Makes no difference, there's two (or three, I forget) regional "game weeks" between the end of the round robin and the start of the finals series. The injuries you need to worry about will be in the Regional tourny.
You're playing a side who hasn't won a game all season, and have an 80 point head start in the differential ratings over second place. Basically guaranteed.
Hope the Phoons get the upset and grab that last spot, although the chance is admittedly very slim. Good stuff that the BaaBaa's are up there.
Final League Tables SRC Code: Name P W D L P+ P- PD Bonus Points Spartans 10 9 0 1 343 152 191 9 45 Crabs 10 8 0 2 309 218 91 7 39 Vikings 10 6 0 4 171 195 -24 1 25 Sharks 10 5 0 5 204 235 -31 4 24 Hurricanes 10 2 0 8 177 279 -102 3 11 Gamblers 10 0 0 10 126 254 -128 4 4 RRC Code: Name P W D L P+ P- PD Bonus Points Olympians 12 12 0 0 499 267 232 9 57 Nippers 12 9 1 2 328 195 133 9 47 Cnuts 12 6 0 6 336 339 -3 7 31 *Squids 12 5 1 6 264 342 -78 2 24 *Punters 12 4 0 8 231 331 -100 5 21 Einherjar 12 3 0 9 232 380 -148 6 18 Typhoons 12 2 0 10 253 289 -36 8 16 *Final position subject to play-off match due to Squids selection mishaps.
There's definitely a few surprises in there. Olympians topping the RRC (still outsiders to take home the win) and the Cnuts finishing 3rd are both big shocks. Gutted that somehow the Nippers are likely to have a place kicker in the finals. Doesn't seem on to me.
Not awful, but not great. That said we won 5/6 against teams outside of the top two, but it wasn't enough.
Code: Name P W D L P+ P- PD Bonus Points New Zealand 5 4 0 1 134 86 48 4 20 England 5 3 1 1 113 99 14 2 16 Barbarians 5 2 0 3 118 114 4 5 13 Australia 3 0 1 4 75 141 -66 1 3 NZ in the driving seat going into the last round and should back themselves to beat an England side sans Eds. If England pull off the upset they would go top and earn a favourites tag for the final. Australia are out of it, but they can still beat the Barbarians to keep them out of the final.