1-warringhton
2-wigan
3-saints
4-huddersfield
5-leeds
6-salford
7-catalans
8-hull fc
9-Hull kr
10-widnes
11-castleford
12-bradford
13-wakefield
14-london

GF warringhton
CC saints

1. Wigan
2. St Helens
3. Warrington
4. Leeds
5. Huddersfield
6. Hull
7. Catalans
8. Salford
9. Castleford
10. Hull KR
11. Widnes
12. Bradford
13. Wakefield
14. London

CC- Leeds
GF- St Helens

1. Wigan
2. Huddersfield
3. St Helens
4. Warrington
5. Leeds
6. Catalans
7. Hull FC
8. Salford
9. Widnes
10. Hull KR
11. Castleford
12. Bradford
13. Wakefield
14. London

CC - St Helens
GF - Wigan

Ian Millward's (Sporting Life):

1. Wire
2. Saints
3. Leeds
4. Hudds
5. Pies
6. Catalans
7. HKR
8. Salford
9. Hull FC
10. Bulls
11. Widnes
12. Cas
13. Wakey
14. Broncs

Analysing the predictions to date gives the following composite results:

1. Saints
2. Wigan
3. Wolves
4. Giants
5. Rhinos
6. Dragons
7. Hull
8. Salford
9. Hull KR
10. Cas
11. Widnes
12.Wakefield
13. Bulls
14. London
No single prediction matches the above exactly.

Most people favour the Rhinos to win the cup with Saints to win the Grand Final.

Would be quite something with Leeds having lost their last 6 CC finals and Saints having lost their last 5 GF's.

Wigan
Leeds
St Helens
Warrington
Huddersfield
Catalan
Hull
Salford
Hull KR
Wakefield
Castleford
Widnes
London
Bradford

I might need to revise mine, given Bradford's latest flirtation with the administrator

Don't bother.

Their iconic status as a SL club shall be protected by their landlords (the RFL) no matter what.

It was the "[uformer[/u holding company" which went into administration today anyhow, and not the new holding company... bwahahahahaha.

Don't forget to leave your entry William - several posters in the past have set their personal benchmark against it.

Phuzzy I dont believe a word of that. From what I have heard they are bullish about next season. Smith has openly said that he has been building towards this new team. Moran our chairman has known to back us financially whenever a new player is needed. I think you are way off the mark imo.

Phuzzy when you say the upper echelons who do you mean moran, gatliffe,broomhead, smith?

Nope. Seinor tea lady, retail team manager and a guy who stands at the bar in his local who is pretty old and seems to watch RL if it's on and the landlady isn't wearing anything revealing.

1 Saints-some good signings, decent outside backs, decent halves, World Class Hooker, big pack, need step back up to the big leagues after a year or two fo rebuilding
2 Giants-still hungry, wont place as much importance on finishing top but aren’t experienced enough to manage the season to the degree of other clubs
3 Wire-too good for many teams in the league, will miss Briers in the big games
4 Leeds-great backs, not enough up front, but easily capable of beating anyone, need to manage the season more than others with rotation, especially up front
5 Wigan-will simply try and do what they did last year
6 Catalans- simply the 6th best team in the comp imo, stuck in a little bit of no mans land in quite a bit better than those below, not close enough to those above
7 Cas will start off strong, gets some big wins under their belts and hope to hang on
8 Salford-Will do the opposite of Cas, nobby will do what nobby does.
9 Hull-another season of under achievement, will look one week like they can beat anyone, look like they couldn’t beat a school team the next
10 Hull KR Will define mediocrity. Bang in the middle, too good to go down, not good enough for the 8
11 Bulls- Will stay up may not be anywhere near their best squad, still got some decent players and experience
12 Widnes-looked to be building for the last few years, haven’t added anyone haven’t added anyone game changing this off-season
13 Wakefield- decent squad which will keep in touch, just doesn’t have the depth for me
14 London-not that bad a squad, but simply has not time to get together or gel and will lose early games, possibly denting confidence, possibly getting left behind.

I was very tempted to put Castleford in the top 8 as I thought they'd be dark horses and saw their season going similar to what you describe with a good start and decent chunk of the season in the playoff spots, except I thought they might just slide out of 8 by the end (ended up putting 10th). Kinda wish I'd listed them in the Top 8 now though.

They have a very good coach. Kind of like the opposites in all areas to Salford.

You've still got time - entry doesn't close until kick-off in the Wigan V Huddersfield opener this Friday.

(Any edits before 8pm 7th February 2014 will be permitted - although date of entry for final League positions where posters finish on same score will be adjusted to reflect the finalising of the selection.)

1. Warrington
2. Huddersfield
3. Wigan
4. St Helens
5. Leeds
6. Catalans
7. Salford
8. Hull
9. Hull KR
10. Castleford
11. Bradford
12. Wakefield
13. Widnes
14. London

No real disagreement about the top 6 as afar as I can see, just variation in the order.

Most people have London bottom. I wonder if they can eclipse Halifax's feats in 2003?

ian laybourn from sporting life www.sportinglife.com/rugby-leagu ... club-guide 1 - wolves 2 - giants 3 - rhinos 4 - saints 5 - warriors 6 - red devils 7 - hull kr 8 - dragons 9 - hull fc 10 - tigers 11 - bulls 12 - widnes 13 - wildcats 14 - broncos

ian laybourn from sporting life www.sportinglife.com/rugby-leagu ... club-guide 1 - wolves 2 - giants 3 - rhinos 4 - saints 5 - warriors 6 - red devils 7 - hull kr 8 - dragons 9 - hull fc 10 - tigers 11 - bulls 12 - widnes 13 - wildcats 14 - broncos

ian millward - sporting life www.sportinglife.com/rugby-leagu ... o-dominate 1 - wolves 2 - saints 3 - rhinos 4 - giants 5 - warriors 6 - dragons 7 - hull kr 8 - red devils 9 - hull fc 10 - bulls 11 - widnes 12 - tigers 13 - wildcats 14 - broncos

ian millward - sporting life www.sportinglife.com/rugby-leagu ... o-dominate 1 - wolves 2 - saints 3 - rhinos 4 - giants 5 - warriors 6 - dragons 7 - hull kr 8 - red devils 9 - hull fc 10 - bulls 11 - widnes 12 - tigers 13 - wildcats 14 - broncos

phil clarke has spoken to the rugby gods and these are his finishing predictions www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... club-guide 1 - red devils 2 - wolves 3 - rhinos 4 - wigan 5 - saints 6 - giants 7 - hull fc 8 - dragons 9 - widnes 10 - hull kr 11 - tigers 12 - bulls 13 - wildcats 14 - broncos

phil clarke has spoken to the rugby gods and these are his finishing predictions www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... club-guide 1 - red devils 2 - wolves 3 - rhinos 4 - wigan 5 - saints 6 - giants 7 - hull fc 8 - dragons 9 - widnes 10 - hull kr 11 - tigers 12 - bulls 13 - wildcats 14 - broncos

St Helens
Warrington
Leeds
Wigan
Huddersfield
Salford
Catalans
Hull KR
Hull
Castleford
Widnes
Wakefield
Bradford
London

1. Wigan
2. Huddersfield
3. Warrington
4. Leeds
5. Saints
6. Catalans
7. 'ull
8. Salford
9. Castleford
10. 'ull KR
11. Bratfort
12. Wakefield
13. Widnes
14. London

GF = Wigan CC = Huddersfield