Next season how does promotion work from the championship is it top two go up or what?



explain? cheers

Ok......



You have SL, Championship, Championship 1.



Each team in each league plays each other twice, plus an extra game.



After 23 rounds the top 8 from SL go through h to a round robin/play-off series keeping the points they have accumulated over the 23 rounds.



The bottom 4 of SL and top 4 of championship split and go into their own league starting on zero points.



They play each other once, the top 3 automatically promoted and 4/5th have a grand final to go into SL.



Try explaining that to new fans!

Seriously that how the new format works then?

yep you have to play 4 teams who have a salary cap of £1.8m and hope to beat one of them in a winner takes all 4 v 5 play off game

It is a tough ask, but tbf, if it was this season the middle 8 would be;

Wakefield

Hull

Bradford

London

Leigh

Featherstone

Halifax

Doncaster



Assume on league form and placings that Wakey and Hull come first and second in the middle 8 and Fev,fax and Doncaster come in the bottom 3. But, would you bet against Leigh beating the Bulls or London to either position 3 or winning the final?? We have a bigger cap this season but circumstances have dictated that Leigh would be favourites over both the Bulls and London. Who's to say other faults wont also send at least one of next years super league teams into the middle 8 playoffs in a bad state?



Its not a great chance, but I'd say its a very realistic opportunity for 1 or 2 really well run championship clubs, who will hit the middle 8 playoffs full of confidence and looking for promotion rather than the bottom super league clubs that will be lower on confidence and trying to avoid relegation (I think thats a significant attitude difference) If Leigh were to be 5th in my fictional middle 8 above I'd give them a good chance against any of them 4 super league clubs in a one off final at the mo, although in that 8 in the current state Leigh would be 3rd and we'd (hopefully) be playing London or fev or fax in the final.

Tough - but while they had their own problems London got the full Sky funding this year and still managed to do much worse than us.

Farcically.

how many go up just 2

No, 4 go up. The top three in the mini-league and the winner of the 4 vs 5 playoff game.



Deja-vu?

When they split into their own little playoff, it's the teams who finish in the top 4 positions.

The most likely scenario is that the top 4 positions will be filled by the SL sides, in which case nobody will be switching divisions.

Our best bet is probably to finish 5th in the playoff tournament and go into the decider against a SL side and sneak a win.

Absolutely farcical , should be decided by a one off game , bottom super league v top of championship , winner takes all .

Only the rfl could complicate a simple promotion and relegation. Give it 2 seasons tops, and then another change.