They have given the top 8 a bye from the cup but they still play around of SL between themselves on the CC round 4 weekend. Simple idea would have been to exclude all SL teams from the 1st round of the CC, but the RFL dont do simple.

So we potentially play a mid week match against KR, Wakey or Salford to catch up

Good, I think it suits us to have a running start. Too many times we've limped into the season.

Too right. Training starts Friday week. Let's have it.

Did a team from the championship not get promoted this year? Mid July normal round of games finished?! Where is Leigh!?

Someone obviously doesn't understand the new structure.

I would take a look at this website, especially the video at the bottom.