Ah ... nostalgia!

But even that is not what it used to be!

Is not having the best talent spread evenly across twelve teams not better for the game than having them clustered in three or four teams? Given time this will (in my opinion) raise the overall standard of the game in the UK.

It does, of course, mean that the 'big four' concept is defunct... a situation that the traditional 'big boys' and their fans will not like as it seemingly reduces the quality of their team by not being able to 'Hoover up' all the best talent.

It is a very interesting league this year, very exciting.

Well, having seen them at the weekend, it was your typical catalans half d away performance.

The lowlight of which, remember at the start of the season when players were chucking passes from the ptb in players 'in the way' in order to get penalties?

Well, Fouad Yaha picked a ball from up acting half took a step backwards to a wire player lay on the floor out of the way, looked at the referee and slowly leaned down into him trying to get a penalty, you know when your dog is trying to sneakily climb on your sofa when they know they're not allowed, it looked exactly like that.

Its was totally pathetic.

Huddersfield - Salford A, Widnes H, Leigh H, Hull FC A.
Wigan - Widnes H, Catalan A, Warrington H, Leeds H.
Warrington - Wakefield A, Leigh H, Wigan A, Widnes H.
Catalan - Leigh H, Wigan H, St. Helens A, Castleford H.
Widnes - Wigan A, Huddersfield A, Wakefield H, Warrington A.
Leigh - Catalan A, Warrington A, Huddersfield A, Salford H.

You'd think Leigh were out of it being 7 points behind.

Leigh will be playing for 9th or 10th spot now,in order to get 4 home games in the Q8s.