Quote ="PopTart"So......this is how it works
Each year you get points for your league position.
We got 2.77 last year for finishing 12th. It starts at 4 for top and reduces by 0.11 each position.
Additionally, the league final position is judged after playoffs, so if you finish second, or 14th if in Championship, but win the grand final, you are judged as position 1 (or 13th). Same for 2nd 3rd 4th etc.
Then, you get an extra 0.25 for winning GF. So final league position isn't as important as winning through the playoffs.
THEN (sorry I said it was complicated)
Your league score for last 3 years are added together to get an average.
Ours are currently
2023 - 2.779
2022 - 3.001
2021 - 3.001
The new score for 2024 will replace 2021.
The sum divided by 3 to get the average.
Then all those averages are put into a new table order and if anyone has changed positions, the new numbers are allocated, with 4 for top and reduced again by 0.111
So, on the last scores, over 3 years, we were 12th, so got 2.78 points.
No-one above us can fall lower than 12. Only Toulouse can get above us.
So to answer the original question, the answer is, we need to do better than Toulouse.
If we win GF then we've nothing to worry about. If we lose in the GF to Toulouse we will just fall below them on the Performance points...... unless we win the 1895 Cup, then we'd be above again.
It's quite tight. Primary goal, be better on the field than Toulouse.
People saying league position doesn't matter are not correct. Of course there are other factors to decide if we make SL, but the points on offer for GF and 1895 are a big impact as only 1 team can get each of the points'"
Thank you very much for that reply PT,much appreciated
