Quote ="WARRIORCRAIG"What I don't understand is why the MW is still being used as an EXTRA fixture, when it doesn't need to be. 22 games before the split plus 7 after = 29 games (14 home, 14 away, 1 neutral). What point does the 30th fixture acheive!? Granted the MW would have to take place after the split in to 8/8/8.'"
EXACTLY!! Said this in other forums....the only way the Magic weekend makes sense is to have it as the first round after the split, so it leaves a balanced fixture list of 11 home / 11 away THEN 1 neutral / 3 home / 3 away. The RFL MUST do this!
Also if we move to this then this for me must be a 'play off SERIES' and we don't then convolute it further with play offs on top.
12 teams, play each other home and away. 7 round play off series - with each in top 8 playing twice and points from season carried through - Top 2 through to grand final
Second 8 play simply for top 4 spots for 'promotion' the following season - No grand final - Its farcical!
Still don't know what the bottom 8 play for - Seems pointless unless we look at relegating bottom two to the championship?