When the bottom four teams enter the Challenge Cup, what will the Top 8 do as I presume the last 16 match will be before the split. i.e. cant fit Last 16, QF and SF all between split and the final???? (Unless the plan is to play Last 16, QF and SF in a three week block in late July/ early Aug?)



That would be mad, as get knocked out in Last 16 and rest for two weeks

Seriously, what don't you understand? It's not difficult.

I don't think that people don't understand the new structure per se, but it's hard to understand why it was implemented and how it will work.



Why on earth a team playing a full super league season then maybe finishing just out of the top 8 then has to go on and play a Micky mouse "middle 8" with potentially 2-4 semi pro teams is astonishing.



Especially after we have had one of the most competitive seasons in a very long time. We had the top 6 all with a chance to get top spot and teams competing for play offs all the way down to 12th.



This season had really put a rubber stamp on the franchising idea... It has worked!!



Only thing we should have done is drop London and replace with Leigh.

Then rebuild London and work with Toulouse to make a 16 team league.



It's laughable that they have been banging the expansion drum for so long, then to turn completely 180 to go back to 12 teams.



Was a disaster for Swiss soccer and rejected by Scottish football. Change for changes sake

Quote ="Him"You said if the Championship clubs can run u20's why can't the SL clubs. They run one academy team same as the Championship clubs do. It was partly to save money it was partly that DR was supposed to take the place of the SL's u20's to provide a much higher standard for the better academy prospects to play in and, crucially, to play against men. That's why the u20's and u18's were then merged into an u19's with no overage players to provide a place for those academy players who still needed time playing against their own age group. There would still be a need for DR's even with an u20's. Because the u20's still doesn't get the better academy players playing against men. Which is what's needed for their development. Give DR's time to settle and clubs time to work out their relationships with each other and I reckon they can ">work.'" U20's allows overage players to play, U19's doesn't. No matter how much you egg it up SL clubs attempts to save money meant players coming back from injury now use Champ clubs, and following a major gaffe, injured overseas players had nowhere to play as their VISAs wouldn't allow it. Shows that the only thought that went into the academy changes was how much money can we save. Anyway sorry guys but this is slightly off the thread topic.

Quote ="Him"You said if the Championship clubs can run u20's why can't the SL clubs. They run one academy team same as the Championship clubs do. It was partly to save money it was partly that DR was supposed to take the place of the SL's u20's to provide a much higher standard for the better academy prospects to play in and, crucially, to play against men. That's why the u20's and u18's were then merged into an u19's with no overage players to provide a place for those academy players who still needed time playing against their own age group. There would still be a need for DR's even with an u20's. Because the u20's still doesn't get the better academy players playing against men. Which is what's needed for their development. Give DR's time to settle and clubs time to work out their relationships with each other and I reckon they can ">work.'" U20's allows overage players to play, U19's doesn't. No matter how much you egg it up SL clubs attempts to save money meant players coming back from injury now use Champ clubs, and following a major gaffe, injured overseas players had nowhere to play as their VISAs wouldn't allow it. Shows that the only thought that went into the academy changes was how much money can we save. Anyway sorry guys but this is slightly off the thread topic.

Quote ="Wellsy13"Seriously, what don't you understand? It's not ">difficult.'" Go on then, give me an explanation.

Quote ="Wellsy13"Seriously, what don't you understand? It's not ">difficult.'" Go on then, give me an explanation.