Quote Bilko="Bilko"To be honest it's not. Not for me anyway. If we were 2nd in the table I would be but being 6 points clear and seeing your play off rivals still sweating on not only but league as well could work out to be a huge blessing for us in terms of the league. We won't know though till 8pm on October 2nd,'"
Correct me if I’m wrong but was 2006 the last time someone won both the challenge cup and the super league in the form of St Helens?
Since then Saints have won the challenge cup in 07,08 and appeared in the grand final only to fall to Leeds. I think them two years have created the myth more than ever that a good challenge cup run hinders your grand final chances.
Leeds have helped that myth further by having a bad challenge cup run as well. Wigan are the same this year in terms of the cup run and looking to win the championship.
It’ll be interesting to see if this years challenge cup winners can go on to win the super league grand final as 3 of the 4 semi finalist have a chance of doing so.
Either way if Leeds don’t retain the championship this year it’ll be for the good of the game but I just can’t see it. My theory on Wigan is you’ve improved you’re league form but come play off time there’s a good chance you’ll be exposed as the third best team in the country once again.
Good luck and I hope I get proven wrong
