Assuming it’s the same as the champ if you came 2nd your play off game would be against the team in 3rd - the winner of that then play saints for a place in GF

Top Five

The current play-off system, used from 2019 onwards, was also previously used between 1998 and 2001. The same system was used in the NSWRL's Sydney Competition 1973-1994, the Australian Super League in its only season 1997, the VFL, 1972–1990 and New Zealand's Lion Red Cup, 1994–1996, and Bartercard Cup, 2000-2006.

The Top Five Super League Play-Off Structure:

Week One
Qualification Final: 2nd vs 3rd
Elimination Final: 4th vs 5th
Bye: 1st

Week Two
Major Semi Final: 1st vs Winners of Qual Final
Minor Semi Final: Losers of Qual Final vs Winners of Elim Final

Week Three
Prel Final: Losers of Major Semi Final vs Winners of Minor Semi Final
Bye: Winners of Major Semi Final

Week Four
Grand Final: Winners of Major Semi Final vs Winners of Prel Final

Thanks Grimmy

No worries, it's more complicated than it needs to be to be honest but does produce good games. Same system as 2001 if you remember then

You’ll do well to come across a saltier set of fans than the wakey lot today...totally embarrassing how they were going at the ref!

A lovely lady in the Wakey end on the way off was going wild at a steward, who was telling her to calm down, saying it wasn’t her fault she was going mad and that it was Wigan’s fault as we’re ‘the fu*king biggest bunch of cheating ba*tards she’s come across’.

And there was me thinking we’d had a pretty rough ride with the officials, especially second half when I counted 6 high tackles we didn’t get (got a 7th for one on Leuluai), twice the tackle count should’ve gone back to one but didn’t and on one occasion right in front of us a pass outside for Joe Burgess was flicked by a Wakefield hand and missed by the touch judge. Even taking those decisions in to account, I didn’t feel the need to go in to meltdown.

We didn’t seem to fire today and Wakey dragged us into a niggly match.

One thing to say is French needs lots of work if we are expecting him to be a starting half next year.

I can sympathise with some of the complaints from Wakefield. Marshall was around 7m right of the centre when he took the quick tap and I think we did get the better side of the calls today, but sometimes that happens.

Quote ="dh13"You’ll do well to come across a saltier set of fans than the wakey lot today...totally embarrassing how they were going at the ref!'" With tries coming from tap restarts like this, who could blame us? https://mobile.twitter.com/DPitchforth/ ... 32/photo/1

Quote ="dh13"You’ll do well to come across a saltier set of fans than the wakey lot today...totally embarrassing how they were going at the ref!'" With tries coming from tap restarts like this, who could blame us? https://mobile.twitter.com/DPitchforth/ ... 32/photo/1

I disagree thought we were hard done by with the ref

Quote ="King Street Cat"With tries coming from tap restarts like this, who could blame us? https://mobile.twitter.com/DPitchforth/ ... 32/photo/1'" Funny thing was though, did your fans even know that was the case until after the game when Chester pointed out? Good eyes if the ones kicking off on the end terrace could see that. It clearly looks like an error on that picture but I’d probably question the horrible defence if I were Chester rather than doing the current go to trend of ‘it’s all the refs fault’. I sensed a few try’s may have been chalked off with a video ref today.

Quote ="King Street Cat"With tries coming from tap restarts like this, who could blame us? https://mobile.twitter.com/DPitchforth/ ... 32/photo/1'" Funny thing was though, did your fans even know that was the case until after the game when Chester pointed out? Good eyes if the ones kicking off on the end terrace could see that. It clearly looks like an error on that picture but I’d probably question the horrible defence if I were Chester rather than doing the current go to trend of ‘it’s all the refs fault’. I sensed a few try’s may have been chalked off with a video ref today.

It was so wide of the mark, I could see it from the North stand at the time. You expect an odd knock on to go for or against you when you're not on Sky, but that's just blatanat cheating from Marshall and incompetence from the ref. They both know where the mark is. Marshall just picked his easiest way through and the ref let him run.

Just watched the try’s and I’m still to see evidence Wakey grounded the ball for first try (was convinced we’d kicked it dead at the ground) and BJB’s in the second half is so close as well.

Swings and roundabouts.

It was a bad call for Wakey and we definitely got away with one. Unrelated to today, Iv always thought it would be a good rule to change. Why not let the ball be tapped anywhere on the line to increase the chances of a line break?

I was in the North Stand and it was blatant. Caused a significant level of booing and anger at the ref and rightly so.

I don’t blame Marshall but the ref should have make him retake it.

Marshall simply chanced his arm and got away with it.

He clearly took the tap opposite the massive gap rather than from the centre.

I was in line with our first try and was amazed to see it given, enough evidence to show how poor refereeing standard has fallen

It's now wonder fans get frustrated

I was in line with our first try and was amazed to see it given, enough evidence to show how poor refereeing standard has fallen

It's now wonder fans get frustrated

Fair enough, it’s clearly a poor call but the willingness in the game to pin results on the ref is pretty startling. As I’ve pointed out above there were a couple of other dubious try decisions today (possibly including Marshall’s first) and generally things even up over a game,season etc.

Over the course of the game I felt we were actually quite harshly dealt with but of course I’m biased. I certainly didn’t feel there was any need for some of the OTT reactions of Wakey fans as they were leaving the stadium.

Exactly! Swings and roundabouts...suppose it’s a lot easier to slate the ref over the tap restart call than blame the poor defence or mention their first try looked dodgy and it evened itself out over the game.

The kicking off near the end when tommy got taken really high and we got the pen for it was so bizarre...got to be really bitter to give the ref a hard time over calls like that!

There was another one when Clubb went over and the in-goal judge indicated a try but the ref. said no try. The Marshall one from the tap was a wrong call I've seen a still shot of it but couldn't tell at the game, but Marshall deserves a bollocking for taking the longer route

Wind your neck in, you got a lucky try from a rebound and where the grounding was more than debatable plus a try from a blatant forward pass, but I suppose you didn’t see those.

We scored off a knock on and tapping on the wrong mark. I think the Powell one was fine. One of Wakey's tries wasn't grounded IMO. Tangata wants a right b*locking for the 20m restart try. He's in a fine position to make the tackle, then we wouldn't be talking about it, but he's more bothered about complaining to the ref than simply tackling him.

There was also a forward pass to escare for their third try

Looking at the try’s again I think there would’ve been a case to rule out both Marshall’s first and obviously third try’s. There’s also a strong case to say Wakey’s first should never be given, their second had a forward pass to Escare in the build up and their last try would’ve been interesting to see on Sky.

All in all I’d say about evens and a fair result.

I saw those, I also saw what looked to be a double movement at the end, but like I said, unless you're on Sky you're stuffed with the 50/50 knock-ons and forward passes, so you just get used to hoping they even themselves out over a game/season. But for a player to take a tap about 7 metres from the mark, and the ref to just let it go, despite being stood in line, is just shocking on both their parts. You wouldn't get that at an under 9s game, from player or ref.

Wakeys first and third weren't grounded