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You'll notice the Super League semifinals were Leeds v Catalans and St Helens v Wigan. The last four teams left in the competition.

Presumably you think Rovers finished in the top four of the Challenge Cup?

So who finished 3rd and 4th in this alternate universe then?

In the real world Wigan finished 3rd and Catalans 4th. It's not hard to follow, really.

Tell me who were ranked 1st in 2007 and 2008, please. Remember St Helens were league leaders in both seasons and Leeds won both Grand Finals.

Do you try to be delibirately stupid Paul or is it a natural gift.

Im talking about the Challenge cup if the losing finalists are now 2nd which losing semi finalist claims 3rd place?

There is a draw for the Challenge Cup semi finals, whereas the Super League semi finals are seeded.

Why has the Superleague website not amended their final table to show us in 6th place then?

Do you live in a crack house in San Quentin?

Fook knows. Why not email them? It dosn't change the fact that you never made the final four. You finished a creditable 6th.

No.

Just visit one then

Yeah ok then

we will enjoy our 4th place finish while you can celebrate finishing(albeit only just

)above Salford and Celtic

It's like talking to a brick wall



Yes, Hull finished 12th and never made the playoffs. Rovers did but their early exit meant they failed to make the final stages, i.e. the final 4. What is so difficult to understand about that?



Are you going to answer my question regarding St Helens ranking in 2007 and 2008?

Yes Sts finished top yet lost the GF but the yearbooks show they finished top of the table.
Why does it rankle so much Rovers finished 4th in the league?

Then you weren't reading these forums.

The Wakey fans had great delight in pointing out that they finished above us by virtue of winning the playoff game between us. They went so far as to get emails from both the RFL and SL confirming that final placings are decided AFTER the playoffs and not before. The league table isn't updated because it only covers the weekly rounds.

Now, you might think that this is all meaningless semantics anyway, but there is an important consequence. The prize monies that get divided up between the playoff teams is figured on finishing position after the playoff and not the weekly rounds. So Rovers will have received the money for a 6th place finish rather than a 4th place finish.

It's not a system I particularly agree with, and it's hardly intuitive, but it's the system followed by the RFL and SL. Feel free to check with them.

I'm perfectly chilled, cheers. I was just providing some detail on the issue as I couldn't see a proper explanation elsewhere on the thread. It's not as if there's a great deal of difference between finishing 4th or 6th anyway in terms of prestige.

Well you wouldn't think so........

6th - accept it and move on

4th

get over it

Quote ="PAUL M"6th - accept it and move on '" Once again - www.superleague.co.uk, it's a great website and very informative, check it out.

Quote ="PAUL M"6th - accept it and move on '" Once again - www.superleague.co.uk, it's a great website and very informative, check it out.

Id love to see what the FC fans would say if we finished 5th in 2010....
my betting is you will say weve finished lower then in 2009 - which proves your all talking shiite and you need to get back on your own forum as nothing thats been said is contructive in any way.


GOODBYE.

Quote ="Roofs"Once again - www.superleague.co.uk, it's a great website and very informative, check it out. '" You finished 4th at the end of the regular season however it doe not end there and after the playoff's you finished 6th. Either way you won feckall but you still did better than us so we can hardly shout from the rooftops. Was Cameron Smith talking up the top four in the playoffs of league? We'll never know!

Quote ="Roofs"Once again - www.superleague.co.uk, it's a great website and very informative, check it out. '" You finished 4th at the end of the regular season however it doe not end there and after the playoff's you finished 6th. Either way you won feckall but you still did better than us so we can hardly shout from the rooftops. Was Cameron Smith talking up the top four in the playoffs of league? We'll never know!

TBF both sides of the argument have validity. It is true that as far as prize money in concerned Rovers finished 6th, but imo the league doesn't lie especially now without the lop sided fixtures of recent years. I would say Rovers finished 4th in all honesty and therefore are a top 4 club.

As an aside and being as prize money is only available to those who finish in a play-off position would it be fair to say that everyone who finished outside the top 8 finished joint last??

To be perfectly honest you could ask Cam Smith which teams he was referring to and I wouldn't be surprised if he said 'St Helens, Leeds and errrmm.....well theres um...Wigan?' Such is the Aussies care for SL.