Re: Neutral venue for Championship final? : Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:14 pm  

ColD wrote:

May not have thought this through correctly, but we could possibly have

Toronto last game of season
Tolouse away 2/3 playoffs win
Toronto away lose
Tolouse away win (this may be home but not sure)
Toronto away final

Think that’s how it could pan out if tolouse come 2nd, us 3rd

Crazy schedule for any part time team if true

I am wondering who pays for travelling? I'm presuming it's a gate split which may mean significant upfront costs which may not be in the budget of some clubs.

Also not clear whether these games would be played on Saturday or Sunday so as usual the fan comes last.

Re: Neutral venue for Championship final? : Fri Jul 12, 2019 3:46 pm  

JackDiggle wrote:

I am wondering who pays for travelling? I'm presuming it's a gate split which may mean significant upfront costs which may not be in the budget of some clubs.

Also not clear whether these games would be played on Saturday or Sunday so as usual the fan comes last.

We've got some incredibly committed fans, but I reckon that schedule would be beyond all of them!

Re: Neutral venue for Championship final? : Fri Jul 12, 2019 3:53 pm  

Alan wrote:

We've got some incredibly committed fans, but I reckon that schedule would be beyond all of them!

Any fans going through Canadian Border Security for third time in a month will probably find themselves in a serious discussion....

Re: Neutral venue for Championship final? : Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:54 pm  

JackDiggle wrote:

Any fans going through Canadian Border Security for third time in a month will probably find themselves in a serious discussion....

.... and the players no doubt! I see Fev are 'resting' a few of last week's victorious quad for their visit to Toronto this weekend.

Re: Neutral venue for Championship final? : Mon Jul 15, 2019 5:24 pm  

Now the RFL have confirmed the championship final will be held at the highest placed team, this contradicts the original details that were on their website. This indicated that the winner of the match in the 2nd week between the top club and the winner of 2nd v 3rd would go straight to the final with home advantage. So Toronto not only get the first week off, but can also lose the second match, then win the 3rd week match and still have home advantage in the final. How many advantages is that?! Whereas in super league at least the final is at a nuetral ground. Meanwhile there appears no advantage in finishing in finishing 2nd. If the final places are 1st Toronto, 2nd Leigh and 3rd Fev/ Toulouse and the play offs are initially won by the home teams, Leigh’s schedule will be:-
Sep 7 Toronto away (league)
Sep 14 Fev/Toulouse home (play off)
Sep 21Toronto away (play off)
Sep 28 Free if win at Toronto or home to 3rd / 4th team if not)
Oct 5 Almost certainly Toronto away (again)
As can be seen, the only way to alleviate this schedule is to send out a scratch team in the 2nd week of the playoffs at Toronto if we do finish 2nd. But do we have enough spare players?

Re: Neutral venue for Championship final? : Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:53 pm  

CHEADLE LEYTHER wrote:

Now the RFL have confirmed the championship final will be held at the highest placed team, this contradicts the original details that were on their website. This indicated that the winner of the match in the 2nd week between the top club and the winner of 2nd v 3rd would go straight to the final with home advantage. So Toronto not only get the first week off, but can also lose the second match, then win the 3rd week match and still have home advantage in the final. How many advantages is that?! Whereas in super league at least the final is at a nuetral ground. Meanwhile there appears no advantage in finishing in finishing 2nd. If the final places are 1st Toronto, 2nd Leigh and 3rd Fev/ Toulouse and the play offs are initially won by the home teams, Leigh’s schedule will be:-
Sep 7 Toronto away (league)
Sep 14 Fev/Toulouse home (play off)
Sep 21Toronto away (play off)
Sep 28 Free if win at Toronto or home to 3rd / 4th team if not)
Oct 5 Almost certainly Toronto away (again)
As can be seen, the only way to alleviate this schedule is to send out a scratch team in the 2nd week of the playoffs at Toronto if we do finish 2nd. But do we have enough spare players?

I have said something similar to Charlie, Your almost better off finishing 4th with a home game week 1, then away to a loser week 2 (from 2v3) week 2 then away to a loser week 3 (a team that has almost certainly just lost the previous weekend in Toronto).

Obviously the best scenario is for both Fev and Leigh to beat Toronto in weeks 2 and 3 and we can have a final over here. At Fev obviously

Re: Neutral venue for Championship final? : Tue Jul 16, 2019 6:35 pm  

FevGrinder wrote:

I have said something similar to Charlie, Your almost better off finishing 4th with a home game week 1, then away to a loser week 2 (from 2v3) week 2 then away to a loser week 3 (a team that has almost certainly just lost the previous weekend in Toronto).

Obviously the best scenario is for both Fev and Leigh to beat Toronto in weeks 2 and 3 and we can have a final over here. At Fev obviously

I think you’re right Grinder. But what does it say about the system that the higher you finish the more disadvantaged you are?!! Talk about catch 22!!