Turned this rubbish off, play offs meant to be the pinnacle of the game and it's just rubbish.

Still got it on in the background, but not interested now... We really should have a 6 team play off instead.

Week one

3 vs 6
4 vs 5

Week two

1 vs 4/5
2 vs 3/6

Week three

Grand final

Short, sharp and no second chances. Momentum is key and it's all sudden death which should make sure fans turn up to games like tonight.

Non contests played in a mostly empty stadium. Welcome to the play offs!

Yeah this kind of scoreline would never happen in the NRL playoffs

Brisbane 40-10 NZ Warriors
Manly 42-8 North Queensland

The crowd was very poor though, even taking no away support into account.

Thanks for that spoiler

Yeah, cos if I wanted to avoid a Rugby League score I'd log onto a Rugby League forum. That wouldn't make me a dumbass at all.

The problem is this is a non game, Wigan get a week off (woopee) while Catalans get another chance. We could have an embarrssing situation of this game been played again in two week. The play offs NEED to be reduced.

I'm reading about the Wigan v Catalans match. Why would I expect to see a comment about the NRL?

I would have top five only in the play offs.

Hub cap winner straight to GF, this would also have the bonus effect of stopping teams resting players for certain games throughout the season ala Wire at London.

Then 2v5 and 3v4 play week one, the winners of these two games meet the week after for the right to play in the final.

The play offs as they are now are a bit of a farce to say the least.

They were 2011 scores!

At least in the NRL have a crossover of teams in week 3 eliminating the possibility of a repeat fixtures from week 1. Oh, and they didn't adopt that club call thing either... I wonder why.

In that case I take it back and apologise and am happy that I can now watch the game

Thread drift. That, and the fact that people talk about the "game" in all manner of instances. If ever I didn't want to know a Rugby League score I definately wouldn't log onto a Rugby League site.

no need to apologise

To get back to the game, I thought Wigan were superb in both attack and defence. Catalans tried to blow them away from the start but Catalans attack wasn't quite firing and Wigan held them out.

Catalan were awful. I think Sky has been unlucky this year in their featured games. The ones they have missed have included from us beating Saints and Hull Kr by a last second drop goal, and a loss to Wire on a seventh tackle. Or wigan overturning a record deficit at Hull KR. Of all the play-offs, Wire and Saints is the game, and I just think Sky have ended up with duff games, with better games going on away from the cameras.

it hasn't been a memorable season. Not sure of the reason. Maybe Leeds changed the flavour last year, when they showed that league position matters less than momentum.

My season overview as follows:

Wire and Wigan miles ahead of a poor Saints and ageing Leeds. Cats are the best of the rest who simply make up the numbers.

To save the RFL's blushes Wigan allow Widnes to win a game, just as Betts was going to be hung, drawn and quartered on the town hall steps.

Salford implode at the new lego ground, London and Cas are woeful whilst Bradford blow up completely. HKR realise they can't afford all those Johnny foreigners and Hull have the annual injury crisis.

Welcome to SL, pinnacle of TGG and home of the ground breaking play off system.

1990's Rugby League:

Wigan.




That is all.

Got to admit S/L on sky has been a big turn off for me and my son, most games this season i have turned off at Half time, seriously considering ditching sky, have got Premier and have enjoyed watching the NRL and most of the Championship games have been superb far better quality than i think S/L fans give credit.

The whole season has been a turn off. I don't know whether it's the standard of the players and the lack of intensity of the games or just the style of it. Quick play the balls were eliminated over the last few seasons meaning it's not possible to build momentum in supposedly 'big' games as the other team are basically allowed to do what they want, so 7 or 8 second play the balls are the norm.

Super League has been a horrendous viewing spectacle this season. You can tell it's really bad when Ed and Steve don't go on about how this is the best season of Super League ever, like they have for all the previous seasons without fail. I cannot really think of a single decent game this season. I'm sure there has been a few, Wakefield have had a few tight scorelines, but I've missed most of those. All the Saints - Wigan derbies have been farcical and the Leeds - Bradford derby pretty much doesn't exist any more.

Super League needs to mean more. There NEEDS to be fewer teams, which spreads the existing talent that bit thicker. I'd go for 10 teams. They should play home and away once with no stupid extra fixtures that warp the league table.

NRL semi final expecting to attract 70,000

Tell you what though, as unexciting as last night's game was, I've been trying to watch the Saracens vs Leicester game and Wigan vs Catalans was still a million times more entertaining than this shower of sheeeite.

How do people watch Union? Awful, awful sport.

Literally found myself nodding off so I'm off to mow the lawn.

I thought I'd give it a go, but my god... Kick off caught, the immediately kicked out on the full, within about three seconds. First five minutes leicester kicked two penalties for reasons unknown, the crowd cheering unironically. By half time, the ball must have been run in hand for a total of about five minutes. Dull as ditch water.

Yet 40,000 people turned up to watch it!!

It was poop. Mind you, I watched NZ-SA earlier and it was as different again, and dare I say it, better than some of the poor SL games this year. I feel like I want to rinse my mouth out for saying that, but that's how poor SL has been this year. They ( SA, NZ ) play Union a bit like League to be honest. I could actually see myself paying for a ticket...only I believe you have to work for a bank or major sponsor to get one

there is a lack of intensity in SL this year due to it not mattering what position teams finish. Prior to top 8 and Leeds victory from 5th, teams where hellbent on finishing top 2. I personally think the GF is now big enough to let the team finishing top be champions. The playoffs prior to the GF attract no more bigger attendances that the old Premiership playoffs did. And people will still turn out to watch the big teams play each other in the Premiership as people want big games and win a trophy. Leeds/Saints/Catalans this season, for example, would be trying to aviod going the season trophyless.