Due to my inability to understand anything the RFL implement (guess I'm not the only one!) - are we still potentially playing in this or not?

No idea how it works!!

Only if saints and Wigan are playing the grand final do we get the chance. If wire or Catalan get to the final then no we don't!

i can't see us taking up the option if we were given it.
i think it will be the 2 grand finalists and leeds!

It would be embarrassing if we played in it we're still miles behind super league teams when it matters never mind NRL teams

If we qualify we have to play. How could we ever expect to get the experience of big games if we don't take the opportunities. Also we automatically become a bigger draw to potential top signings.

i agree, too many benefits not to take the option! would be daft not too.

But if we perform like we did against Wigan.....

It will sadly be too costly a game for your club to arrange and undertake

how you work that one out?

Because we'd probably struggle to get over 10,000 there which you'd need to make the £180,000 back it costs to enter

it will be the only game in west Yorkshire plus sky with have to pay to cover it and match sponsors should be a nice earner for the club plus good for the clubs profile

We would enter, I am sure. If not then the club might as well say we are never aiming to be one of the big clubs in SL.

Lets wait and see, grand final teams not been sorted yet.

but cant see us not being involved if we are the 3rd team to qualify for it.

confirmed it will be wigan, saints and warrington

warrington classed as the highest ranked team after wigan and saints... seems to have been some change then as it was supposed to be on the league positions?

hudds said to be 'undecided' when asked if going to compete, minds been made up for them by thr rfl.

Really disappointed with thy his news!

No surprise really, RFL good at changing the goalposts, don't know why they didn't just say we'll pick who we want from the start instead of the usual "we'll make things up as we go along" attitude they have to all things Rugby. It would have been nice to have competed in it and I've no doubt Wire will give a good account of themselves, but originally I thought it was the 2 finalists and the highest ranked team based on League position. not on the whim of the RFL who clearly can't make a decision and stick to it.

would be nice to have some actual statement from the Giants about this, if we didnt want to be in it then fair enough but if the RFL have moved the goal posts then it stinks

Well it looks like that's exactly what they are saying -

about right really- small club with a small club mentality?
so all Lancashire sides in GF and in WCC.

What an absolute joke but I think there's 3 parties to blame for this.

1st - The RFL - Let's be honest they wouldn't have ever wanted us in this competition, we're hardly seen as a glamour team are we! I'm pretty sure as soon as we raised our concerns about the competition they were already on the phone to Warrington. Could they have given us more time? Could they have even helped us finance it?

2nd - The fans - or should I say the lack of. Let's be honest the main concern would be money and the simple fact is that we don't have the income stream that the top clubs have. I just watched the Wigan documentary on Sky and they took 2,000 to Australia, we struggle to get 500 to an away game. I'm not sure how we can attract more fans maybe the people of Huddersfield aren't bothered.

3rd - The Club - In the end this comes down to the club. It's their job to attract the fans and keep the club financially healthy. The fact that they couldn't decide speaks volumes of how bad the management is. They knew there potentially was going to be a decision to be made and should have had a yes or no answer. I've thought for a while that Richard Thewlis should get out. Do we not have any spare money because of the Keith Mason case? who's fault was that? because the money we threw at that could have been used. Again, lack of ambition from the club for a second time this week.

One positive is that it won't be a distraction at the beginning of the season.

Gutted about this. If there was ever a time to try and get more fans through the gates, to me this was a way to increase our stature.

If the RFL have moved the goal posts, as fans we should know. If not then we should also know. I hope either the RFL or the club can clarify the situation.

All I knew was it was the "next highest ranked teams based on league positions". I assumed like many that it meant just off the league table and not the playoffs, but it can easily be ready as though league positions will be used to decide out of the 2 losing semi finalists

Highest in the league of the semi finalists...Wire.

If you hadn't been beat by Catalans, then you'd be there.

....especially if it suits the RFL agenda...

Typical RFL.

How can we stop this great game being run by such a set of, shall we say, individuals?