On Saints and Wire based on the first few weeks it looks good for them but it appears every team in SL is capable of a shocker, its just a matter of time before it happens. Saints had theirs at the wrong time last year - though there were a few mitigating factors like Barba clocking off.

As for Hull I think you'll be in the playoff mix at the end, will that be good enough to win anything? Who knows in knockout rugby.

knock out rugby is all rl is now.the best team in the comp,who finish top get no credit.be second best all year,win a couple of games at the end and the rl reward second best with cash.

But you are looking at it the wrong way. The big prize is the GF, every team knows that before a ball is kicked. The 30 regular season games are all about getting well positioned and managing your resources so that you can have the best shot at reaching and winning the GF. It doesn't matter who is best after 30 games, it's just qualifying. Cas might have finished first in 2017, but they clearly weren't the best team, they proved that when push came to shove.

You may disagree with the system and think it should be most points after 30 rounds wins. If they did that then teams priorities would change towards being consistent week in week out. But in the current system the best team is the one that gets to the final and performs on the day.

In the 2012 Olympic 100m Usain Bolt was 9th fastest in the qualifiers and 3rd in the semis. When it mattered he turned it on and ran a world record. I don't hear anyone suggesting that Justin Gatlin was the true champion because he was more consistent throughout the competition.

For someone who has a Zuchini for a head, you don’t arf talk sense sometimes.

For clarity, a Zuchini does not exist, it is a corguette.

For clarity, zucchini is another name for a courgette.

Zucchini is an American English word for Courgette or marrow. A Golden Zucchini is typically orange/yellow. Those pesky Yanks.

Er it’s “courgette” you great turnip.

indeed, my fault, but it still remain a Zucchini doesn't exist, unless you are American.

We are being eroded by Americanisms, like using a z instead of an s, too many trash American TV shows, it started with Cheers and got worse with Friends, Sex in the City onwards, we have become a very unintelligent nation.

Absolutely 100% correct Martin.
The proof is in your pudding.