If we come across. If we finish 9th or 11th then it's at Headingley.

Realistically, we shouldn't have enough to trouble you guys although, in our most recent meeting, we gave you something of a fright. Since then, our forwards have improved tremendously, but the backs probably aren't as effective. If we were to play you in the first match, it might get interesting but, otherwise you should have too much class.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing some class players up against us once more.

Good luck for the rest of your season - except in just one match, of course!

As a Leigh fan, I would want to play you at headingley. Anything less than a 30 point loss will be a good result for us and will toughen us up for the other games.

As someone has posted, we play a more conservative (SL style really) of Rugby which will hopefully see us well.

All sensible Leigh fans would want us to win the 3 championship games. That alone means we will finish at least 5th and a Million pound game. The only SL team capable of imploding is HKR in my opinion, but saying that, should still be too strong for us.

Over 80 mins though, anything can happen. I just hope we dont play 3 SL teams first like we did last time round. It completely killed us off !!

Either way, I will look forward to playing Leeds. You should be nowhere near the bottom 4, but you are. In a way, I am pleased that you have kept your faith in Brian McDermott. Quality coach who brings the kids through.

Good luck, but you wont need it. I can see nothing more than a 7/7 come the middle 8's finishing for Leeds.

Glad somebody spotted it.

He was exactly the same last year, plus I like Leythers, in general

I like R L fans that have a sense of humour

Not much humour running through the Leeds camp this season Ste..Better to leave them alone,and let them dwelll on last season for various reasons.

Or we could dwell on a Cup game from two years ago, if you wanted?

Nah..The time is now.No point dwelling in the past.

yet, you want us to dwell on last season

Biff it is probably better for you to dwell,as your predictions so far this season really haven't met the grade.But saying that you can always smash the middle 8's up.

Don't really care about Mickey 8's, odds were always super slim we were going down and we likely won't be anywhere near now we have found some form again.

As long as we smash your lot that will be the cherry on the cake. Then you can all go find another unfortunate teams board and annoy them with your little man syndrome and sense of insecurity.

Do you get a trophy for finishing top of the middle 8s?

Nope, so just like Wigan this year and the last 2 we'll end the season trophyless

So after today's games the Championship looks like this

3 - Batley - 29 pts
4 - Bradford - 28 pts
5 - Featherstone - 28 pts
6 - Halifax - 27 pts

Final week

Featherstone vs Bradford
Swinton vs Batley
Halifax vs London

The winner of the Fev/Bradford gets in and you'd fancy Batley to get over Swinton. If they do slip up then Halifax can overtake them with a win as they have a much better points difference.

Hudds lost today and will finish bottom unless they can somehow win away to Warrington next week, even then because of points difference unlikely to get 4 home games. Equation simple for Leeds, win on Thursday and we have 4 home games regardless of what happens later in the weekend with the other fixtures.

9 - Salford - 14 pts
10 - HKR - 14 pts
11 - Leeds - 14 pts
12 - Hudds - 12 pts

Salford vs Hull
HKR vs Leeds
Warrington vs Huddersfield

I actually feel a bit bad about saying this but I want Featherstone to win next week because I think of the Championship teams in the Middle 8's if Bradford were one they would be the most up for beating us.

Send everyone who doesn't play Thursday to Featherstone.

Quick permutations regarding Leeds

9th - we'll finish 9th if we beat HKR and Salford lose to Hull

10th - we'll finish 10th if we beat HKR and Salford win against Hull

11th - we'll finish 11th if we lose to HKR and Hudds lose to Wire

12th - we'll finish 12th if we lose to HKR and Hudds beat Wire

What if Mitch Achurch doesn't play Thursday?

Maybe McGuire and Stevie Ward need a warm up game for fitness.

I think you can win the 'middle 8's'....good luck in your quest, it will be an amazing achievement if you manage to do it.

Middle 8's is the only competition that is open to SL teams that Leeds haven't won yet...

Jesus.....and I thought the poor effort from Leeds players during the regular season would take some effort in beating.

Is ther any need to Blaspheme ? You naughty Rhino....

As a Fev fan, I don't think that's quite how it works. Other than Baldwinson, who to all intents and purposes has been a Fev player all season, we seem to have just used DR to fill in for injuries or very weak spots. In all honesty, there isn't always a huge difference between starting-calibre players in a decent Championship team and players 20-25 from a SL squad, especially when the Championship players have the advantage of knowing the system. I'm not sure we would have used Mullally the last couple of weeks if Roche hadn't been injured, for instance, and if Achurch (who actually did ok for us when used without standing out) isn't in the Leeds 17 on Thursday I doubt Sharp would drop one of our established back rowers to fit him in.

I did think we might ask if both Golding and Handley were available as both our starting wings are injured, but Sharp has apparently said he will field an unchanged team on Sunday so it might just be Golding (along with Baldwinson and Mullally).

Briscoe, Walters & Baldwinson loaned for rest of season to Featherstone. In theory, you could have 7 Rhinos players in this week (3 above & Golding, Handley, Mullally & maybe Lilley).