I realise that this is unlikely and don't believe it will happen but.....

If we finish 4th, we go to Wigan. Say we win, so we are then play wire/saints away. We lose that one, so we have one game left. So, what if Wigan are left standing as the last team and we have to play them again. Do we play them at home, or would we have to go away again? My thinking was that we must be at home as if we beat them we would then be "ranked" higher?

The new engage Super League Play-Off structure:


Qualifying Play Off 1
1 V 4

Qualifying Play Off 2
2 V 3

Elimination Play Off 1
5 V 8

Elimination Play Off 2
6 v 7

Preliminary Semi Final 1
QPO 1 Loser
V
EPO 1 Winner

Preliminary Semi Final 2
QPO 2 Loser
V
EPO 2 Winner

Qualifying Semi Final 1
QPO 1 Winner
V
PSF 1 Winner *

Qualifying Semi Final 2
QPO 2 Winner
V
PSF 2 Winner *

Grand Final
QSF1 Winner V
QSF2 Winner

* - subject to choice of highest placed winner in week one

So yes we would be at home.

Any idea of the dates and times for the first play-off weekend? Really hoping we're not playing on the Saturday!

KR at the KC on the Saturday.

wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/in ... age_id=878 This is a better explanation

wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/in ... age_id=878 This is a better explanation

If you finish 4th and beat Wigan you get a week off. You'd then have a home play-off to reach the GF, which could be against anybody.

The simplest explanation. It would also be the winner of Saints Vs Wire who get to choose their opponents in week 3, but could they choose us?

I believe not. Leeds had the choice of Catalans or Wigan last year, I believe. There was some talk on these boards that they might prefer Saints at home rather than at OT, but I don't think it was an option.

It would create a lot of problems if they could, but i hadn't read anywhere that they couldn't, which is why i asked.

theres no avoiding wigan if we want to get to the final unfortunately.

Beat leeds...weve got wigan!lose to leeds and we'd have to beat hudds to get....wigan in semi(cos they WOULD choose us and we all know it) also fuunnily(or not)enough,if we beat leeds then beat wigan in play-off we would be then sitting pretty for a week off until we get ...(you guessed it)BLOODY WIGAN AGAIN in the semi lol(cos winner of sts-warr wouldnt choose them in semi)

sorry meant against kr if we lose to leeds,how could i type that wrong lol

The team that gets the pick (highest ranked winner from wk1), can only pick from the winners of wk2, so this means that if we happen to beat Wigan away in the 1st match we can't get picked in wk3.

Thats what i said/implied,meaning winner of sts-warr wouldnt be likely to pick wigan out of winning teams leaving us the left overs i.e WIGAN...again!

Cheers I thought that must be the case.