Dates announced on Wednesday.

How you work that?

He's right. We play home to 3,4,6 and 7. Away to 1,5 and 8.

Thats correct, looking at it I don't think anyone team will win all there games.

On that basis we could definite be top 4 and possibly get 2nd place on 3 home wins and 1 away win, but we would have to beat Wigan and Huddersfield for them to play catch up.

Warrington did us a favour, bottom 4 teams would have to win at least 6 out of 7, interesting scenario's for August.

Also I should imagine the current top 4 will start and finish the 8's with a home game. (Home-Away-Home-Away-Home -Away-Home)

Finishing top 2 is massive for us now. Wigan are woeful away from home so finishing above them could prove vital in getting to Old Trafford.

I don't think Cats away is a fair reward for where we are. Even Hull has them at home..... but that's the formula so no point moaning.

The only advantage from finishing in top four is the extra home game.

Depends when we play them, if its at the back end of the fixtures they could be in the position where they can't qualify for top 4, if that scenario pops up they might put the "cue on the rack" for the season. This could happen with all the bottom 4 teams, once the fixture dates comes up we can see the scenario variants.

I think we should make top four now. We 6 points ahead of cas and 8 points ahead of Warrington. We'd have to have a awful run in super 8s not to make top four and Cas and Warrington would need to win nearly all their games.

That and the points we've already amassed obviously. It's up to those in 5th-8th to catch us now so it's not like the first 23 games have been for nothing.

Yes and I think we have amassed enough points with few more wins to make the semis now. I think the format is pretty good. It does keep every game a must win for every single team.

Look at the middle 8s today, it was last game of the season and Widnes, salford and hull KR battling out to finish 9th and 10th for those extra home games. In years gone by it would have been a nothing game.

Yeah I agree mate.

Without sounding over-confident I think we will be fine for top 4; it's the top 2 we should really be pushing for now.

Agreed.

Is the league leaders sheild scrapped now or does the team top after super 8s win it ?

League Leaders Shield played over 30 matches now.

Whoever is top after 30 games gets it. I'd settle for Grand Final and Challenge Cup final wins instead

I think Warrington in particular have left it to late.

They would need almost an unbeaten run and that too may not be enough

You've got Catalan away 1st week

Hull at home 2nd week, seems as though there are quite a few " 4 pointers" games between Leeds, Wigan and Huddersfield first couple of weeks, we get one in our 3rd week. Rumoured Wigan is our 6th game.

Wigan is Friday 18th September.

Yes, either Thursday 17th or Friday 18th. It'll have to be a bar in Lindos for me.

Catalans (a) Sat 08 August 600pm SKY
Hull (h) Fri 14 August 800pm
Huddersfield (h) Thu 20 August 800pm SKY
Leeds (a) Fri Sep 4 800pm SKY
Castleford (a) Thu 10 Sep 800pm SKY
Wigan (h) Fri 18 Sep 800pm SKY
Warrington (h) Fri 25 Sep 800pm

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No, not either, it is Friday 18th.

Those three away games look a big ask.

Not so concerned about the home games though.

They should put everything into beating Catalans, Hull and Huddersfield. If we do that we'll be comfortably in the top 4 and probably have spare points over Wigoon. Looking at Warrington's win at Cas, we've got to be winning there as well if we're serious about a title shot this year.