Same as us so far!



We finished top of the pile 1998/2000



Plus this year (Surely this can't be counting chickens?) Makes 3?

I think you've got a 'noob' there!

I still can't understand the logic in a team winning a series of knockout rounds at the end of the season that could have come anywhere in the top 8 and be called the champions for the next year. I know it gets said all the time but i still just really can't see any logic in it, i'm not just saying it because Wigan will finish top this year, i've always thought that.

If it wasnt a big deal the sky people would be at a differant ground,would imagine IL handing the hub cap over to the team.

Onlt one team gets crowned the Champions at the end of the season. Coming top of the pile is a great achievement but if we don't win the GF it will be of little consolation to me

Completely agree. The GF system is a triumph of marketing over common sense.



It's also been diluted by including more teams in the playoffs over time so that diminishes any claim it had to be the real decider IMO.



It was also supposed to improve RL here as it was supposed to introduce pressure games and thus better place us internationally. Look at the international results since 1998. It has not worked.



It's all very noble to say we must win the GF but really when you see the effort all teams put into the league it's completely daft it is the minor trophy.



Hello from South Africa by the way which is where I am at the moment.



Dave

No you'll have someone from the sponsors handing it over. That's why they'll want to televise it, so the sponsors get exposure.

I don't think the game when we were given it was televised the other year, but they may be making a bigger deal of it because it's Wigan and it's been a while since you won anything

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There's little that's more embarrassing than when fans of the team that have won the hubcap wail about being 'true champions' when someone else wins the GF. And I include Saints fans in that, it was cringe worthy last year.

I think that we should celebrate finishing top as a huge thank you to all the staff and players at the club, the effort this season has been outstanding and the turn around in 12 months has been incredible considering the disappointment of the last few seasons. I'm sure that, in reality, most fans are thrilled at us finishing top, despite the fact that winning the 'hubcap' is downplayed at every opportunity. The boys deserve to be cheered heartily and it will hopefully spur them on to glory in the play-offs.

Very much so. I don't think even the most optimistic fan would have expected us to be 6 points clear with 3 games to go, whatever happens in the playoffs.

I agree - if it was up to me the League Leaders Shield wouldn't even exist.

I disagree, IMO being the top of the league is the most significant achievement of the season. Everything else is just a bonus.