top three clubs)
This time it has been a little more even with only one extra fixture.'"
agree with a lot of that. Under that system theres no way can the team finishing top be considered champs, when its down to the luck of the draw fixture wise.
if we played each other once home and away , then the top team would automatically be considered the best.
to do that we would have to scrap the jolly weekend extra round, and play 26 games. This would allow us to start the season a bit later, after the WCC possibly.
alternately make it a 16 team league and play 30 , giving each club an extra 2 games income from home games.
we could fit in these extra games during the period we normally have the play offs.
it would benefit fans who would see the season extended to 35 weekends if you progress in the CC, but it wouldnt suit the RL supremos who want to expand the game by having us trecking to all over the UK for fixtures most fans (and a lot of players) could manage without.