am i right in saying that if we come 1st we play on friday and if we come 2nd we play on saturday in the first round of the play off games

i think it all depends on when wigan athletic have a home game.

Wigan Athletic are away at Man City. It will also depend if Catalan get a home tie, as that will definitely be played on Saturday if they do.

Hope we come 2nd then because i cant make the Friday night

who needs the hubcap anyway

Saints on Friday will do for me.

Saturday is definitely better for me. Stuck in Larndon until 3.30pm on the Friday.

Didn't realise that there would be an up-side to finishing 2nd.

Assuming we finish second ... if we beat Saints do they get a second chance? Would assume that we do since we have finished in the top two?

Oh for the days of the old top 8 play-offs

they do, the move onto week 2 and play one of the teams in the 5/6/7/8th spot, whereas we would move on to week 3

If you look on the regular league rounds as fighting for top seed in the comp then the main adavntage is the 2 home games. If as expected 1 beats 4 and 2 beats 3 then 3 & 4 get another opportunity. The final could end up being between 2 teams that have already lost a game and by the same token you could miss out on the final by losing 1 play off game and having nothing more than home advantage as the reward for being a top seeded team.

With it now looking like we will finish second, does anybody know the play off dates? Wigan v Saints - will this be on Friday 16th September?

if we finish 2nd our game would be the Saturday i would think

we might have to beat st helens twice just to get to the grand final

If you finish second you will play Saturday UNLESS Catalans qualify for a home game. They are getting the Saturday slot to allow for travel arrangements. Second place will then be 2.45pm Sunday

I suspect that if Catalan are at home - the 1v4 and 2v3 matches will go into the Sky double header on the Sunday (2:45pm & 5:15pm).

If Catalan finish 7th or 8th I suspect 1v4 will be Friday 8pm and 2v3 Saturday 6:45pm.

you make it sound difficult

Catalans are guaranteed a home fixture aren't they as they can't finish lower than 6th!

Hull have a much superior points difference, if they beat Wire and Catalan lose to Salford then they will go ahead of Catalan.
But yeah it's pretty much nailed on, which is a bummer because Sunday is probably the only day I'll struggle to make.

if hull win we will play on friday that's if we beat crusaders

Based on last years Play Off series i would imagine we would play Friday. This was the case last year. Saints finished 2nd with Warrington 3rd and this was the openenig game of the play offs with Wigan 1st v Leeds 4th on the Saturday.

City away is this weekend. Next weekend it's Everton at home on Saturday.

Everton away.

Whoops, my bad

Assuming we made it to the qualifying semis the weekend before the Grand Final I hope and pray it's a Friday or a Sunday game. It's the girlfriends 30th on the Saturday night and short of getting everyone to go to the hospitality at the stadium at very short notice I'd have to miss the game.

The weeks before that don't really matter to me. I can make any day or time I think.

think they only play friday or sat not sunday

If they finish 4th they will play 1st away. I'm assuming they can still finish 4th that is