Think Cas' constant promise of jam tomorrow on the new stadium has finally come back to bite them. With Wakeys ground improving and Leighs grade likely to also get higher with another season in SL, not sure what they can do to stay up in the top flight in 2025. Wonder what London actually do as well, down in 24th place, next season is quite pointless for them, it'll make recruitment difficult too as players will only be signing for 1 year in SL.

Thought we would be a decent B team, but to get an A with how bad our onfield performances have been over the last few years is an outstanding effort by management and everybody who works behind the scenes at the club.

This, and when you consider the work done in reserves and academy which aren't substantively recognised, even more so.

We’ve got an A with the potential to improve even further. Not sure many other A clubs have that ability.

That said, I don’t agree with the criteria anyway. We get huge crowds in super league terms and we’re penalised due to having a bigger stadium. No credit is given for fielding academy and reserve teams. Just count the clicks instead.

Still think IMG is smoke and mirrors. Rearranging deckchairs on the titanic.

Obviously pleasing to secure our status, but let's face it those seven clubs (along with Huddersfield and Leigh) were virtual shoe-ins for a SL spot, the competition (and the sport in general) simply can't prosper without them.

As long as we're one of the top twelve, that's all that really matters, although I'm sure our neighbours will be creaming themselves at scoring marginally higher than us!

It looks as though, reading the article, that Salford, Wakefield, Toulouse and Castleford will be scrapping for the remaining 2025 spots in the league. No wonder Cas sound worried by these developments.

Are the breakdowns for each clubs grading anywhere?

I think Leigh might be in trouble - they’re unlikely to get the bonus for winning the cup again.

Most likely scenario seems to be Toulouse replace London and the trio of Leigh, Cas and Wakey are left contending for the two remaining spots for 2025.

Maybe the leopard rebrand has boosted Leighs engagement and viewing figures...another season playing in super league will further boost their score. Wakey have the benefit of winning the championship and possibly the 1895 cup, can see Cas missing out in 2025 unfortunately

Beaumont will go ballistic if Leigh are downgraded to non-SL status! His rants about the video ref, officialdom and general running of the game as a whole will be nothing compared to his reaction to Leigh being booted out.

I wouldn't like to be the one who had to break that news to him!

We will probably be able to hear him in Hull nevermind anywhere else!

Looking increasingly likely we'll have a 14 team league in 2025

Congratulations on being ranked the 7th biggest club in Super League.

You've just won me a tenner. Cheers Bob!

Curious as to whether the criteria is based on empty seats or unsold tickets. Get the netting out Adam.

Seems its capacity of ground, and as we open it for the derby its 25k (or 23k inckuding segregation)

Bit of a baffling metric, can only assume it was to try and pre empt clubs hiring big grounds just to tick the stadium box.

14 teams is the way to go for me, the sooner these boring loop games go the better.

Seriously dont think they have a clue where to go next other than push a fourteen team League

I know lets remove 10000 seats before every home game
IMG are a joke.
Lets get back to playing rugby and make sure its what happens on the field that counts.
These idiots have backed themselves into a corner now London have been promoted and their only way out is to increase S/L to fourteen clubs which from a finance point S/Lclubs wont let it happen.
Ill say it again when the RFL wake up to this IMG nonsense and see their imput is worth diddly squat this 12 year deal will be over in three

probably put Grade A on the shirts now

but winning the Championship didnt do Featherstone any good with a 10.65 grading

Just think of those extra points if Schneider could find touch a simple penalty.

And the 38 years of hurt would have been over.

But he didn't and it's not.

Dave K wins the internet!

Only 0.125 pts for a challenge cup win, same as having LED advertising boards at your ground!

Tbf they don't even have them

good post from a Leigh supporter who can see the light


Woohoo, Leeds are Champions of Super League despite having a crap team. How on earth can anyone call this game a sport anymore. It's an effing joke. Doesn't matter what you do on the field, an Excel spreadsheet will decide your future. They will kill the end of season games and I fear for the clubs left out. Some of the teams above us are a joke, especially Toulouse and Wakey. Last person out please switch the lights off. They should bin IM effing G before they kill the game.

Roll on Derek and his investors new league Ultimate Rugby. Super League or whatever IMG rename it - I suggest Droopy league - died today.