I believe felicitations in order - Happy Birthday,Danny!

The referee for our first win in this years Qualifiers will be Mr Chris Kendall.

He refereed our loss to London Broncos at the Summer Bash.Blackpool

He also refereed another defeat - the one in July to a club named Halifax.

3rd time luck not required but will accept if absolutely necessary.

Playoff Rugby is back a must win game for both sides, for whoever loses they would need to win their remaining 4 matches to stand a chance of promotion which is highly unlikely. Should be a close game been wondering who the bookies will make favourite I guess that they will make Halifax slight favourites because they have played the better rugby in the last few weeks should be close but i will go Halifax by 4 points 28-24 hopefully i will be proved wrong

No pressure ?

They seem quite confident of finishing 4th or 5th - Be nice to finish one place above them,again.

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I would suggest to you that no-one wants to finish bottom.

We've never finished bottom.

This is a playoff - we finished 3rd in the league so it doesn't count!

The Qualifiers Game 3 - Halifax Home - wp.me/p3JxPK-zd

The Qualifiers Game 3 - Halifax Home - wp.me/p3JxPK-zd

I may have his wrong,( I very often do ) but does your quote suggest/mean that there is more financial reward for finishing higher in the Qualifiers Table?

I was of the opinion that the financial reward,the only one,was for finishing 3rd in the regular season league table.

If there is more money available it would be unfair to reward the Super League clubs who have enough advantage as it is;not just with central funding but with television money.

Back on thread - I didn't see Jamie Langley at Widnes.Is he fit for selection,as a player, for this game?

I would love to think that all the sky money for the middle 8's is equally divided with all 8 sides but unlikely I presume all clubs keep home revenue so i presume they keep all media revenue as well i would be very interested to find out how much sky are paying for middle 8 live tv because the championship is in desperate need for live TV, OK Premier Sports were a bit basic and the timeslots were not really fan friendly at least we had a live game every week.

BT Sports have increased the number of Sports Channels and show topflight Rugby Union would they be interested in Rugby League ? if so lets have a proper bidding process i guess at the moment this what happens
RFL "hello is that sky"
Sky Sports "yes"
RFL "would you be interested in having the super league next season"
Sky "I am sure we can find space in our schedule"
RFL "Thank you very much"

RFL ' We'll chuck in the Championship matches as well'
Sky ' OK, that's very good of you. We won't be showing any of the games but it stops somebody else having it. Please bend over!!!!!!!'

They can't award any funding until they know the final positions! If they awarded Sheffield the funding for next season based on them finishing 3rd in the Championship regular rounds and then Sheff went on to be promoted to SL in the 8's it wouldn't work. If you manage to go up this year you would need SL funding for next year!

I understand,obviously,that the 4 Super League sides,ie those finishing in the top 4 of the Qualifiers,are awarded funding next year.

I was of the opinion that Sheffield Eagles were awarded payment for next year,as a result of finishing 3rd in the regular season.

My question is - does a club finishing 6th in the Qualifiers receive funding,and more of it,than a club finishing 7th or 8th and bottom of the Qualifiers? If so,where was it mentioned that this was the situation?