16 team league. No play offs. No Magic Weekend. Play each team home and away. League winners are champions. Two teams relegated.

Clean sweep - that's £10 the OP won't be seeing again. It's already failed, or do you mean a clean sweep of not losing? It can't be winning.

If you read the OP he means winning the 3 available trophies not winning every game

i just cannot wait to get the numbers back, taking into consideration the players we are currently missing i would say we already have improved on last season.

No you are wrong.


The way the competition is structured means that the hub cap means nothing.

Therefore teams prepare themselves for elimination playoffs at the end of the season. Their whole season is geared up towards maximising their chances in this.

Now you may argue that coming top of the regular season deserves more kudos than it gets, and that's a different line of argument.

However, as it stands, the hubcab really does mean nothing.

WRONG

It means you are the most consistent side over the course of the regular rounds which means a hell of a lot more than winning 5 games like you do with the cup.

I just do not understand why people rave about the CC? Half the games are played against semi pro’s and most of the time you only really play one or possibly two big teams.


1-GF
2-HUB CAP


3-CC

er no not "WRONG".

Listen, these are the rules of the competition laid out before a ball is kicked in anger.

You may not agree with them but given they are there, every team must play within them.

You may think that the hub cap is worthwhile but as far as the SL competition is concerned it really does mean nothing other than conveying an (ever so slight) advantage to the team that wins it in the playoffs.

If you win the clean sweep i'll donate £50 to the Mike Gregory charity, won't happen.

Brave words - I think there is a very real chance of it happening

I don't say that as I am a Wigan fan either.

There is a depth and resilience to our side this year that was not there previously.

all 3, telling you won't happen.

I'm not saying that with the P&B specs either, just can't see it.

Challenge Cup Final - biggest attendance in Rugby, shown on National Domestic TV and a historic cup to go with it?

I think it means more than some people make out. 85,000+ cheering on their team (or the team they've decided to back for the day) can't be wrong.

Union can only dream of attendances like that.

me neither

Exactly. It's an historic trophy that means a lot to a great number of people and we shouldn't try and de-value it just because it is a knockout cup competition and anything can happen.

I think all 3 trophies should be valued. What I find annoying is that finishing top after 27 rounds, which is the biggest achievement any team any have is considered less than winning 5 games (usually not all Superleague teams) in a knock out comp. Just because its historic and ends with a big crowd, doesn't make it a bigger achievement.

Id love to win all 3 but think it is very difficult and it would take a special team to do so.

i wonder why, you sour sour people.