Yeah, they'll finish on 40 points, so we need 3 wins for top 2 and all 4 for first place IMO. I know a few people have been worried about going to Craven Park in the play offs and I'd say that's unlikely to happen now.

Good point - that's the nightmare fixture that you can't see KR losing. Even if we finish 3rd now we would likely go to Warrington if we beat the 6th placed side - that still feels winnable.

Still think we can win all our remaining games.
With French back it gives us a lift and also provides oppositions with plenty to worry about.

Bev doing the full 80. Jack not playing.

I think we can do it but the continuity that KR have had with their spine over the last couple of months gives me a bit of an edge, particularly as we've been so disrupted. It's a big ask for French and Smith to hit top form as a partnership right off the bat.

I'm probably a bit different in that I think a challenge like going to HKR could be good for us. Things are going great for them at the minute but this run now could well do them no good when it comes to the play offs. It's all been a bit comfortable for them and there is no way they'd blow us away like they've been doing with teams recently. I'd back out experience/quality to see them off anywhere in a big game.

I think we'll see a really motivated Wigan side over the next few weeks. I'm seeing very little talk in the media about Wigan, with pundits going for Wire v HKR as a final in the main. I think Peet will feed off that and use it to fire the players up.

Hull KR and Warrington will be extremely nervous hosting a playoff game.

I can already see HKR over celebrating the LLS, Champagne spraying the lot. Whilst it’s a great achievement for a club of that size it’s never really worked out for teams who do that (Wire, Huddersfield come to mind).

Whoever goes to craven park will have won the week before and be playing with little pressure, all the pressure will be on KR.


I do think back to the CC final, we accomplished it all. All 4 in the bag and a 20 year old lad in Junior said “We’re not done, we want more” just minutes after a final.

Hopefully tomororw is the start of us going up the gears.

Presuming we win tomorrow, the litmus test for HKR is next week at Wigan. Following that, they go to Leigh which will be a very difficult game.

The Burgess dummy spit tonight just emphasises how lucky we are to have Matt Peet. I'm not saying he doesn't make the occasional mistake as he's human like the rest of us but generally speaking he's calm, composed and doesn't try to attribute our failings or defeats to external factors.

Vaughan was sent off because he didn't bend his back and was too upright going into contact - no other reason. Burgess' rant around the rules and the refs is right out of the Daryl Powell playbook and it never did him much good.

I'm of that mind too, another factor is that the lowest placed qualifier and top places opponent could be an awkward and experienced team like Saints (with many players back) or Leeds (with nothing to lose.)

I had the feeling somehow that it was a tea-time KO (5 pm?). The Catalan games usually are, aren't they? I can't recall Saturday night rugby at all in the past. I assume this is all Cats' doing?

TV.