Ah, the days when the RFL awarded the championship to the team that was most consistent throughout the season.

1974-1997. The only period of sanity.

Well done, Huddersfield. But everyone knows it means bugger all, really.

Ah, the days when the RFL awarded the championship to the team that was most consistent throughout the season.

1974-1997. The only period of sanity.

Well done, Huddersfield. But everyone knows it means bugger all, really.

Wigan have had lots of injuries and ok they have also rested some players but I still don't think it would have changed the end result. Finishing top is a worthwhile prize for any team. It is much harder coming top out of 27 rounds than winning 5 games in the CC or 3/4 games in the play-offs! Huddersfield have deservedly finished top having played some great rugby all season. Why do some people have to try and take some shine off a great achievement?

Well done to Huddersfield. But it'll be no consolation for them when they are watching Wigan and Leeds contest the Grand Final.

Is this the Wigan and Leeds that got spanked 5 times between them by the Giants?

And we all know regular season results mean nowt when it comes to the play-offs.

We beat Saints 3 times in 2011 (plus a draw) and then they knocked us out in the semi-final. Same last year when we beat Leeds by 50+ and they knocked us out of 2 semi-finals.

Whoever the Giants play at home in round 1 of the playoffs hold no fear for me, Leeds or Wigan and I simply don't think it can be called at this stage

Personally if the last couple of weeks are anything to go by then it's a Giants v Wire final

Well done Huddersfield

This!!!

I dont neccessarily agree that they should go straight to the final, but reverting to the old format of a home tie with the winner straight through or another home tie and a second bite of the cherry should be the minimum reward for having a great season. Make it far harder to to get to the final the lower you finish and the league suddenly becomes much more relevent. Well done Huddersfield, fanatstic effort from the most consistent team this season. I actually really fancy them to do it this season!

Good to see the usual suspects talking down the achievement.

Thing is, the RFL need to make more of a deal of it. I think some of the players, who were overjoyed to have won it, got a bit embarrassed by the time they held their prize and realised it was a designless hubcap that weighed a few grams. It was a bit of a slap in the face for 27 games of hard work.

Look at the NRL's prize for finishing top and you see what I mean:


The design of a prize often gives it more meaning. Everything about the LLS gives people a reason to mock winning it.

Great for the game & great for clubs like ours(KR) & Salford, Widnes gives us hope & a model of how it's done. Now go on & win the big one please.

Well done Hudds! (Even though you did well and truly confound my pre-season predictions).
Eight unbeaten (I think) so despite the rubbish posted on some boards, this Leeds fan would prefer a third-place finish in the league.
Won by a young British coach with a team rapidly shedding the antipodean journeymen.
Good to see another team taking honours, this far surpasses any CC win by an unfancied side IMO.

the champione chant was one out of sheer excitement,dont forget its 81 years since a Huddersfield team "won the league" so im sure we could be forgiven for getting a little bit over enthusiastic last night.
9 games won in a row and with a team that most people, including our own fans, thought would struggle to make the 8 never mind win the LLS.
as I posted in another thread, for others it might not seem like a big deal but to us its a truly massive achievement.

8 in a row in the league Meast. Lost to KR away in round 18.

When will huddersfield fans stop rabbiting on about their precious regular season results and learn that things can go down differently in the playoffs.

And will you stop insisting we will cock it up.

Perhaps you will learn Anderson is a shrewd cookie and you are a muppet.

If you know how the play offs will pan out badger your local bookie and take him to the cleaners but you dont know anymore than anyone else despite your preaching.

Will you stop going on about regular season results?

No

We can talk about results in knock our games if you want

Yup, spanked Leeds then too, with 12 men.

Makes a nice change from the usual suspects. Variety is the spice if life and SL.

As Wigan found out last season.

I just don't get thye downer that everyone is putting on Hudderfield's achievement? What the hell is wrong with people? They've played some fantastic stuff this season. Best of luck for the playoffs. It's yourselves or Wire for mine.

Some people still think we are supposed to be propping up the league and can't get over it

Congrats Huddersfield. Well deserved and wouldn't be at all surprised to see them lift the big one.