You've done it now, the indignant Wakefield fans will be along soon. They're all rather optimistic after beating leeds Academy in the last 10 minutes.

10th.

I don't know enough about the other SL teams to make a reliable stab at this. From a Leeds perspective, expectations are rightly riding high after the raft of changes made by Rohan Smith, and factoring in our late season run in 2022 that saw us make the GF after such a terrible start to the season under Agar (although perhaps a better opponent ought to have humanely put us out of the play-offs by the semi-final stage).

A top 4 finish to the regular season would be a minimum expectation for me. Not making the GF would be disapppointing but we have to earn the right to be there. I'm not sure whether we realistically have the quality in the team to do this - at least, a lot depends on key players performing to their potential and fringe players and younger squad members going beyond what might be expected of them.

Suspect Leeds will fall short of a GF this year. I think we over achieved last season but a lot will depend on injury and if we can keep Newman on the field . Top 4 would be good progress from a consistency standpoint. Could poss win cup with a kind draw.

Wigan could win it imo. Im unsure on Saints. There are a lot on unknowns for them. Would love Cas to go down

Getting, and keeping, Newman, Fusitua and McDonald fit is crucial. If they play in the majority of games they could bag 50 tries between them. I've got tremendous respect for Wigan as a club but I'm not convinced that they will improve this year. Bateman is a loss no matter what anybody says and while young Wardle could be very good, King is pretty average in my book. Not aware that they have players returning from injury (like Newman and Holroyd) who could have a transformational impact.

1. Saints - I just don't think anyone is quite at their level yet, but the gap is closing.
2. Wigan - Not a great Wigan side, but Field and French make the difference
3 - 5. Leeds, Hudds, Wire. In any order. We will be more consistent than last year and Wire will definitely be better.
6 - 8. Hull, Cats, Salford. In any order. Cats are on the decline. Smith will slightly improve Hull. Don't think Salford will do as well as last year.
9 - 12. HKR, Leigh, Cas, Wakey. In any order. Cas also on the decline. They could finish bottom.

1 Saints
2 Wigan
3 Hudd's
4 Leeds
5 Catalan
6 Warrington
7 Hull
8 Cas
9 Salford
10 Hull KR
11 Leigh
12 Wakey

1: Saints
2: Wigan
3: Giants
4: Rhinos
5: Dragons
6: Wolves
7: Hull FC
8: Salford
9: Hull KR
10: Tigers
11: Leigh
12: Wakey

Leigh will finish higher than Leeds, trust me.

Only if you turn the table upside down mate.