There are only 14 teams with a chance of getting in the 12.
6 of them are safe with grade A.
I think Hull will lose their A but still be close at a 14.9ish.
We'll be next in my opinion.
Unless Salford have really stuffed up their finances they should be ok.

Which leaves Huddersfield, Toulouse, Leigh, Cas and Bradford for 3 places.
Leigh will get a small boost from league position.
Cas think they've achieve a stadium points boost.

So as you say that last place is down to Toulouse, Bradford and Giants.

The difficult for Giants is that the quick fix points come from stadium and Performance bonus points, and maybe fandom. The others are all averages over 3 years so an improvement is only a small boost to your points.

So, relevant to us is that Toulouse could really do with the points from Grand Final win. We need to make sure they are ours.

Will Leigh's league table improvement be enough to cancel out their loss of the Challenge Cup win points? Don't think it can, can it?

Giants just look very vulnerable to me. Toulouse do need the GF points but I can’t see it mattering when we have gained well in excess of over 1 full point upwards for facilities, LED and possibly finance.

Giants are declining year on year by looks in crowds and finishing position. Doesn’t look great for them in next few years if a few you mention find some investment.

Leigh would increase their performance score by 0.2286 if they finish between 5th and 8th.
So they would lose only 0.03 when they lose the challenge cup bonus.

They were 11th over 3 years last time. But would be 9th with a 5th place finish. With a big gap below them.

I'll see if I can upload a pic of the excel so you can see my workings.

I've heard a rumour that if we win the GF then the club are confident that that will take us over the 15 point thresh-hold for an A-grade

Leigh are stating that they have achieved an A-Grade... https://www.totalrl.com/leigh-leopards- ... er-league/

Leigh are stating that they have achieved an A-Grade... https://www.totalrl.com/leigh-leopards- ... er-league/

Easy to say but still to be confirmed by those who actually matter. I may be wrong but I am sure they do not own their ground for example.

Yeah, Leigh Sports Village is owned by Wigan Council... https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Docs/PDF/Counc ... /15115.pdf

Yeah, Leigh Sports Village is owned by Wigan Council... https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Docs/PDF/Counc ... /15115.pdf

That's only 0.25 points they don't get.
Plenty of other points to get an A.

There are a few teams who have come out recent weeks suggesting they will get A or close. I think Cas did too.

Interestingly I think Trinity have been the quietest out of all teams.

Hopefully that’s confidence.

I would actually be shocked if we don’t end up in SL next season.

By the way, when are the LEDs going in?

Before the play offs, and I think we need to submit our score by the 30th of September so they will need to be in before then.

Didn’t Matt Ellis say the LED’s would be in place for the play offs?

You might be shocked if we don't get in SL Trojan but I would be amazed.I pretty much take it for granted now as,I presume,do a lot of signed-up players.

As you know I've been looking at the IMG criteria since the start and I've worked out all the known numbers and I am not worried about our SL status in the least.

I could see Leigh getting a 15 as Beaumont has the money and they are getting big crowds consistently but I haven't actually seen the numbers he says he's published.
Cas I am a bit more sceptical about. I don't think they can turn their interim number into a 15.....but we'll find out soon.